Next part of holistic series today

Naturopathic Medicine will be the topic for the next part of the Holistic Healing Series held at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

The session will focus on embracing the body’s natural ability to establish, maintain and restore health with respect to traditional therapies and modern medicine.

The session is sponsored by Union Sociocultural Programming and will be held from noon to 2 p.m. today, Dec. 7, in the Union, Room 198.

Committee to focus on RA roles

University of Wisconsin System President Kevin P. Reilly announced last week the formation of a committee of campus student-life experts who will help develop System-wide policies to guide activities of resident assistants on UW campuses.

The committee stems from concerns raised in recent weeks about the constitutionality of practices that preclude university RAs from leading, organizing or recruiting students for certain activities in residence halls where they live and work.

The concerns stemmed from an incident at UW-Eau Claire in which an RA led a Bible study in the basement of a residence hall.

Reilly asked chancellors to nominate members for the advisory committee.

Reilly said the committee will examine RA roles in residence life programs, the relationship of RA activities to student educational experiences and the expectations of RAs as employees.

Chancellors will name their representative to the committee by Dec. 9. Reilly will ask the advisory committee to forward recommendations for future RA policies by Jan. 9.

Attorney general asks for OK to sue FDA

Wisconsin Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager asked for Gov. Jim Doyle’s consent last week to file a lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration, the Daily Cardinal reported.

Lautenschlager claims there has been an unnecessary delay in approving a contraceptive pill, Plan B, as an over-the-counter drug.

When the FDA approved Plan B in 1999, the drug was made available by prescription only.

An FDA review of the prescription-only policy started in 2003 and the administration has not yet made a decision on the matter.

Virus containment slows down e-mail servers

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee e-mail servers were inundated with large numbers of e-mails containing viruses the weekend after Thanksgiving, slowing down the e-mail capabilities of students.

The virus, sober.u, was filtered out of the servers. The containment of the virus began to cause a massive slow down of e-mails on Sunday, Nov. 27, and Monday, Nov. 28.

The servers are still being impacted by the virus, according to the Web site of the Information & Media Technologies.

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