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...Lardner, public health nurse at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where a student survived a case of meningitis last fall, said first-year students' unfamiliarity with crowded dormitory living and their tendency to partake in "high risk behavior," such a drinking and smoking, makes them most likely to contract the disease...
...UMass, where four students have contracted meningitis over the last few years--two of them fatally--student interest in vaccination seems to be lukewarm...
Dartmouth had the lowest price tag, and the college takes an active stance in preventing the spread of the disease. Even before the student died of meningitis last June, Dartmouth had encouraged students to get the vaccination...
...think if you look at the cost of an education at Harvard or Dartmouth, $40 is not an unreasonable cost for the student or family to reduce [the risk]," Turco said...
Thank goodness for folks like Shai M. Sachs '01. This past Sunday, Sachs, along with 23 other student representatives, voted to keep "Radcliffe" in the name of the Undergraduate Council. While Sachs presumably understands that Radcliffe no longer exists as an undergraduate institution, he told The Crimson that his vote was a protest against the neglect of women's rights on campus. He explained, "Female students are still at a big disadvantage, the administration hasn't done anything to fight discrimination...