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Simple Actions to Stop the Spread of Germs Recommended by the Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Avoid Close Contact
Avoid close contact with people who are sick. When you are sick, keep your distance from others to protect them from getting sick too.

Stay Home When You Are Sick
If possible, stay home from work, school, and errands when you are sick. You will help prevent others from catching your illness.

Cover Your Mouth and Nose
Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing. It may prevent those around you from getting sick.

Clean Your Hands
Washing your hands often will help protect you from germs.

Avoid Touching Your Eyes, Nose, or Mouth
Germs are often spread when a person touches something that is contaminated with germs and then touches his or her eyes, nose, or mouth.

Other good habits, such as getting plenty of sleep, engaging in physical activity, managing stress, drinking water, and eating good food will help you stay healthy in the winter and all year round.

For more information, ask your healthcare provider, or call the Centers for Disease Control Immunization Hotline at 800-232-2522 (English) or 800-232-0233 (Spanish). Web site: www.cdc.gov/flu. Another excellent resource is the Minnesota Department of Health Web site www.mdhflu.com.

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Michael Barnett is the Harold Stassen Chair of International Relations at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and an adjunct professor of political science at the University of Minnesota. He previously taught at the University of Wisconsin, Macalester College, Wellesley College, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and has been a visiting scholar at the New School for Social Research and the Dayan Center at Tel-Aviv University. Barnett teaches and does research on international relations, international organizations, humanitarian action, the United Nations, and the politics of the Middle East. His dissertation won the 1991 APSA’s Gabriel Almond Award for Best Dissertation in Comparative Politics and the book based on the dissertation, Confronting the Costs of War: Military Power, State and Society in Egypt and Israel (Princeton, 1992), won the ISA’s Quincy Wright award. His other major books are Dialogues in Arab Politics: Negotiations in Regional Order (Columbia University Press, 1998); Security Communities (Cambridge University Press, 1998), which he co-edited with Emanuel Adler; Eyewitness to a Genocide: The United Nations and Rwanda (Cornell University Press, 2002); and, with Martha Finnemore, Rules for the World: International Organizations in World Politics (Cornell University Press, 2004). His scholarly writings have appeared in major professional journals, including International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, European Journal of International Relations, World Politics, and Cultural Anthropology. From 1993 to 1994 Barnett was a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.

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Did you know that today there are more students with documented disabilities in post-secondary education than ever before? In 1978, only 2.6% of the incoming, first-year students in the U.S. self-reported a disability; today nearly 10% of the student body identify themselves as having some disability. It is estimated that one third of these students have learning disabilities.

Recently, the relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, Scott Eyre, was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). ADHD is a common neurological disorder affecting millions of children, adolescents, and adults. He explains that before his diagnosis, he could not understand why it was so difficult to pay attention in school, concentrate while trying to do homework or play ball, or why he seemed to get easily frustrated with his family and friends. His answer came at the age of 30.

What is ADHD? It is a neurologically based disorder impacting learning and behavior. Individuals with ADHD may be impulsive, hyperactive, distractable, and able to pay attention to everything at once. Mood swings and difficulty sleeping are both common. ADHD may impact a person in grade school, college, and throughout adult life. In addition, many people with ADHD have other learning differences.

Although some of these characteristics can provide challenges to learning, students diagnosed with ADHD also tend to have a high energy level, intense interests, and high creativity. These qualities can lead to success in learning.

Many myths surround ADHD. ADHD is not always outgrown in adolescence, is not due to poor parenting, and is not laziness.

How might ADHD affect a college student either in a class or work environment? In college there may be problems with organizing, prioritizing, completing tasks on time, doing lengthy assignments, or performing tasks with many steps. In some cases there may be problems interacting with faculty and other students in an appropriate manner or meeting expectations.

Interested in knowing more? Online Resources:

http://www.ldonline.org LD Online

http://www.chadd.org Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/hyperactivity disorder

http://www.schwablearning.org/index.asp Charles Schwab/Schwablearning.

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Tuesday, October 26 at noon
"Archeology and the Memories of the Atlantic Slave Trade on Goree Island, Senegal" presented by Ibrahima Thiaw, Director of the Archeology Laboratory at the Institut Fondmentale d'Afrique Noire at the Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, Senegal.

Thursday, October 28 at noon
LTC lunch featuring Lashell Thomas on faculty mentoring of students in the sciences.

Thursday, October 28 at 4:30 p.m.
Foro Latinamericano─Professor Chris Chiappari is an anthropologist who works on Mayan religion and will talk about "Configurations of Maya Spirituality in Postwar Guatemala."

Thursday, October 28 at 7 p.m.
Foro Latinamericano─The keynote speaker will be Victor Montejo, an anthropologist and activist in the Pan-Maya movement. Dr. Montejo is a Jakaltekan-Mayan who was exiled during the Guatemalan civil war.

Friday, October 29 at 4:30 p.m.
Peter Cooter, Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley will speak on "Law and the Poverty of Nations."

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Faculty/Staff Rewards
Please don’t forget about our Faculty/Staff Rewards Card. Each time you buy a book from our general book department that is priced at $6.99 or more, we will stamp your card. It only takes five stamps to fill up your card. On your next purchase of a book you will get $10 off when you turn in a completed card. If you don’t have a card started, just stop in the Bookstore and pick one up, or ask for one when you buy your next book. We are also happy to keep your card on file so you don’t have to worry about keeping track of it.

Please Vote!
We hope that you are all planning to vote on November 2. Keep in mind that there is still time to read up on the issues. All books in our Political Science section are 20% off during October.

Greeting Cards
We have a new selection of greeting cards in the upstairs of the Bookstore. We have added new lines so please stop in and take a look.

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Briggs & Morgan FLSA for Supervisors, November 2, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. SH251
Gain a better understanding of Exempt vs. Non-Exempt, temps, meal breaks, leave of absence, seminar time, travel time, discipline, and termination practices.

Briggs & Morgan FLSA for non-supervisory employees, November 2, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. SH251
Gain a better understanding of Exempt vs. Non-Exempt, temps, meal breaks, leave of absence, seminar time, and travel time.

MERTKA─Right to Know/Blood Borne Pathogens, November 4, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. SH251
Mandatory for all new staff (Right to Know) and all those employed in or transferred to jobs which require training (Blood Borne Pathogens). New staff are required to participate in this training as part of their orientation process. Employees not required to attend, but interested in attending, are welcome. Sessions will be one hour each and will include training on MN Right to Know.

TIAA-CREF Choosing your TIAA-CREF Income Options, November 10, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Sevy Meeting Room
This program provides a comprehensive discussion of all of TIAA-CREF’s income options. Features a video. (For employees 2 to 3 years or less from retirement.)

TIAA-CREF Individual Counseling sessions
(Enrollments taken online at TIAA-CREF’s Web site, or per telephone 800-877-6602) One-on-one counseling with our TIAA-CREF representative.
November 10, 1 to 5 p.m. SH254
November 11, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. SH254

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In April of this year we announced the decision to out-source the administration of our flexible spending account benefits to Administration Resources Corporation (ARC). If you haven’t yet filed a reimbursement with ARC, the process is simple and easy. You just need to complete a claim form, attach the appropriate receipts, and mail or fax the paperwork. If you need additional claim forms, they are available in the Human Resources office and in the Payroll office. Or you can go online to ARC’s Web site at http://www.arcadministration.com/ to print a claim form or file your claim electronically. You can choose to receive your reimbursement in the form of a check or have your reimbursement directly deposited in an account you designate.

Remember that the plan year for our health spending accounts and our dependent care accounts ends on December 31, 2004. This means that in order to file for reimbursement, expenses must be incurred during this calendar year. Any unused dollars will be forfeited per IRS regulations. If you have any questions on your flexible spending account balances, please contact ARC at 800-588-2020.

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We would like to offer you the opportunity to have a listing in Connections, Carleton's staff/faculty resource guide. The Office of Residential Life and the Perlman Center for Learning and Teaching created Connections ten years ago to assist students, staff, and faculty to connect outside of the classroom or office, since such interactions are essential in making Carleton a premier liberal arts institution. The guide can be found online at: http://apps.carleton.edu/reslife/connections/. We want to help you connect to students as easily as possible by telling us how you might like to interact with students, and what hobbies, talents, and interests you might like to share. The guide is available to Peer Leaders on campus who often organize programs for residents. Participation in the guide in no way requires staff or faculty to participate in programs with students; it merely assists in making such activities possible. You can also use the guide to find faculty or staff with similar interests to increase interaction and connections on campus. If you are not included in the guide this year and would like to participate, go to http://apps.carleton.edu/reslife/connections/ to fill out an entry form. Only those affiliated with Carleton will have access to the guide. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Amy Roozenboom or Sue Jandro at x4072.