News in Brief
Penn State Intercom......February 20, 2003

Health services for students

Students at University Park who have an urgent medical problem when University Health Services (UHS) is closed now have access to the UHS Telephone Advice Nurse 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Experienced nurses will help students decide if they need immediate medical care, an appointment the next day or if self-care can help them.

Faculty and staff are asked to alert students who have an urgent medical problem when UHS is closed to call the Advice Nurse at (814) 863-4463. Students with routine or minor health concerns should continue to call UHS during office hours.

Meat sale

The Penn State Block and Bridle Club, an undergraduate club affiliated with the College of Agricultural Sciences and the Department of Dairy and Animal Science, is holding its spring meat sale now through March 20.

The club is taking orders for Hatfield classic hams; pork breakfast-flavored sausage; pork maple-flavored sausage; smoky-flavored sausage; beef summer sausage; smoke and honey stick; and ground beef. Except for the Hatfield hams, all meat comes from University livestock.

For information or to order, visit 312 Henning Building on the University Park campus between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., talk to a club member or e-mail sbw127@psu.edu.

Orders will be available for pickup until 5 p.m. April 17 and 18 at the Penn State Meats Lab, across from Beaver Stadium on Porter Road.

This is the club's primary fund-raising event. Proceeds go toward the Little International Livestock Show that the club holds in mid-April at the Agricultural Arena on the University Park campus and also to partially defray costs for the students that go to the National Block and Bridle Convention, which was held in Washington, D.C.

Nutrition volunteers

Sheila West and Penny Kris-Etherton, faculty in the Department of Nutritional Sciences in the College of Health and Human Development, are seeking volunteers for a study exploring the effects of diet on blood vessel health and blood pressure. The study needs non-smoking males between 22 and 65 years of age and post-menopausal woman not on hormone replacement therapy, who have moderately elevated blood pressure.

For more information, call (866) PSU-DIET (866-778-3438).

WPSX needs volunteers

Penn State Public Broadcasting's WPSX-TV is seeking individual volunteers and volunteer groups to answer phones for its annual March Membership Drive. The PBS-affiliate station is working toward a goal of $167,000 during this membership drive, which will take place between March 1 and 23. Those interested in volunteering to support public broadcasting can call (814) 865-3333 or e-mail wav103@psu.edu.

Volunteers will answer telephones and record pledges of viewer support. For their help, volunteers will be given food and beverages, as well as the opportunity to see themselves on television or get some free publicity for their group.

Reporting of non-compliance
or misuse of animals

The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) has the responsibility for ensuring that all animals used in research, education or testing activities at the University are treated humanely and in accordance with all federal, state and local laws and regulations. These activities are coordinated through the Office for Research Protections.

Concerns or questions related to projects involving animals conducted at or under the auspices of the University can be directed to: Director of Regulatory Affairs, Office for Research Protections, 212 Kern Graduate Building, University Park, PA 16802; phone (814) 865-1775; fax: (814) 863-8699; e-mail: ORProtections@psu.edu.

Matters will be referred to the IACUC chairperson and the attending veterinarian, and if appropriate, the IACUC. Concerns or questions will be handled confidentially.

Federal law prohibits the discrimination against people who bring forth legitimate concerns for investigation.

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