Monday, August 28, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 7
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Viral meningitis hits K-State
The Associated Press
MANHATTAN — Marcella L. Burks, a Kansas State University student from Arkansas City, died Friday of complications from viral meningitis.
Burks, 24, died at Stormont Vail Regional Health Center in Topeka. She was transferred there after being diagnosed Wednesday night at Mercy Health Center in Manhattan.
Burks, a senior in psychology and pre-law, was a former presi-
udent of Alpha Kappa Alpha, a campus sorority, and the Black Student Union. She was also involved with the leadership studies and programs office.
The virus is usually spread by
Viral meningitis, a complication of common viral infections, isn't highly contagious through normal contact and is usually transferred though respiratory secretions. Most people who become infected with the viruses that cause viral meningitis don't become sick.
shaking hands with an infected person or touching something an infected person has handled, then touching the nose, mouth or eyes.
Common symptoms include fever, severe headache, stiff neck, drowsiness or confusion, nausea, vomiting or sensitivity to bright lights.
Lannie Zweimiller, director of the Lafene Health Center at Kansas State, said viral meningitis should not be confused with bacterial meningitis, which is highly contagious.
Rare rhino born at Kansas City Zoo
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — She came into the world at 65 pounds.
Her significance in the animal world is even bigger.
one is 65 pounds of eastern black rhinoceros and is part of an international effort to preserve a critically endangered species.
Born at 4:40 a.m. Saturday at the Kansas City Zoo, the as-yet unnamed rhino is believed to be just the 661st eastern black rhinoceros in the world, according to the International Rhino Foundation.
"She follows mom around, and妈调 adjusts her height to allow the baby to nurse," said Conrad Schmitt, zoor curator.
The main threats to the species are poaching and loss of habitat.
Conservation officials are especially pleased that this baby is female. In recent years, births among captive eastern black rhinos have been disproportionately male.
The rhinho mother, named Luyisa,
was brought here from Addo
Elephant National Park in South
Africa in 1997. Zoo keepers had
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Kansas City's baby is scheduled eventually to be transferred to the Cincinnati Zoo, which is developing a rhino program.
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