Campus visiting student found dead in Women’s Faculty Club

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Content warning: death.

A UC Berkeley visiting student from the United Kingdom was found dead in his room at the Women’s Faculty Club by staff July 1, according to campus spokesperson Dan Mogulof.

Mogulof added that there were no apparent signs of foul play and that the Alameda County Coroner’s Office will determine a cause of death. As of press time, campus is not releasing the name of the student.

Check back for updates.

Riley Cooke is a deputy news editor. Contact her at rcooke@dailycal.org, and follow her on Twitter at @rrileycooke.

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If you’ve ever thought about starting a book club, you’re not alone. Whether you participate with friends, coworkers or through annual events, BookRiot estimates that about 5 million Americans participate in book clubs worldwide.

Book Club Basics

Reading can be a solitary activity that’s confined to quiet spaces or part of a few stolen moments in someone’s routine. However, book clubs allow for social interaction and are a way to commit to your reading. Book clubs can also provide new perspectives for readers who might only stick to one genre or aren’t ready to commit to tackling their must-reads. As someone who participates in both personal and organizational book clubs, I find that sparing time is often a hard part of the commitment — reading the book before the day of the discussion is almost always the hardest part. 

The solution of TikTok and YouTube bookworms? Reading sprints. Try setting a timer between five and 30 minutes — any longer and readers are more likely to become distracted — and read until it goes off. Doing reading sprints in a book club group chat or during an in-person event is a great way to make sure everyone is on track.

A book club has to be found or formed before the reading and livening discussions can begin. Book club flyers can be found in local businesses or libraries. If that fails, a quick Google search is an excellent jumping-off point for resources. A few local book clubs are already up and running in the University of Utah’s own backyard — and even on campus.

The LGBT Resource Center hosts an annual Queer Conversations Book Club over the summer featuring diverse reads with a wide range of queer representation. It’s completely free to sign up and participate, and this year’s books were bought directly from Salt Lake’s own queer bookstore, Under The Umbrella. The bookstore is also home to Scream Queers — an 18+ queer horror book club that meets at the store the third Saturday of each month. The club asks for a sliding scale donation to pay for the meeting room reservation, but all are welcome regardless of monetary contribution. The store also hosts the SLC Lesbians and Gay Men’s Bookclub if horror isn’t a genre you’re quite ready to explore or if a queer literary community is what you’ve been searching for.

Ready to Read?

Book clubs don’t have to be rigid groups with events, schedules or even set reading lists. Rather, they are what you make them. They should be an enriching experience for every reader involved instead of another life stressor. 

Whether you find a book club or make one, make it your own no matter what. If that looks like doing reading sprints of current reads with friends to tackle your never-ending to-be-read list, I say read on.

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9 professors to join Haas School of Business faculty

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The Haas School of Business will welcome nine new hires, with most slated to begin teaching in spring 2023.

UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business recently added nine new professors to its faculty, according to a June 28 press release.

The new faculty officially started in their roles last Friday, with most slated to begin teaching in spring 2023. According to the press release, the new hires resulted from the combined efforts of Haas Dean Ann E. Harrison along with other Haas faculty in order to “expand and diversify” the staff.

“I am positively honored and delighted,” said new assistant professor for management of organizations Ambar La Forgia in an email. “I am looking forward to being part of such a productive and illustrious research community and to soaking up as much knowledge to help enrich my scholarship.”

As an interdisciplinary scholar, La Forgia said she is eager to both work with and learn from campus faculty across all departments and schools. In the classroom, she said she is interested in balancing students’ strengths while embracing active learning strategies. “My goal is to cultivate each student’s unique strengths as a leader and manager. I also want the class to be as informative as it is fun.”

La Forgia noted her current research focuses on the changes in firm management that influence performance outcomes, specifically in the health care sector.

“There is a large body of research that studies how clinical interventions can impact outcomes such as the quality of care, but comparatively less has focused on the impact of business or management decisions,” La Forgia said in the email.

Matthew Backus will also be joining as an assistant professor for economic analysis and policy. He said he “couldn’t be happier” to be joining the faculty after a year of serving as a visiting assistant professor.

Backus’ research centers on industrial organization, and he will be teaching microeconomics and antitrust economics. He noted his recent interests involve using models within his field to study issues such as inequality and social policy.

“I’ve really enjoyed how the students are, how collegial the faculty are and the general research environment,” Backus said. “I’m thrilled to be joining Haas.”

Backus said he is excited to “build a community” with colleagues who are doing similar work in his field. For Backus, both the Haas-specific community and campus community overall are things he has been looking forward to, especially considering the “exciting hires.”

The full list of new hires includes Sa-kiera (Kiera) Tiarra Jolynn Hudson, Ali Kakhbod, Sarah Moshary, Tanya Paul, Carolyn Stein, Sytske Wijnsma and Valerie Zhang.

“We’ve got a lot of people and it’s an opportunity to build something that will last for a long time,” Backus said.

Contact Maya Jimenez at mayajimenez@dailycal.org, and follow her on Twitter at @mlj____.

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A research team led by the University of Minnesota recently launched a project that aims to study cloud vortices on Jupiter’s atmosphere. The team is relying on the general public to contribute information so more can be learned about the early days of the solar system.

The project, known as Jovian Vortex Hunter, is led by postdoctoral researchers from the University, NASA and Zooniverse. Zooniverse is a website that allows anyone to send data and observations using images from the Juno spacecraft camera to the researchers, who will use the data to learn more about Jupiter’s atmosphere.

This project comes from a recently renewed Zooniverse grant given to the University, which has been around for three years.

Citizen scientists are responsible for training computers to recognize certain features of clouds in Jupiter’s atmosphere.

“We are exploring different deep learning techniques to be used on the images of Jupiter with vortices to basically understand if the machine is able to identify different kinds of features automatically,” University researcher Kameswara Mantha said.

Having ordinary people helping to identify clouds opens up a new avenue for people to actively learn about and engage with projects related to planetary science, Ramanakumar Sankar, a postdoctoral researcher at the University and leader of Jovian Vortex Hunter, said.

“Promoting this kind of active learning in the public is really useful because it will encourage people to go into science to do research to learn these critical thinking habits,” Sankar said.

Sankar said the team is interested in studying Jupiter’s atmosphere because of what it can tell them about the origins of the solar system. Because of Jupiter’s size, its gravity enables it to preserve its original composition of gas and dust that has been around since the advent of the solar system.

“By learning about its composition, you will know exactly what happened when the solar system formed because you expect Jupiter to preserve that history within its atoms,” Sankar said.

The difference between citizen science-based projects and lab-based projects is that citizen scientists are given a problem that they have to solve, whereas researchers in lab based projects already know how to solve a problem and are experts on the issue, Sankar said.

Sankar said citizen science based projects remove biases about how to conduct research. Citizen scientists may not have a degree in a science related field or have experience in working with scientific research, so it creates the space to brainstorm new ideas about how to solve a problem, rather than having only one way of solving it.

“You’re breaking down those biases,” Sankar said. “You’re opening up science, you’re getting new ideas, you’re getting new ways of looking at the same thing.”

Shawn Brueshaber, a postdoctoral researcher at the NASA-owned Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said engaging with citizen scientists allows him to mentor people who want to participate in that kind of research but may not be officially tied to a research institution.

Citizen scientists help do the work faster than what is possible in a typical lab setting, Brueshaber said. Laboratory research requires a lot of data, and there are not enough people to help analyze the data, he said.

“The volunteers and the artificial intelligence are going to provide us with the statistics that ordinarily would take legions of people to just sit down and go through these [data sets],” Brueshaber said. “There’s not enough researchers; there’s not enough funding for professional planetary atmospheric scientists to do it all on their own.”

Citizen science projects have been around for a while but have recently surged in popularity. Brueshaber said he is amazed at the popularity of the Juno mission and said citizen science research would not have been possible without the Juno spacecraft camera.

The engagement between citizen scientists has the potential to drive more interest and funding for future spacecraft missions, which the United States leads the world in, Brueshaber said.

“I’m really excited about this project and what this can mean for the future of planetary exploration and science,” Brueshaber said.

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There is no doubt that abortion is currently one of the hottest topics for Americans, especially after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the precedent of an American’s right to choose. 

Roe v. Wade is not just an issue of choice but a test of America’s justice system and a war on those who can get pregnant.

“I don’t find the repeal of Roe v. Wade really surprising at all,” said junior computer science major Noah Harrison. “I think the repeal itself is hugely regressive and when coupled with other recent Supreme Court rulings, it gives me concern that we’re transitioning to an era of outdated textualist dogma that will disproportionately harm minorities.”

Roe v. Wade not only went after American liberty but also brought up the question of religious freedom. 

The idea that life starts at conception is a Christian belief. Now that the states can create their own laws regarding abortion, several of them have honed in on that belief and banned abortion all the way to conception. 

Several other religions have different views regarding where life starts and to leave it to states that have an over-representation of Christian politicians is an injustice. 

In Judaism, the belief is that life starts at the first breath you take. For other religions as well as those who are non-religious, the support for abortion is high because many of them do not share the belief that life starts at conception. 

To add on, abortion is intertwined with cultural, economical and personal experiences. 

Many people on the other side like to make the argument that people who want an abortion just want an easy way out while they have sex. 

This is not the case. 

The most common reason people seek abortion is that they are not financially ready, the pregnancy was unplanned or they need to focus on their current children. People do take measures to prevent pregnancy but when the responsibility lies mainly on the one who can get pregnant, it is unfair to punish one when it takes two to conceive. 

It is also unfair to tell people they should practice abstinence to prevent pregnancy when the issue lies in the fact that the government wants to take away the livelihood, liberty and freedom of Americans.

With the push of pro-birth, there is also an irony when nothing is being done to protect those who are currently living. 

There have been no monumental moves for gun control after the heartwrenching massacre at Uvalde that killed 19 children and two adults. 

The baby formula shortage leaves parents scrambling for any way to feed their infant children, reaching desperate measures like mixing water with formula and traveling thousands of miles to smuggle in baby formula from neighboring countries. 

America still does not provide paid maternity leave to new parents which leaves a lasting negative impact on not only employees but their children as well. 

All of this is to say that politicians and the Supreme Court do not care about children or the unborn because if they did, they would be working to protect them even after they are born. 

Instead, it has been turned into a war on those who can get pregnant and a political agenda used by both parties to gain votes.  

As young students striving to live a fruitful life, it is vital that we speak up on these issues and find the hypocrisy that lies within them. 

If we don’t, this will become yet another issue swept under the rug until the next controversy makes the headlines. 

Cindy Rivas Alfaro is a journalism sophomore who can be reached at opinion@thedailycougar.com

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For Saima Nezami (25C), counseling and mental health services were completely new. As someone who had previously given little thought to her mental health, Nezami’s first time receiving counseling was with Emory University’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS). 

Nezami was relieved to be able to choose her counselor — a therapist who shared the same racial experiences and was able to empathize with her. Additionally, she expressed satisfaction with the quality of her sessions: Nezami’s counselor tried to verbally assist with any issues she was going through and was not quick to simply “diagnose and be done.”

“I would have sessions with her in the car, during break and at work,” Nezami said. “It was really interesting for me, because we would have sessions at 1 p.m., which is a really busy time for me. But I made it work, and I never skipped a single session.”

Upon concluding her CAPS sessions, which lasted for eight weeks due to the eight-session limit, Nezami’s CAPS therapist redirected her to TimelyCare — the standard protocol for CAPS counselors — which offers 12 sessions of virtual, 24/7 telehealth service for Emory students. However, TimelyCare did not offer the freedom for her to select a counselor.

“She also recommended that I look for a therapist in the area,” Nezami said. “That would be super expensive, and that’s a really big downside for students who need that ongoing support.”

Overall, Nezami reported that her time with CAPS was helpful and that she didn’t experience any major issues with the service, especially for her first encounter with counseling.

Emory Counseling and Psychological Services. (The Emory Wheel/Grace Shen, Contributing)

Other students on campus haven’t been so lucky. From month-long wait times to the unresponsiveness and inaccessibility of CAPS services, some students contend that the University’s response to their demands has been inadequate.

Seats At The Table Co-Founder Rebecca Schwartz’s (24C) personal experience with CAPS inspired her to start the student-run non-profit organization, which empowers college students to advocate for policies that promote mental wellness on campus.

Schwartz reached out to CAPS while she was experiencing a mental health crisis due to a non-school event that took a tremendous toll on her mental health. Though CAPS helped her acquire time out of classes and an extension on an exam, they also told Schwartz that CAPS is not meant to help with serious life events. 

“They said that they really only felt equipped to help students with school-related stress,” Schwartz added.

Schwartz said that the hardest part about attending Emory is seldom the academics or anything related to the University at all. Rather, it’s the fact that students can experience hardships such as financial instability or loss of a family member while trying to get their degree.

According to Schwartz, Seats At The Table is a coalition of students who saw a problem at Emory that was continuing to go unsolved, including excessive wait times, lack of awareness of mental health resources, inability of campus mental health providers to provide long-term care and high costs of outside care. She explained that the organization’s members from numerous schools across Georgia are coming together to say that “this isn’t working for us anymore.”

Schwartz also mentioned a project that is in the works, in collaboration with her College Council peers Solana Rivera (23C), Sneha Galani (24C) and Cyprian Dumas (24C). She has been working with CAPS and Case Management Services to institute a mental health fund, which can be used by low income students to cover fees imposed by off-campus mental health service providers.

“Students who cannot receive the counseling at CAPS that they need can utilize this fund for off-campus therapists instead,” Schwartz added.

Emory Active Minds’ open letter

According to Assistant Director of Reputation Management Rachel Smith, Emory employs 29 licensed professionals who work in mental health services, with 19 specifically in CAPS. The 29 staff members serve over 14,000 undergraduates, graduate students and professional students, Smith added, making the ratio of certified counselors to students about 1:480. This is significantly better than the average ratio of 1:1,000 at small to moderate sized schools like Emory.

The ratio coincides with a nationwide trend of substandard mental health in college, as 73% of students experience some sort of mental health crisis during college, but only 25% of students with a mental health concern seek help. Almost a third of college students report feeling so depressed that they had trouble functioning.

Even after two years since COVID-19 emerged, its aftermath continues to affect student mental health needs in universities nationwide, Smith said.

This is precisely why Emory Active Minds, a chapter of the national non-profit organization that seeks to “initiative conversations about mental health” and “increase awareness about mental illness,” drafted an open letter to Emory administration regarding student mental health concerns this April.

Emory Active Minds Fundraising Chair Brandon Choi (24C) said that he was inclined to write the letter following his participation in the Integrative Health and Wellness committee, a University-wide conglomeration of students who are passionate about mental health from various organizations on campus, along with members of administration. 

“During these meetings, there is a lot of good dialogue,” Choi said. “We were able to learn about their perspectives and share our concerns. It’s a shame that only a few students had a seat at the table to participate.”

Choi added that the open letter shed light on committee conversations and let their peers know that there is a group of students who care and are willing to work with administration to create change.

The letter emphasizes three key student frustrations, one of which is the lack of communication concerning student deaths on campus. According to Choi, many students found out about the recent tragedies through word or mouth or by their professors’ vaguely worded emails.

Regarding the families’ requests to keep student names from being released, Choi said that he was personally not aware of their wishes for privacy until mentioned by a professor. He added that where communications went wrong was in Emory’s decision to only send emails to specific organizations the students were a part of, such as a University email to members of Greek Life and Emory Hillel’s email to Jewish students.

According to Smith, Emory’s notification process entails notifying “personally and directly to those most impacted.” After that, support resources may be directed to affiliated groups, and public information may be shared through the University’s student remembrance webpage.

“This fractured form of communication opened more gaps for miscommunication to spread and fueled a sense of campus unrest regarding administration’s response to our mental health needs,” Choi said in an April 16 email to the Wheel. 

By doing this, the University was insensitive to the fact that these students were integrated members of the broader campus, who had personal connections to students not involved in these organizations, Choi added. He also said it highlights the lack of academic infrastructure and resource literacy at Emory, emphasizing that very few students are aware of the range of resources available.

“The biggest issue for Emory is not the lack of resources, but the lack of integration,” Choi said. “If administration is going to pour time and money into creating resources, they should take the extra step to make sure students know they exist.”

Emory Active Minds pitched the idea of including a resource literacy section in HLTH 100, which all freshmen are required to take, to help dispel the false narrative that CAPS is the solution to all mental health related issues.

“The course’s current unit on mental health does not sufficiently educate and empower students to make use of the diverse range of resources available to them,” the group wrote. “Systemic changes to the educational curriculum can create sustained change that transforms campus culture.”

Concerns regarding CAPS

Interim Co-Executive Director of CAPS Jane Yang voiced her concerns to the Wheel about the fundamental issues reflected in student concerns that center around lack of access. In response to the complaints of long wait times and delayed responses, Yang said there is a gap in understanding about the process of seeking care.

“There is a lot of narrative that if students are suicidal or if their friend is suicidal, they’re going to have to wait to get care,” she said. “We have same day access for urgent and acute care situations.”

According to Yang, CAPS’ data indicates that the wait time for initial consultations averages between one and three business days, in contrast to the perception that the wait for non-urgent care is months long. However, Yang said that the average wait time for non-urgent initial consultation, which is often the first point of contact, is still one to three business days.

“The wait time was never something I personally experienced, but something I heard from countless others,” Schwartz said.

Schwartz said that, on average, universities which have waitlists for counseling resources, which constitutes a third of all schools, will require students to wait over three weeks before being seen.

In response to the student testimonies that criticize the month-long wait times, Yang said that the scheduling timeline can be impacted by a number of factors, including clinical acuity, student preferences for a provider and student availability. 

“All of these are discussed at consultation with the student so that the student can make informed decisions,” Yang said in an April 26 email to the Wheel.

She also emphasized the different modalities of treatment at CAPS that can be equally effective in addressing student mental health concerns, which may not necessarily include a referral for individual therapy. These include group therapy, skills groups, and workshops.

The Office of Health Promotion provides well-being intervention related to sexual health and drug use, and Student Case Management and Intervention Services provides emergency services related to crises like food and housing insecurity. Yang added that students can support each other in affinity spaces like the Asian Student Center and Centro Latinx. The broader range of well-being resources at Emory may be found at Emory’s student wellbeing website. 

“Part of what I want to help demystify is this idea that one-on-one therapy is the golden standard,” Yang said. “Our clinical providers are assessing and making recommendations based on their expertise.”

Yang explained that CAPS is always taking student feedback. She said that students have raised concerns about how to access care, and revising their web content to be more readable and digestible was among the feedback provided, echoing Choi’s concerns about the content-heavy nature of their website.

Looking forward

The University recently hired Associate Vice President of Health, Well-Being, Access and Prevention James Raper, a new position which will debut in the 2022-23 academic year. Raper will help CAPS take an “integrated and holistic approach to help foster mental health understanding.”

Smith said that Raper will focus on strengthening student experience around health and well-being. He will supervise CAPS, along with the Office of Health Promotion, Office of Respect and Student Health Services. 

One of Emory Active Minds’ major goals for the upcoming year is to initiate bidirectional communication and advocate for CAPS to be honest about what they’re doing to promote mental health. 

“A really common and unfortunate myth is that admin doesn’t care about mental health,” Choi said. “After talking with Dr. Jane Yang and Dr. Gary Glass at Oxford, that’s far from the truth. These administrators do care, they just need guidance from student input.”

By opening up communication, Choi aims to change the narrative and culture surrounding mental health on campus. He also seeks to continue publicizing the letter, maintaining it as a long-term project.

“We don’t want it to be a one-time letter,” he added. “We want it to be continuously edited to ask for new solutions and suggestions.”

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Vomiting is a natural process when one’s stomach is filled with undigested food, bacteria, viruses, or parasites. It helps in getting rid of excess water and other unwanted elements from the body. Vomiting also has its side effects, as it can lead to dehydration, dizziness, nausea, and sore throat after vomiting. The latter occurs when the acidic content of vomit enters your throat. It’s quite common to experience a sore throat after vomiting, particularly if you have eaten something spicy or acidic before throwing up. Vomiting also causes dry mouth and dehydration. These conditions can further worsen your sore throat afterward. Apart from that, nausea caused by vomiting can result in an increased gag reflex which might make you throw up again sooner than expected.

How To Soothe Throat After Vomiting

Use a Lubricant

If you’re experiencing a sore throat after vomiting, the first thing to do is to stop drinking water. This helps in preventing dehydration that causes sore throat after vomiting. If you feel like having some water, drink only warm water and use a lubricant like oil or butter if you have a dry mouth due to vomiting.

Take Vitamins

Vitamin B6 is an effective remedy for a sore throat caused by vomiting. It helps in preventing nausea and other unpleasant conditions after throwing up. Don’t forget to eat some foods rich in vitamin B6 such as eggs, fish, milk, poultry, and vegetables such as cauliflower, spinach, and broccoli. You can also take a multivitamin supplement that contains vitamin B6 as well as other necessary vitamins such as C and E. However, avoid taking too much of these vitamins since they can lead to diarrhea instead of soothing your throat pain after throwing up.

Drink Water Sparingly

Drinking plenty of water is essential when one experiences a sore throat after vomiting since it prevents dehydration caused by the acidic content of vomit which can worsen your condition further. If you feel like having some cold drinks and soda pop, drink only half the amount that you usually consume and sip on it slowly until the acidity in your stomach has been neutralized completely by drinking more water than usual during the day instead of gulping it down all at once in one go before bedtime or when you feel thirsty.

Eat a Little Bit of Spicy Food

If you’re experiencing a sore throat after vomiting, eating a little bit of spicy food can help in relieving the symptoms and prevent further dehydration. If you’re feeling queasy because of your vomiting, having some spicy food such as hot chili peppers, pickles or even ginger is better than nothing at all. However, avoid eating too much of such foods since they can lead to diarrhea instead of soothing your sore throat after throwing up.

Drink Warm Tea with Honey

If you’ve been nauseated by the acidic content of vomit entering your throat and want to avoid drinking water because it has been proven that drinking water increases dehydration, warm tea with honey can be a good alternative for soothing your sore throat after throwing up. The warming effect of hot tea will counter the effects of cold drinks like water and prevent further dehydration by increasing blood flow to the skin and other parts of your body which helps in preventing numbness caused by low blood pressure as well as make-up bleeding while brushing teeth or shaving which are common symptoms of dehydration. Aside from that, drinking warm tea with honey will also counter the symptoms caused by vomitings like dizziness and nausea which are commonly experienced when one experiences severe vomiting episodes like acid reflux attacks or heartburn due to excessive stomach acid in vomit entering into our stomachs when we throw up. Drinking warm tea with honey also has other benefits like reducing inflammation in the body which can help in preventing sore throat after vomiting.

What To Do After Vomiting?

• If you feel nauseous after vomiting, you can try drinking some water.
• If possible, take a sip of water from a cup to let your throat feel moistened.
• If the sore throat persists, use a cool compress on your neck, then apply an ice pack to it for 20 minutes to help alleviate the pain and swelling.
• Use saltwater gargling and gargling with honey to relieve sore throat and reduce symptoms of dry mouth caused by vomiting. Take 2 teaspoons of salt in 1 cup of warm water and gargle for 5 minutes then spit out the solution into a jar with a lid and cover it with a thick cloth or plastic bag to keep the air away from it.
• You can also try gargling with a small amount of warm salt water, which is good for your throat and nasal passages.
• You can also try drinking warm ginger tea which helps to soothe a sore throat as well as nausea after vomiting.

What Causes Throat Ache After Vomiting?

1. Ingestion of acidic food or drink.
2. Vomiting after eating spicy food
3. Exposure to certain bacteria
4. Use of certain medications
5. Stress and anxiety
6. Flu and cold
7. Intense coughing
8. Anemia
9. Excessive consumption of alcohol

Tips To Soothe A Sore Throat After Vomiting

• Know your body. If you know the reason for your sore throat, you can take care of it accordingly. If you feel that the sore throat is caused due to dehydration, drink a glass of water and take painkillers if needed.
• Soothe your throat with medicated lozenges or cough drops. These will help in soothing your throat and also fight any infection.
• Drink plenty of water before and after vomiting to avoid dehydration and constipation in the future.
• Avoid drinking alcohol and spicy food until your stomach settles down completely since they can worsen the condition further.
• Use a humidifier at night if you have difficulty breathing while sleeping due to dry mouth or sore throat caused by vomiting.
• Take some warm liquids like hot tea or hot water, which will soothe the soreness and aid digestion in the stomach region as well as in other parts of the body where it has spread due to acidity from vomit.
• Paregoric (analgesic) can be taken if required by children or adults who have trouble sleeping after vomiting. It’s a wonderful painkiller.
• Take care of your throat by gargling with warm salt water or using a throat lozenge after vomiting.
• Gargle with warm salt water or use a throat lozenge to soothe your sore throat after vomiting.

Gargle Saltwater

1. Gargle with warm saltwater. Saltwater helps in absorbing the acidic content of your vomit. If you have eaten a lot of spicy food, drink a glass of hot water mixed with a spoonful of baking soda and drink it immediately after throwing it up.
2. Gargle with hot tea mixed with honey or lemon juice. Honey has anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties which relieve sore throat and can prevent dehydration caused by vomiting, while lemon juice is known to have soothing effects on the throat and can help you recover faster from the symptoms caused by vomiting.
3. Gargle with cold milk mixed with an equal amount of water or honey. Milk has anti-bacterial properties which soothe a sore throat, while honey can help improve your sense of taste and appetite as well as reduce nausea after vomiting.
4. Gargle salt water mixed with warm milk or hot lemon juice once every two or three hours during the day until you feel better (at least one hour before going to bed). It’s important to gargle these liquids regularly in order to prevent dehydration caused by vomiting, as well as sore throat after vomiting due to acidity in vomit entering your throat again when you wake up during the night due to frequent coughing and sneezing during the night (due to dry mouth). You might also want to gargle some warm salt water every time you wake up from sleep, particularly if you have experienced frequent bouts of coughing during sleep.
5. Gargle salt water mixed with warm milk after every meal. It’s important to gargle these liquids regularly in order to prevent dehydration caused by vomiting, as well as sore throat after vomiting due to acidity in vomit entering your throat again when you wake up during the night due to frequent coughing and sneezing during the night. You might also want to gargle some warm salt water every time you wake up from sleep, particularly if you have experienced frequent bouts of coughing during sleep.

Conclusion

Vomiting is a natural process that helps in getting rid of excess water and other unwanted elements from the body. However, it can also lead to many health problems, including a sore throat. The latter occurs when the acidic content of vomit enters your throat. If you want to avoid a sore throat after vomiting, it’s best to eat lightly and slowly. Avoid eating something spicy or acidic before vomiting. You should also avoid drinking a lot of fluids to avoid dehydration. It’s best to get some rest after vomiting to let your body heal.

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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced in a federal civil rights case Thursday to 21 years in prison for depriving George Floyd of his civil rights in May 2020. 

Chauvin is already serving a 22 ½ year sentence after he was found guilty of second- and third-degree murder, as well as second-degree manslaughter, in April 2021 in the state’s case against him.

As part of a federal plea agreement, Chauvin will serve both his state and federal sentences concurrently in federal prison, with the time he has already served deducted from the sentence. The New York Times reported this is on the lower end of the standard 20 to 25 years prescribed by sentencing guidelines.

“I really don’t know why you did what you did,” U.S. District Court Judge Paul Magnuson told Chauvin before announcing the sentence. “But to put your knee on another person’s neck until they’re deceased is wrong. And for that, you must be substantially punished.”

Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd in May 2020 after he kneeled on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes. Floyd’s murder sparked national outrage and unrest as people called for mass police reform and racial equity.

Chauvin’s federal plea deal, reached last year, also admits his guilt in a 2017 incident where he repeatedly struck 14-year-old John Pope and kneeled on his neck and upper back for about 15 minutes. Pope sued the city of Minneapolis in May.

Before his sentencing, Chauvin gave a brief statement to both Floyd’s and Pope’s families. He did not apologize to either family for his actions.

“To the Pope family, Mr. Pope: I hope you have a good relationship with your mother and also your sister, and I hope that you have the ability to get the best education possible to lead a productive and rewarding life,” Chauvin said to Pope in his statement.

And to Floyd’s children: “I just want to say that I wish them all the best in their life and have excellent guidance in becoming great adults.”

Prosecutors in the case asked Justice Magnuson to sentence Chauvin to 25 years in prison, as they believed a higher sentence would send a clear message to police officers around the country that their role in the criminal justice system is limited and does not involve imposing punishment

Magnuson said he blames Chauvin alone for Floyd’s murder as Chauvin was the senior officer at the scene and ignored questions from one of the other officers about Chauvin’s use of force.

“You absolutely destroyed the lives of three young officers by taking command of the scene,” said Magnuson.

Former officer Thomas Lane pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in state court in May and is scheduled for sentencing in September. Former officers Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng’s trial on state charges of aiding and abetting murder and manslaughter is scheduled for October.

Chauvin’s attorney, Eric Nelson, asked the court last month to sentence Chauvin to no more than 20 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release, citing “thousands” of letters from across the country he said Chauvin received that, “speaks to his character and qualities as a human being.”

Courteney Ross, Floyd’s girlfriend, wrote the victim impact statement that was read to the court during Thursday’s sentencing hearing. 

“I don’t hate you, Mr. Chauvin,” the statement said. “I’m working on forgiving you because that’s what George Floyd would want me to do.”

Housing project proposed for 1598 University Ave.

Trachtenberg Architects/Courtesy

The space is currently occupied by a temporary lease for an after-school Chinese program and the Berkeley location of North Beach Pizza, the latter of which is aiming to move closer to the Downtown Berkeley area.

A proposed development project may bring more than 200 new units of housing to 1598 University Ave. in the next few years.

Nathan George, a developer for this project, suggested that the building would provide beneficial space for retail establishments and help combat the Berkeley housing crisis. The developers are hoping for city approval in mid to late 2023, George said, with construction to follow shortly after and occupancy available in the summer of 2024 or 2025.

“It’s a very undeveloped corner at a pretty big intersection along University Avenue,” George noted. “There’s three partials, and one of them is just a parking lot that we’ve been renting since 2016.”

The space is also occupied by a temporary lease for an after-school Chinese program and the Berkeley location of North Beach Pizza.

North Beach Pizza, which George stated has been struggling for some time, is aiming to move closer to the Downtown Berkeley area. It has been working with the developers since 2016 and are currently examining other developing lots for their relocation, George added.

Designed by Trachtenberg Architects, the project includes retail options to help “activate” the corner at the intersection, according to George. Most of these will be studio apartments, with some one- or two-bedroom units. A few will have small, private roof decks with “great views,” he added.

“It’s got an amazing 6,000 square foot courtyard that’ll be landscaped with great space for entertaining and just congregating, as well as a fitness room, a club room and just great amenities,” George said.

According to George, some of the apartments will be set aside for affordable housing. Ten percent of the units will be reserved for very-low-income residents, capped at 50% average median income, or AMI. Another 10% may be reserved for residents capped at 80% AMI.

George also explained that the plans for affordable housing benefit the scope and viability of the development. The inclusionary housing meets criteria for a state density bonus, permitting increased building area and protecting the project from appeals.

The developers are working with the city to move forward with the project, but the Zoning Adjustments Board will ultimately approve or deny the application.

It is currently too early in the development process to estimate the final cost of the project.

“We’re pretty committed to trying to solve the housing crisis problem by just creating good, well-designed, affordable-by-design projects,” George said. “Hopefully it’s unique to whatever else is out there and will really improve that University corridor to make it a more walkable and retail, pedestrian friendly space.”

Contact Chanyoung Chung at cchung@dailycal.org, and follow him on Twitter at @chung_chanyoung.

The Daily Californian

Birth control has been a sensitive subject in the media over the last several months. Given the recent overturning of Roe v. Wade, it’s more important than ever to educate ourselves about our contraceptive options.

Female birth control accounts for the vast majority of contraceptives we have access to. These include IUDs, hormonal implants and contraceptive pills which have a wide range of side effects, many that are adverse and can outweigh the benefits.

Male birth control methods are beginning to gain traction. In the last few years, researchers have launched many studies to expand the variety of options men have access to. A few male contraceptive pills remain in the early stages of testing, but don’t look very promising due to potential side effects. However, this is unfair to women that endure negative side effects for birth control regardless. We must push for different varieties of male birth control if we want to protect ourselves in a post-Roe future.

Men’s Current Options

Men currently have two main options for birth control — vasectomies and condoms.

Vasectomies are one of the best methods of birth control, as they are nearly 100% effective in preventing pregnancy. Vasectomies can usually get reversed, although several factors can potentially affect fertility afterwards. Since some run this risk, it’s not recommended to have a vasectomy as a form of temporary birth control.

Condoms have a lower pregnancy prevention rate, at about 85%. Condoms are another hot topic as some men just don’t believe in wearing them. Only 19% of men reported using a condom every time they had sex over a 12-month span. Considering these drawbacks, there should be other methods of male birth control by now.

We should be just as invested in finding more male birth control options as we are for women. Clinical trials for a two-hormone injection male contraceptive took place in 2016. However, the trials ended because the side effects, which included acne, mood swings and mental health decline, were deemed too negative to continue. included  But these side effects are shockingly similar to the side effects women who take birth control have reported for many years.

Female Birth Control

The first oral contraceptive was approved by the FDA in 1960. Since then, other variations of birth control have been approved, such as the IUD in 1968, but the pill remains the most common contraceptive method outside female sterilization. Side effects of hormonal birth control include acne, spotting, nausea, weight gain/fluctuation, mood swings, depression, anxiety, missed periods and decreased libido. More serious side effects include blood clots, high blood pressure and liver tumors, although these are certainly more rare. 

While men’s birth control causes some of these same side effects, the effects women experience are worse. Birth control interferes with our menstrual cycles, which can cause consistent bleeding for months, or the exact opposite, known as amenorrhea. Amenorrhea can cause infertility, problems with pregnancy and even miscarriages. Most women don’t know what side effects they may experience ahead of time.

After two years on birth control, I experienced constant nausea and bleeding while my mental health significantly worsened. Because of a birth control implant, I have low hormone levels and mild PCOS. These negative side effects are widely acknowledged but aren’t taken seriously. It’s frustrating to see that when men raise concerns, they are addressed. But when women report the same things, they are dismissed as unimportant.

Double Standard of Pregnancy Prevention

Unfortunately, general perception dictates that it is only a woman’s job to prevent herself from pregnancy. According to sociologist Katrina Kimport, “… people use contraception in order to have sex, they do not have sex in order to use contraception.” We all know how reproduction works, and how it takes two partners (not just one). From this standpoint, it’s not fair that the burden of pregnancy prevention mainly falls on those that can conceive. Men must become more involved. Increasing the variety of birth control for men can provide even just a small amount of relief and help share the responsibility that women face mainly by themselves. Trials for men’s birth control must resume and continue for this to happen.

The future of women’s birth control is very precarious, and we can’t predict what will happen next. Lawmakers are making changes that will likely affect contraception in the near future, so we must prepare ahead of time. By involving men more in the contraceptive dialogue and pushing for more kinds of viable male contraception, responsibility can be more equally shared among partners.

a.mendenhall@dailyutahchronicle.com

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