The DePaulia, 2015-02-23, 1

              By JULIAN HAYDA Contributing Writer It's a quarterly process. Students meet with advisors, learn which classes are needed, register, pay tuition and repeat. It's straightforward, almost habituaL But that process is interrupted for many DePaul students every quarter as they're met with a hold or warning on their account. Apart from financial holds, DePaul is required to verify students' immunization records and can penalize those who have not met Illinois' minimum immunization requirements. While most students have to prove they've been immunized, a growing movement against vaccination means some students risk contracting and transmitting certain diseases, such as measles, that have been spreading recently. DePaul can prevent students from registering for classes and bar them from basic services on Campus Connect if they don't prove they are immune to measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus, and diphtheria, which are prevented by the MMRvaccine and tetanus shot, respectively. "We are an institution that resides in the State of Illinois and must comply by [state] requirements," said Susan Janick, DePauf's immunization coordinator for the Office of Student Records, in a recent emaiL Despite the vaccination requirement, immunization codes allow DePaul to let students enroll without their required vaccinations if they or their parents have religious or philosophical reservations to immunization. According to the Centers for Disease Amid outbreaks, students opt out of vaccines Control and Prevention (CDC) the "anti-vax" movement is connected with a recent outbreak of measles, a disease thought to be eradicated in 2000. Measles infected 644 people in 27 states last year, and the number of cases continue to rise this year. A recent non-scientific poll conducted with 162 DePaul students on the Lincoln Park and Loop campuses found that 28 percent of students share believe immunization should be optional to university students. "It's never good to force anybody to do something they don't want to do, or spend their money on something they don't want," Myles O'Hare, a senior finance major said. "If you do not want to vaccinate, then Employees at the Whole Foods DPaul location prepare for the store's opening Wednesday, Feb.2~. This is one of thfirst Whole Foods to open in a former Dominick's location. Boxes of the measles, mumps and rubella virus vaccine (MMR) and meusles mumps, rubella and varicella vaccine inside a freezer at a doctor's office. you should not have access to public facilities, Dr. Bart Barrett, M.D. a family physician, author, and Christian preacher from Orange County, California said. Barrett published a viral blog piece on his website in January about one of his patients, a child, who died of measles because his parents had a moral opposition to vaccination. "The decision not to be immunized is not just a decision that affects the individual in question, it affects the society and people around them that is then exposed to those diseases '," Barrett said. Religious exemptions to medical procedures used to only be a First See VACCINES, page 8 New provost announced By BRENDEN Moonr News Editor The DePaul Board of Trustees elected Marten L. denBoer as the new provost, for the university announced last Wedneday. DenBoer, who is currently the provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, will assume the role of provost on July 1 replacing interim provost David Miller, the dean of the College of Computing and Digital Media. "The feedback we received from the deans, faculty and staff leadership showed overwhelming support for Dr. denBoer," said Board Chair William E. Bennett in a release. "There was a unanimous vote of the trustees to select him as DePaul's next provost." During his visit to campus denBoer said the university's mission drew him to DePauL "I have admired from afar as DePaul's academic quality has risen over the past decade even as it remained faithful to its Vincentian values. I am honored and thrilled to have the opportunity to join such a vigorous and creative intellectual community," said denBoer in the release. DePaul President Rev. Dennis Holtschneider, C.M cited denBoer's extensive administration and leadership experience, including previous experience as a provost. "Dr. denBoer comes with significant experience as an academic leader, having served as provost and associate provost in previous appointments," Holtschneider said. "His past work with faculty to support See PROVOST, page 5