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Thursday, November 6, 1997 - Page 2 COMMENTARY Staff Editor·In·Chief Pfish Pfanatics Pface Ptisteria Carolyn D. Barnes '99 MansJ::ing Editor Grant A. Rice '99 Advertising Manager ------11 Megan Martin Laura Kelley '01 Business .Mana~er As just about everyone knows, pflsreria has Tara Bonjourm 99 Certainly, the fishermen who work in the Finally, grocery stores and supermarkets been a big problem in the last couple of months. areas that have been closed down are suffer- will be affected. They cannot sell Maryland News Editors Not really understanding all the ins and outs of ing. They are all losing money because they Kate Hampson '00 fish to hesitant consumers, which means they Christian WilwohJ '98 pfisteria makes describing it difficult, but fish cannot work. lose money if they even try to sell it. infected with pfisteria and consumed by humans Other fishermen are also hurting because Unfortunately, Governor Glendenning Assistant News Editor makes the consumer quite ill. Emily Sramathis '00 no one wants to buy Maryland seafood. criticized markets last month for pulling This chain reaction event has caused quite a The source of the pfisteria problem is be- Maryland fish off the market. His purpose Features Editor lot of panic among people, especially residents lieved to be the chicken farmers to the north. was to try to help Maryland's fishermen sur- Jennifer Vick '98 of Maryland. No one wants to eat seafood from These farmers are getting a bad reputation vive which is understandable. ANUtant F.tura EdItor Maryland because they are afraid of becoming and may lose work too. Markets, however, should not be criti- Nicki Kas$olis '99 sick. cized for what they see as a necessary ac- _EdItor This is quite understandable, but it is also tion. If no one is buying it, should the mar- Adam Dean '98 unfounded. Not every river that is a source of "No one wants to eat kets stock it? Maryland seafood is contaminated. seafood from Maryland ASlistantEditorialsBditot The fish just goes to waste, and the mar- MepnMattiu'OI Those rivers that contained infected fish were kets lose money. Can they be expected to closed down to fishermen almost immediately. because they are afraid of put Maryland fish up for sale and conse- SporII- carolyn D. Ba:mee '99 Infected fish are also not likely to be sold to becoming sick. " quently lose money just to please the gover- consumers through local markets or grocery nor? Until the pfisteria panic blows over, ArtEdltor markets. Mike Puskar '99 this is not a reasonable request. So, who loses out? Is it the fisherman whose By being seen as "the bad guy," these In the end, everyone loses out. Hope- livelihood depends on the sale of the fish he is farmers may be forced out of business due fully, the problem can be resolved soon, so J:!=~i~::~~ catching? to a lack of sales or due to having to pay for everyone, the fisherman, the chicken farmer, not Photograpben Is it the chicken farmer being blamed for damages. the fish lover, and the supermarket, can go Nathan Birdsall '99 the whole mess? The people all over the Eastern Seaboard back to normal. JcssieWaUs'98 Is it the person who loves to eat Maryland lose out too, especially if they love Until then, calm down and eat whatever Layout seafood but is too afraid of catching pfisteria to Maryland's supply of seafood. fish you please. Carolyn Barnes '98 eat any? In addition, anyone else who appreciates Adam Dean '98 Or, is it the market where seafood from Kate Hampson '00 Maryland's contribution to the fish market Megan Martin is a freshman communica- Erin Howard '00 Maryland cannot be sold to gain a reasonable will definitely miss out because they will be tions major and Assistant Editorials Editor Grant Rice '98 profit? afraid to purchase and consume local fish. Emily Stamarhls '00 at tile Phoenix. JenVick '98 Senior Writers Mf~:jl:~~h~~9~R Lewis Hall Construction: Are Resident Jcnnrhon Shacat '98 StaftWriters - Kathleen Davis '01 Students being Lost in the Shuffle? Sarah Radice '01 Rich Sinunons'99 ~S~~I 1 AdamDean I ~~..r The new addition to Lewis Hall is one that room. asthetically pleasing and contribute to any such as Lewis will be welcomed Other arguments, is old, in which to work or environment into the addition (I doubt Lewis who will expand by the current residents of are just bogus. So what if Lewis is an older enjoyable So many were removed for construc- study. the physics department really cares, but that is building? Buildings which predate Lewis by tion, itis sad. another matter). But, the question must be centuries are still in use for more serious I know they were replaced with others, asked: with the current housing shortage, (don't operations. -but it will be years before these trees reach a tell me that there is no housing shortage while The White House in Washington, D. C., size which will enable them to truly replace at the same time placing students three to a room is a good example. This building is close to those which are now gone. The Phoenix is pubHshed biw