Word: proof
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...outraged at the lack of common sense in the cancellation of this trip and the tardiness of the cancellation itself. Boldfaced "Measles Alert" signs had been posted on every wall of the campus for a week. All students were instructed either to receive shots or to show proof of immunization. This involved standing on an interminably long line in Loker Commons. We all received a stamp from UHS, showing that we had been immunized at some point in our life, and presumably, this ended the measles scare for most of the campus...
Instead of sending us all home, I feel we should have been required to show our stamped health forms showing proof of the vaccinations. In this manner, only students who had not received the immunizations would have been forbidden from going on the trip. We have those stamped health forms for a reason--to show that we are immune to the measles. I received my immunizations 17 years ago. Now I can't go on a trip to the beach because someone else forgot to get vaccinated...
...regulations require all full-time students to be immunized for measles. The schools themselves determine the definition of a full-time student, according to Sean Fitzpatrick, a spokesperson for the Department of Public Health. Those students not classified by the school as full-time are not required to show proof of immunization to matriculate...
...will comply fully with any Summer School policy," Clem said. "[The Ukrainian Program] is considering requiring proof of immunization for the future," Clem added, referring to the program's own policies...
Mars, of course, has offered the perpetual test of human uniqueness, and has lately become the proof. If life existed anywhere else under the sun, it should have been there. We have always given most-favored-planet status to Mars. How would you describe an elephant to a man from Mars? If a man from Mars were to visit Earth...? And so forth. Orson Welles broadcast bulletins of our scariest Martians; Ray Walston played our favorite...