The number of individuals diagnosed with probable H1N1 at Gannett has slightly increased during the past two weeks, yet such statistics remain drastically lower than those during the peak of the illness at the beginning of the semester.

According to Sharon Dittman, associate director of community relations for Gannett Health Services, from last Monday to yesterday, the number of patients diagnosed by Gannett with probable H1N1 ranged from six to 37 students per day. This range is higher than the seven to 15 students that Gannett was diagnosing with probable H1N1 per day for the past few weeks.

“[This range] is probably just the higher end of the steady number of cases that have characterized the Cornell and Gannett experience in the wake of the major wave at the beginning of the semester,” Dittman said.

Dittman also said that the few days of drastically higher numbers do not yet indicate a trend of increasing H1N1 flu. Gannett will continue to monitor the number of patients and any possible trends that arise.”Our flu numbers are up compared to where they’d been plateaued for the past three weeks, but it’s not yet clear whether we’re just seeing an uptick related to students returning from fall break, or whether we’re on the upswing of a new wave,” said Janet Corson-Rikert M.D., director of University Health Services.Probable Cases of H1N1 Reported at Gannett in October

Cascadilla Hall and Sheldon Court, “Calls for an in-house lottery system for the Collegetown residences,” Kumar said.

The continuing occupancy lottery system that will be instituted in the Collegetown dorms will be “…similar in function and form to those in the West Campus House System,” according to the resolution.

Unlike the other housing resolutions, though, Resolution 12 does not require Skorton’s signature.

“It was a Sense-of-the-Body resolution so we suggested that Campus Life implement that over the next few years but we didn’t mandate it yet,” Kumar said.

Resolution 15 seeks to bolster student involvement in the selection of RHDs by creating two student positions on the Screening Committee for Residence Hall Director. One of the student positions will represent program housing, while the other will represent standard residential dorms.

The resolution’s sponsor, Jonathan Rau ’12, Arts and Sciences representative, expressed his desire to see the legislation implemented as quickly as possible.

“It’s a time sensitive issue [so] we’d like to get kids on the committee as soon as possible,” Rau said. “Campus Life has already started the search process so basically we’re just waiting for the approval of President Skorton for [this resolution] to go into effect. It’s just a matter of technicality when Skorton passes it.”