•
Jim Kent id that rough
tima ould ugg t between 500 to
7SO of those infected with the HIV
virus arc between the ages of 15 and
19.
THIS ESTIMA IS based on
the 2,619docwnented AIDS in
Mlchipn. Kent . d it is believed
that about 5 percent of those people
contracted the di e when the were
15 to 19 Y old. provided that
ratio still holds true, then there are
pro bly 500 to 750 high schoolaged
you ho are infected wi th the
HI¥ virus in Michigan, he aid.
An AIDS Educator in the Ingham
"Co ty Health Department aid that
there are between 300 and 400
people in mid-Michigan who re
known to be infected with the HIV
Virus.
"Once you get past the known
HIV infected case , it's kind of a
guess, " to how many people are
iDfected, said Marilyn Hillman.
As far a sex education in
Michigan, the state offen a model
or health and sex education to it
cbool systems called the com­
prehensive health model. There i
DO legislation pending that would
update or djust the model.
Although more than 90 percent of
the school ystems in Michigan foI­
l the model, East La log Schools
do not, East Lansing students begin
learning about reproductive health
aDd exually transmitted diseases in
4th grade. This is similar to the
Michigan model.
SEN. GIL DiNello, D-East
Detroit, is the Chairman of a Senate
Select Committee, that is looking
into the Michigan model.
They will me a report before the
end of the year that will suggest any
Changes they feel are necessary, d
DiNello's pokesman, Wes Thoip •.
According to Stabenow,
"Midllgan bas gotlen a lot of praise
tor their comprehensive programs."
ood core, or
·d. Byrom
vice chai om n on tbe Ho e
Ed tion Committee.
She I 0 pointed out that
John on' ituation h brou ht
more mcdi ttention 0 the
"That n't been there," pre-
vio Iy, be said.
Truscott id that Engler en-
titled John on an AIDS
po person in Michigan. He . d
Johnson hould be etIective in get­
ting the attention of chool- ged
children.
S • DAVID HONINGMAN,
R-W t Bloomfield, id there' a
fine line between educating kids
bout sexually mit1ed dis ,
and iog d' ed scare tactics.
"People are entitled to know the
truth, even ki ,. he said, adding,
·you ant to make ure they're not
consumed inappropriately with
fear."
Honigman, vice chairman on the
Senate Education Committee, said it
i important for children to kno
about sexually transmitted d' eases.
"In a free society, knowledge is
never bad," he said.
"We should also teach (cbildren)
the value of exercising caution,"
Honigman aid.
. ONE IDEA THAT needs to be
changed, Stabenow d,' the value
of spotaneity.
Stabeoow said she believe that
some teens are under the impression
tbat sexual encounters are morally
better if they are pontaneous, rather
than planned. It i the planned en­
counters, be pointed out, that are
more likely to involve condom use.
A few schools in the United
States have begun to distribute con­
doms to studcn . School in Bos­
ton, Philadelphia, New York Cty,
and some places in California are
participating in such programs. But
don't look for that to happen in
Michigan anytime soon.
Because condoms are a birth con­
trol device, they cannot be discussed
in Michigan schools.
Allowing free condoms are 8
birth control device, they cannot be
supported by Gov. Engler, Truscott
said.
college to be co t efficient "I ked
the bo rd a few months ago to ven­
ture into revolving loan ituation
with the community college 10 that
we could continue to deal success­
fully with the amoum of indeb
that I inherited as the president of
that instituion, " he said. "So the bot­
tom line on the revolvin loan is
that it will enable the college to
continue to rep y on a timely i
all of the ou tanding bills, such
to pay the state teacher' retirement
fund, the internal revenue rvice
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ticip t It will receive from the
state, and "cost-avoidance techni­
ques and strategies" including sub­
contr cting the bookstore; food
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