The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, October 21, 1986 - page, 5
State to
reject gay
organ
donors
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.
(AP)-Michigan's three organ and
tissue procurement agencies say
they will reject organ donations
from homosexuals because of
concern about the risk of spreading
AIDS.
None plan to start researching
the lifestyles of donors, but
officials at organ agencies in Ann
Arbor and Lansing say they would
reject organs from homosexuals and
other high-risk groups.
"A homosexual could still
donate, but we would not utilize the
tissue for other than research
purposes," said Richard Fuller,
chief executive officer of the
Michigan Eye Bank and
Transplantation Center in Ann
Arbor.
FURTHERMORE, Fuller said
the center might reject the donation
for research because of a risk to
medical technicians.removing it.
For some time, blood tests have
regularly screened donated organs
and tissues for the presence of
contagious diseases such as
hepatitis. Routine testing for the
AIDS antibody began last year
under guidelines from the Centers
for Disease Control in Atlanta.
"We still have a lot to learn
about all of this, but the HTLV-III
(AIDS antibody) screening is the
state-of-the art technique right
now," Fuller said.
"You're never compoletely
comfortable, but it's the best we
can do, and I don't think recipients
should be concerned because the
benefits of a transplant far outweigh
the risk," he said.
Since 1985, the U.S. Public
Health Service has warned no AIDS
test is foolproof and advised
discouraging anyone in high-risk
groups from donating blood,
plasma, sperm, organs and tissues.
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topic for all debates is "First
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with files of information to support
their arguments. Each file contains
thousands of plain white sheets of
paper on which a small bit of
information is pasted. The debator
writes comments around the article
and uses them during the debate.
Speta says "The biggest benefit is
learning to fit arguments into a
in Michigan. The team will
journey to Emory University in
Atlanta for a competition next
month as one of its six meets each
semester.
Although the team has been re-
funded, Mancuso said UAC funding
covers only one-third of their
expenses. In order to raise more
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ith inflaming personal
rntagonism," Muenchow said last
week. He said that although some
assembly representatives still carry
hostility from the election, "most
people are beyond that now and are
working more on issues."
VIRGINA WARD, a
ackham representative both this
year and last year, said MSA has a
different atmosphere "because last
year forced us to step back and take
a hard look at ourselves." She
believes the election and the
infighting of last year's assembly
has resulted in a more mature
atmosphere this year.
One reason for the relative
harmony is that the assembly has
ot yet faced particularly divisive
y issues, such as its position on
military research and whether MSA
should become involved in national
issues.
"When these issues do come up,
hopefully we can minimize
personal conflicts and just argue the
issues," said Muenchow.
REPRESENTATIVE Matt
Tucker, an LSA junior, said much
of the tension of last year's
sembly meetings was bad, "but
people would fight for their views."
This year with a larger
5,9
assembly-thirteen more
representatives- "people are more
passive, so more things will fly
through the assembly," Tucker said.
He added MSA may appear to be
more productive this year, but
"people just aren't paying attention
to look at things."
Muenchow said the mediator that
MSA hired this summer helped
relieve personal antagonism. The
mediator, who worked a total of 20
hours for $50 an hour, "went
through personal and political
arguments between (some
assembly) members," Muenchow
said.
"OUR ENERGY was being
drained (last year) with infighting,"
said Rackham representative Bruce
Belcher, Chairman of Rules and
Elections Committee for both this
year's and last year's assembly.
MSA Vice President Darrell
Thompson said this year's
assembly is finally enforcing a
clause in its constitution that sets
minimum levels of participation in
the assembly. In past years,
representatives have been able to
miss meetings without strong
repercussions, but this year three
representatives have already been
kicked out of the assembly for not
meeting their obligations.
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penalties for drug dealing trapped in
the House Judiciary Committee,
which Bullard chairs.
Holtz advocates a "three-step
program" to solve drug problems,
which includes educating young
people about drugs, rehabilitating
users and addicts, and going after ;
dealers, the source of drugs. He .h
said that funding is necessary to
carry out his plans.
HOLTZ IS ALSO opposed to x,
mandatory drug testing on the job r .
in most cases, but said air traffic.
controllers, pilots, and bus drivers
should be tested because they are
responsible for the lives of others.
Holtz described his campaign as
the "first serious campaign in 12
years against Bullard." He said that
before he decided to run for office he
was a "typical citizen" and apathetic
oward politics. He decided to run
hen he realized that people who
kept saying that it was somebody
else's job to get involved were Holtz
never going to do so. .. . supports more state 'U' fuhds
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