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"B OTH of these are legitimate concerns but neither kill and now we're dealing with something that kills," he added. But even though students are more concerned about the disease, Briefer said, "Students are not taking (AIDS) seriously enough. While there's a reasonable consciousness level about AIDS, most students have not translated this into personal terms and realized that they can be at risk if they engage in sex with more than one partner." He added that "when the, disease was first publicized a lot of attention was given to certain high risk segments of the population and a lot of students as well as others felt that if they weren't in those groups, they didn't have anything to worry about," Briefer continued. "Well, that's no longer so true." As part of its educational drive, Health Service is sponsoring a Safer Sex Awareness Day on SEPTEMBER 22. Polly Paulson, AIDS Education Coordinator, said undergraduate students are the primary target for the event. f l 1 1 1 1 1 'As more and more studies AIDS can enter the heterose time to bring the informati available to the student body - Polly Paulson,, enough. positive. "SOME are the 'worried-well,"' Since the testing program's Paulson said. "They have more inception in early April, three out of stress than necessary. Others engage 300 students have tested positive for in high risk behaviors: sharing the virus, a percentage consistent needles or, more commonly, having with the national average. unprotected sexual intercourse, "A positive result means that vaginal or anal. When I say they have the virus. It's a test for the unprotected, I do not mean from antibody that the body produces in pregnancy but from venereal the presence of the virus," Paulson diseases. We recommend using said. condoms and spermicidal foam." . "Within five years, 25-30 percent (of virus-carriers) get the disease. After five years, the number swells 3come out indicating that to over 50 percent. Another 50 mual outi now is the percent get ARC (AIDS Related xua population,nComplex) within the first five years :)n out and make it readily and of this group, 30 to 40 percent develop AIDS after five years." ARC indicates the presence of AIDS education coordinator the AIDS virus. However, according to Dr. David Kann of the Hershey Health Service also provides free Medical Center, it has not yet taken anonymous and confidential AIDS control of the system. AIDS is antibody testing and disease-related defined by the presence of illnesses counseling for all registered students. unique to victims of immune system The counseling follows the protocol diseases. established by the Michigan "Eventually all but 5 to 15 Department of Public Health. percent of the people who test There is both pre and post test positive will have some form of the counseling with the emphasis on the disease," Paulson said. former. About a half an hour is She added that the number of all spent in pre-test counseling in AIDS cases transmitted which the counselor assesses why heterosexually has grown from one the person might beat risk and how to four percent in recent years. While they can become safer. Time is also this is a small percentage, Paulson spent discussing how the, erson said it represents a serious increase. "As more and more studies come out indicating that AIDS can enter the heterosexual population, now is the time to bring the information out and make it readily available to the student body," Paulson said. Safer Sex Awareness Day will include a workshop, lecture series, films, and the distribution of condoms and dental dams, which are considered the best protection available for sexually active people. 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" Our prices are inclusive-No hidden costs or surprises! SERVICE- - FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE DAILY TO DOWNTOWN A2, CAMPUS & U OF M HOSPITAL. " Same day service on most maintenance and light repair. By GRACE HILL Minority leaders are upset that racism workshops were not a part of this year's orientation schedule, despite the University's original plan to include them. "There just wasn't time," said Anne Hoogh, academic advisor for orientation students. "Its too difficult to cover this subject *well in such a short time," she said. "It's better to have no workshop than an inef- fective one," she said. "The way I understand it," said one orientation coordinator, "It was too late in the year, so they're working on something for next year," he said. DON Perigo, the director of stu- dent services, thinks the racism workshops are not the best way to inform new students about racism. "We are interested in informing new students; we are concerned and are trying to address it, but we're also interested in the greatest impact and how best to achieve that." He said the issue would be dealt with more effectively in the dormitories during the fall, when people are not distracted by "the thought of the trip they'll be taking to Europe in two weeks."' Perigo added that workshops provide new students with "a one shot kind of deal. We're concerned about a broadersand deeper com- mitment to the issue." Lannis Hall, member of the United Coalition Against Racism (UCAR), said the University does not want to scare people away by dealing with serious topics. "The University wants to make people feel comfortable during the orien- tation period, but racism is an issue that must be discussed in a forceful way - (the University Admin- istrators) feel the issue is not worth putting such force in," she said. ORIENTATION leaders, how- ever, attended racism workshops in an effort to learn about racism and cultural diversion. This prepared the leaders to "individually address the See AWARENESS, Page 21 entation e{ )n racism lents issue' throughout the orientation period.'4 The subject of how to include racism in the three-day program was left "up to each individual leader," A said orientation leader, Ron Kirsch. "How and when (the orientation leaders) integrated (racism) was up to them; they accessed the needs of the group," said Pam Horne, assistant" director of student information"' services. According to Kirsch, some leaders brought up the issue on the walking. tour past the anti-Apartheid shanties. Other leaders chose to deal with the' issue during the student life discussions, a time where students and orientation leaders can talk on a one to one basis. OTHER orientation leaders,, however, said some seldom deal with, the issue or at least avoid dealing" with it whenever p6ssible. 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