The Michigan Daily- Friday, November 15, 1991 - Page7 Administration stil by Bethany Robertson Daily Administration Reporter University adminstrators are 0 still receiving angry letters about one of the most controversial issues to hit the Fleming Administration Building this year. An advertisement promoting Holocaust revisionism, printed Oct. 24 in the Daily, has elicited more re- sponses than the federal audit re- leased in September charging that the University misspent hundreds of thousands of dollars, said Walter Harrison, executive director of University Relations. "We've gotten twice as much Gov't considers *new AIDS Sdefini ti on ATLANTA (AP) - The number of U.S. AIDS cases could nearly double under a new federal proposal that would expand the definition of the disease to include 160,000 people infected but not yet seriously ill. The case count stands at 195,718, but 1 million more Americans are believed to be infected with HIV, the virus that causes the disease. Health officials estimate 160,000 of those, many of whom don't know they're infected, would fall under the new definition. AIDS activists said the expanded 0definition would make more people qualify for disability payments, but warned that more officially recognized AIDS patients could mean a bigger battle for treatment resources. The current definition, adopted by the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) in 1987, is based on conditions that prey on HIV- infected people, such as a rare pneumonia and a rare skin cancer. The proposal goes out today for comment from health experts. The CDC hopes to release its final version in January, with state and local health officials using it to report AIDS cases by April. The new definition would add patients who aren't necessarily sick, but whose immune systems are *already under severe attack by the virus, mail over this issue as we did on the audit," Harrison said. "There's still two or three electronic mail mes- sages to me every day." Although the flow of letters has slowed quite a bit, Harrison esti- mated University President James Duderstadt also receives two or three messages a day. "There were days when I think he was getting a dozen or two dozen a day," Harrison said. Executive Director of the Uni- versity Alumni Center Robert Forman said he has heard many comments from alumni about the advertisement. While he has re- 1 sifting t ceived only a few letters, Forman said many alumni have raised ques- tions about the content and propri- ety of the advertisement at alumni club meetings. "But most people realize this is not a product of the University but a product of the free press," Forman said. Many people contacting the ad- ministration are also financial sup- porters of the University, but Har- rison said he does not expect to see any drop-off in contributions. "Many people who are angry about any issue say or threaten a de- crease in contributions. Typically, hrough re that does not materialize," Harri- son said. Roy Muir, associate vice presi- dent for development, said that while he has heard many negative comments about the advertisement, he has not noticed an effect on con- tributions to the University. "There is no direct relationship at this time between that ad and do- nations to the University," Muir said. In responding to comments about the advertisement, Harrison said administrators have generally been supportive of the Daily's edi- torial freedom. sponses to Daily ad "Our position has consistently been that the Daily is a paper run by and for the students," Harrison said. "On the other hand, I've pointed out that the Daily has been exemplary in printing letters and editorials that disagree with their opinions." Although many letters to the administration demand that the Duderstadt take action, the University has limited control over the publication. The Daily's finances are overseen by the University-run Board for Student Publications, but editorial control is left to the students. Social Work Prof. Tom Croxton, co-chair of the Board for Student Publications, said he sees the board in an advisory position, and there- fore has not made any demands on the Daily concerning the advertisement. "I don't see it as the board's role to lay down policy telling the Daily what it can and cannot do," Croxton said. "We have advised that the moni- toring procedures be tightened up a great deal," he said, "but quite frankly, the business staff was way ahead of us on that." R EAD I T.--W RIT E4 FOR I T R ECYCL E ITI' THE MICHIGAN DAILY 764-0552 THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO BECOMING A NURSE IN THE ARMY. 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