Hug-A-Bus offers --
transportation for
patients with HIV
LOCALISTATE
The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 11, 1997 --5
WMU campus offers
new AIDS test format
By Susan t Port
Daily Staff Reporter
Low-income HIV- and AIDS-
infeted Washtenaw County residents
nolon ger have to worry about miss-.
ing doctor's appointments or cultural
events due to limited transportation.
Instead, they get "hugged" by a spe-
cia-transportation service.
tiig-A-Bus is a nonprofit, county-
Ide transit program. Ann Arbor's
system is a pilot progran that will be
uised to consider a larger national
effort.
President and founder of Hug-A-
Bus, Rev. William Stein, said he creat-
ed, the organization to help AIDS-
infected residents who could not afford
public transportation.
"The program is there to help those
individuals meet their needs and to
'maintain their dignity in the process;'
Stein said.
Stein said he is fulfilling his obliga-
tion to God by contributing to the lives
of the community.
"We all have a responsibility to help
Others, and I ask the community to join
us at the table of life to help meet the
needs of the
poor," Stein said.
"As a minister I
m working so The is
the Lord's will is co ffden
me COfitel
LSA first-year very imp
tident Jamie
Greenberg ques- -R
tioned why Hug Hug
A-Bug is only
targeting those
'with HIV and AIDS.
Honestly, I think it's a great idea,"
Greenberg said. "I just wonder why the
bus is only transporting individuals
with the AIDS virus and not others
infected with other diseases."
But Hug-A-Bus Director of
Transportation Mitch Pointer said many
inidividuals are still scared of people
infected with HIV
"I think HIV is rapidly reaching
epidemic proportions," Pointer said.
"Since there are not many agencies
n'at target HI, there is more of a
;need' for agencies that will cater to
the needs of those infected with
H IV"
LSA first-year student Gavin
Tomalas said Hug-A-Bus is a good
idea.
"Hug-A-Bus is long overdue and
hopefully will catch on in other parts of
the country" Tomalas said.
Pointer said the program has the
potential to be beneficial for the whole
community.
"It is a worthy cause that will hope-
fully gain the support of the communi-
ty," Pointer said.
Stein said in order to protect the
participants'
an ony m i t y,
each person
sue of receives a
-F coded access
y//f Bcard to use
irant" when schedul-
ing a ride.
William Stein "The issue of
-Bus President confidentiality
is very impor-
tant," Stein
said.
"Only the transit, administrator, dis-
patcher and referral agency know the
client's true identity."
Stein said only HIV-infected
Washtenaw County residents, their
immediate families and personal health
aides arc eligible to ride for free.
"Participants have to meet certain
welfare requirements to prove they are
poverty stricken," Stein said.
Stein said he realizes it will take time
for Hug-A-Bus to catch on.
'1 hope it will encourage the people
of the community to take an active role
in the program:' Stein said.
KALAMAZOO (AP) - Students at
Western Michigan University are join-
ing those on 10 other campuses in a
program to determine if a simpler, pain-
less HIV test will encourage more peo
pie to get tested.
The new test for the virus that causes
AIDS replaces a needle poke with a pad
placed in the mouth. It is called OraSure.
WMU's Sindecuse Health Center is
one of 10 campus health centers across
the country to work with SmithKline
Beecham Consumer HealthCare in the
pilot testing program.
Christine Zimmer, director of
WMU's Office of Health Promotion
and Education, said the health center
will help determine if OraSure can be
used as a tool to broaden HIV testing
programs on college campuses.
She said WMU also will help devel-
op national standards for HIV antibody
counseling and testing that can be used
to encourage prevention of HIV infec-
tions and help those already infected at
colleges and universities.
Even a negative test "can be a teach-
able moment to help redirect goals and
behaviors to avoid an HIV infection,"
she told the Kalamazoo Gazette in yes-
terday's editions.
Zimmer said it is estimated that one
in 300 to 500 American college stu-
dents are infected by HIV
JENNIFER BRADLEY-SWIFT/ Daily
At the Chrisler Arena press lounge yesterday Michigan men's basketball Coach
Steve Fisher answers questions about violations committed by a team booster.
VIOLATIONS
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reporting procedures did not result in
these activities coming to our attention
by an appropriate reporting process,"
Roberson said.
Martin, who Michigan assistant
coach Scott Perry has known since
Perry was in ninth grade, is character-
ized as a "Detroit high school basket-
ball junkie and a frontrunner" by the
report.
The report goes on to say that
Martin would attempt to befriend
many of the top players in the city of
Detroit who eventually attended many
Division I college basketball pro-
grams, including Michigan.
Martin has not responded to written
requests from Michigan Athletic
Director Joe Roberson to be inter-
viewed by the University for the inves-
tigation, the report states.
After repeated attempts by
Roberson and other athletic depart-
ment officials to contact Martin, the
University revoked his season basket-
ball tickets.
The report concluded Martin would
need to be disassociated from the
University athletic department as a
corrective action.
"That's a little unfair ... for the
NCAA to pick him out and say he's
disassociated (from our program),"
Taylor said. "But I'm not in a position
to defend him, though, because I don't
really know him that well."
Efforts to reach both Traylor and
Martin last night were unsuccessful.
The report also stated Martin may
have been involved in buying cars and
giving money to former Michigan bas-
ketball players who now are in the
NBA.
The University's attempt to contact
the players for interviews was unsuc-
cessful, but Athletic Department offi-
cials said they hope to interview three
former Wolverines after the NBA sea-
son is completed.
--Daily Sports Editor John Leroi con-
tributed to this report.
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