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■ " : J c AR \ ews The Daily Collegian • December 3, 1991 8 AIDS awareness heightened on campuses (CPSKThe nation's 13 miHion college students, mostly young adults savoring a newfound inde¬ pendence, are more likely to en¬ gage in sexual experimentation, yet still feel they're invincible to AIDS However, Magic Johnson's dis¬ closure that he is infected with HIV disease has jolted campuses throughout the country, leaving students sobered and telephones at university health centers ring¬ ing off the hooks. Johnson,32, considered by many as thefinestbasketbaUguardrail time, revealed the the contracted the virus during a sexual liaison with a woman. He is retiring from basketball and will become an AIDS spokesperson. Throughout the country, AIDS testing sites near universities ha ve been flooded with requests, in some cases creating a three-week to one-month waiting period. At one university, 700 people crowded into a small auditorium to listen to a young woman de¬ scribe what her life was like with HIV disease One in every 500 students is infected with HIV disease, accord¬ ing to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and the American College Health Association, and there is worry among AIDS offi- cialsthatrisky sexual behavior will soon drive that figure upward. An estimated 1 million to 15 million Americans are HIV posi¬ tive. As of Sept. 30,1991, the CDC reported 195,718 cases of AIDS in theUnitedStates and 126,159 AIDS deaths since 1981. Current statistics on university students must not lead to com pla - cency, said Dr.Mervyn Silverman, president of the American Foun¬ dation for AIDS Research, who admitted to a deep concern for the college-age population. Twenty percent of 200,000 AIDS cases are between ages 13 to 29, and we know that for half, it takes 10 years for symptoms to show up, so a number of them were infected as teens. "Sadly, there tends to be a great deal of denial practiced by that age group," he said. "Generally, there seems to.be a practice of what I call 'Opthaim ic Virology,' or 1 can tell by looking at you if you have the virus.' "We have three epidemics," Silverman said. The first is the viral epidemic; it is greater, and more silen t The second is the AIDS epidemic, which is the terminal phase of the disease, and the third is the epidemic of ignorance, big¬ otry, discrimination and apathy." Others think Johnson will change things. "I thinkfear is breaking through the denial. Magic Johnson makes it hard to keep denial going," says Andy Winzelberg, assistant direc¬ tor of health education at the Uni¬ versity of California at Santa Bar¬ bara. "I've noticed that students will use condoms with a new relation¬ ship, but when they fall in love, they stop using condoms. Ifs like they use condoms, and then tell their feelings, and then they say 'OK, I'm going to get on the pill,'" he says. The Santa Barbara campus of¬ fers incoming freshman AIDS I #•*-* Friday, December 6th 3 p.m. -8p.m. ^ Saturday, December 7th 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. education, sponsors a one-week Safer Sex Fair, exhibit the famous AIDS quilt, and sponsors well- attended shows by California ce¬ lebrities such as a former Berkeley professor-turned-comic who is infected with HIV disease. Winzelberg saysastudentgroup decided that the only way to get students to use condoms was to have* fun with them. Several members dressed up as giant ' condoms for Halloween. "We give out free condoms. We're not encouraging people to be sexual. Ifs a fine line, but if they are sexual, we teach them to do it safely." Dave Rompa, the director of AIDS education and outreach at the Uni versi ty of Wisconsi n, thinks the CDC statistics regarding col¬ lege students are too conservative. This number is, in reality, much -«. larger," he says. Rompa points out that students often have a differ¬ ent definition for "monogamy" than older citizens. "We think of monogamy as one person for a long time, but a stu¬ dent thinks in terms of one person for two weeks," says Rompa. The OrTlversity of. Wisconsin boasts one of the most aggressive AIDS programs in the coun try. Its AIDS center is funded by the gen¬ eral student fund and employs two full-time workers. In addition, the center promotes a "bathroom patrol," where members target people who are cruising for sex and offer them condoms and AIDS Uterature. These are people who are not fully outof the closet, said Rompa, who noted that the center also offers a buddy system for students who are fearful of going alone to an AIDS testing site. Wisconsin's AIDS headquarters is linked up with an already exist¬ ing Madison AIDS center that of¬ fers testing, counseling and dis¬ tributes material about HTV dis¬ ease. "I think it has finally hithome," said Renee Axiotis, health educa¬ tor at Kent State University who says Johnson's revelation that he contracted the disease from a woman finally captured student attention. "I wouldn't doubt that the numbers of infected students would rise, but I don't know if health centers will see them, be¬ cause they will be out of college before the symptoms show," she said. Prevention tips 1. Reduce number of partners. 2. Use latex condom for any type of sex act. 3. Use water-based lu¬ bricants. 4. Avoid anal or rough vaginal sex. 5. Avoid oral/vaginal contact 6. If you have HTV, don't donate blood. 7. Don't share personal items, ie: razors. 8. Ask partner about previous HTV exposure. —From tha Centers for Disease Control ■
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Title | 1991_12 The Daily Collegian December 1991 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1991 |
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Title | December 3, 1991, Page 8 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1991 |
Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
Language | eng |
Full-Text-Search | ■ " : J c AR \ ews The Daily Collegian • December 3, 1991 8 AIDS awareness heightened on campuses (CPSKThe nation's 13 miHion college students, mostly young adults savoring a newfound inde¬ pendence, are more likely to en¬ gage in sexual experimentation, yet still feel they're invincible to AIDS However, Magic Johnson's dis¬ closure that he is infected with HIV disease has jolted campuses throughout the country, leaving students sobered and telephones at university health centers ring¬ ing off the hooks. Johnson,32, considered by many as thefinestbasketbaUguardrail time, revealed the the contracted the virus during a sexual liaison with a woman. He is retiring from basketball and will become an AIDS spokesperson. Throughout the country, AIDS testing sites near universities ha ve been flooded with requests, in some cases creating a three-week to one-month waiting period. At one university, 700 people crowded into a small auditorium to listen to a young woman de¬ scribe what her life was like with HIV disease One in every 500 students is infected with HIV disease, accord¬ ing to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and the American College Health Association, and there is worry among AIDS offi- cialsthatrisky sexual behavior will soon drive that figure upward. An estimated 1 million to 15 million Americans are HIV posi¬ tive. As of Sept. 30,1991, the CDC reported 195,718 cases of AIDS in theUnitedStates and 126,159 AIDS deaths since 1981. Current statistics on university students must not lead to com pla - cency, said Dr.Mervyn Silverman, president of the American Foun¬ dation for AIDS Research, who admitted to a deep concern for the college-age population. Twenty percent of 200,000 AIDS cases are between ages 13 to 29, and we know that for half, it takes 10 years for symptoms to show up, so a number of them were infected as teens. "Sadly, there tends to be a great deal of denial practiced by that age group," he said. "Generally, there seems to.be a practice of what I call 'Opthaim ic Virology,' or 1 can tell by looking at you if you have the virus.' "We have three epidemics," Silverman said. The first is the viral epidemic; it is greater, and more silen t The second is the AIDS epidemic, which is the terminal phase of the disease, and the third is the epidemic of ignorance, big¬ otry, discrimination and apathy." Others think Johnson will change things. "I thinkfear is breaking through the denial. Magic Johnson makes it hard to keep denial going," says Andy Winzelberg, assistant direc¬ tor of health education at the Uni¬ versity of California at Santa Bar¬ bara. "I've noticed that students will use condoms with a new relation¬ ship, but when they fall in love, they stop using condoms. Ifs like they use condoms, and then tell their feelings, and then they say 'OK, I'm going to get on the pill,'" he says. The Santa Barbara campus of¬ fers incoming freshman AIDS I #•*-* Friday, December 6th 3 p.m. -8p.m. ^ Saturday, December 7th 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. education, sponsors a one-week Safer Sex Fair, exhibit the famous AIDS quilt, and sponsors well- attended shows by California ce¬ lebrities such as a former Berkeley professor-turned-comic who is infected with HIV disease. Winzelberg saysastudentgroup decided that the only way to get students to use condoms was to have* fun with them. Several members dressed up as giant ' condoms for Halloween. "We give out free condoms. We're not encouraging people to be sexual. Ifs a fine line, but if they are sexual, we teach them to do it safely." Dave Rompa, the director of AIDS education and outreach at the Uni versi ty of Wisconsi n, thinks the CDC statistics regarding col¬ lege students are too conservative. This number is, in reality, much -«. larger," he says. Rompa points out that students often have a differ¬ ent definition for "monogamy" than older citizens. "We think of monogamy as one person for a long time, but a stu¬ dent thinks in terms of one person for two weeks," says Rompa. The OrTlversity of. Wisconsin boasts one of the most aggressive AIDS programs in the coun try. Its AIDS center is funded by the gen¬ eral student fund and employs two full-time workers. In addition, the center promotes a "bathroom patrol," where members target people who are cruising for sex and offer them condoms and AIDS Uterature. These are people who are not fully outof the closet, said Rompa, who noted that the center also offers a buddy system for students who are fearful of going alone to an AIDS testing site. Wisconsin's AIDS headquarters is linked up with an already exist¬ ing Madison AIDS center that of¬ fers testing, counseling and dis¬ tributes material about HTV dis¬ ease. "I think it has finally hithome," said Renee Axiotis, health educa¬ tor at Kent State University who says Johnson's revelation that he contracted the disease from a woman finally captured student attention. "I wouldn't doubt that the numbers of infected students would rise, but I don't know if health centers will see them, be¬ cause they will be out of college before the symptoms show," she said. Prevention tips 1. Reduce number of partners. 2. Use latex condom for any type of sex act. 3. Use water-based lu¬ bricants. 4. Avoid anal or rough vaginal sex. 5. Avoid oral/vaginal contact 6. If you have HTV, don't donate blood. 7. Don't share personal items, ie: razors. 8. Ask partner about previous HTV exposure. —From tha Centers for Disease Control ■ |