1986_04 The Daily Collegian April 1986

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OPINION  April 7,1986
April 7,1986 NEWS
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Letters
to the editor
What purpose did it serve for the United States Sixth Fleet to enter the Gulf of
Sidra and purposefully provoke Libyan
leader Moammar Qaddafi? I agree totally
with recent editorials and letters that our
country was deliberately provoking a confrontation with Libya. But, why Libya?
No other country views Qaddafi as big a
threat as the U nited States claims he is. 1 n
fact, most countries view him as a floundering madman ready to be overthrown
I believe that President Reagan saw it as
an ideal chance to redeem himself after a
humiliating loss in the House of Repre-
leadership. Reagan sent the en
Fleet  which alone was larger than
entire Libyan armed forces. He knew
there was no way that Qaddafi wt
wage an   "
American lives' would be kept at a minimum. Some people have even speculated
that Qaddafi purposefully missed the
American jets with his Russian-supplied
S A-5 missiles to avoid an all-out attack by
Reagan's whole plan centered around
the paradox that Americans like to have a
lough guy image and don't want to be
pushed around but they also don't want to
sacrifice American lives to protect this
image. In essence, by attacking Libya,
America was able to flex its military muscle for the entire world to see. The Ui
States, tired of being embarrassed and
harassed by these barbaric criminals,
needed someone to release its aggressions
against. Libya turned out to be an ideal
target.
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California State Department of Health ,
decided there weren't enough people, espe- .
cially health professionals, with adequate
knowledge about AIDS. In October it was ,
decided a grant would be used to develop j
educational tools so this would be possible.    ,
Smith-Wolring has developed a complete AIDS Education Program including
All of these materials are available to
health educators in the San Joaquin Valley.
Bennett and Gustafson will work mainly
The goal for them is to teach health
professionals/educators about AIDS and
preventative strategies through lectures,
testing and video tapes
Smith-Wotring said this is where the
interns' speech communication background is really effective.
"They already know how the language
works." she said. "That's the part of
speech that's critical. It becomes rhetoric "
library. According to Smith-Wot
the most up-to-date informatio;
ding AIDS in the valley.
Gustafson said he has a "pretty good"
working knowledge of the subject. "I feel
I'm more prepared for this presentation
than any other speech I've given."
Speaking to a group of doctors and
dentists doesn't scare Bennett either. "I
haven't handled the doctors yet but when I
do, I feel I can handle myself competently."
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language will help t
mation people can understand   She said
they are handling the informatioi
-You(CSUF) not only sent over
interns with the video library. All of them
took an active part in the making of the
videos, which are geared to specific health
educators. Several of the tapes have been
made locally and contain information
regarding A IDS epidemiology, symptoms,
transmission and preventative strategics.
Both Bennett and Gustafson are finding
their internships are a lot of work but their
interest and motivation is high. They are
looking forward to giving their presenta-
professionals and say
imidated by the fart that
i background in
able to answer medical questions docto
will ask them," she said. Playing roles
one way they prepare for questior* 'h<
might be asked of them. Smith-W
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classes are setting up camp
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answer to the students or the faculty
"fiduciary" responsibility to inve
money where it will  bring the h
fluous appcndages"to be shipped away to
slowly starve in baniustans and be forgotten.
So where would black South Africans
off. t
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hell ofa
sorting South Africa. The
faculty voted unanimously to get out of
South Africa and the student body just
voted by a margin of nearly 2 to I to call
on the foundation to divest.
The CSUF Foundation needs to wake
up and face the issue; the students and
Tickets Are Qn Sftle!
Available at CSUF ticket box office
(CU main level)
Student ID is mandatory!
Prices:
Students (first 2000): $3.00
Students (after 2000): $4.00
General Admission: $5.00
Day of Show: $6.00
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Famous faces designed for fire
A fundraising project undertaken by
the CSUF chapter of the Alpha Gamma
Rho fraternity has attracted national
The project was initially taken on by the
AGR chapter at Colorado State rjt'iivci-
sity. It concerns the sale of dartboard-like
posters with picures of Libyan leader
Moammar el Qaddafi, Palestinian Liberation Organization leader Yassir Arafat
and Iran religious leader Ayatollah
Khomeini.
the kidnapping of CSU professor Thomas
Sutherland. Sutherland, who was sent to
the American University in Beirut on a
teaching assignment, was kidnapped by an
Arab extremist group 10 months ago.
Sutherland is an honorary alumnus of the
CSU chapter.
AGR members say that the poster is the
fraternity's political statement against terrorism and will be sold until Sutherland is
At CSUF, the posters have been selling
well, according to AGR Public Relations
Officer Tony Martin. -■>«
Of the first 100 posters that CSUF's
AGR chapter received from Colorado
State, 61 have been sold.
"We gained permission to sell the pos
ters on Thursday," said Martin. "When
we got out on Thursday afternoon though,
it was too late to sell very many."
The fraternity had permission from the
Office of Student Affairs to sell the pollers as long as information pertaining to
why the posters were being sold was
handed out with each one purchased.
The 'information' referred to U an article from The Dally Coloradean that
explains why the posters were being told
at Colorado State, and according to Martin, the Sludent Affairs Office decided the
information in the article legitimized the
"We are the first AGR chapter on the
West Coast to get the posters," says Martin. "(Cal-Poly), San Luis Obispo will be
getting their posters soon, too."
' The fraternity has sent posters to Johnny
Canon. David Letterman, Secretary of
Defense Caspar Weinberger and President Reagan. C
Carson sent a personal thank you note
to the Colorado Stale chapter and said he
planned to use the poster in an upcoming
"There really hasn't been any negative
feeling toward the poster,"said Martin. "I
think those who fed negatively about it
just walk by it. But I am expecting maybe
a little backlash."
"Compared to what they are doing in
Libya, burning American flags a nd posters
of Reagan, this is not too draswe."
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or B-cell. and the cell mediated of T-cell.
The B-cell produces antibodies that
snap onto specific germs to keep the germs
from replicating. The antibodies match
the germs chemically and physically. Some
germs are too powerful so the T-cell helps
The T-cell is divided into six different
subsets Each works in its own way to
combat germs for the immune system.
The Tl helper sends messages to the B-
cells to produce antibodies. It will also tell
powerful germ. The Tl suppressor works
opposite of this telling the B-cell to stop
producing antibodies oner the battle has
been fotight. The cytotoxic subset kills
germs that aren't taken care of by the B-
cell like virus, fungus, protozoa and bac-
The natural killer surveys the body and
attacks those cells that are cancerous. It is
able to pick out the genetic difference of
ourcells. The gro/V rejection system works
against those organs that aren't original to
the body and the lymphokine release system produces chemicals that are needed to
help fight off germs.
Human T-Cell Lympholrophic Virus-
Ill/Lymphadenopathy-Associated Virus
(HTLV-III/LAV) is the virus that causes
AIDS. Like all viruses, it needs some cell
in the body it can go to replicate. It has
picked the critical cell to go to — the
T/ helper cell.
Kellogg said once the AIDS virus has
the T/ helper cell, the most important cell
in the immune system, all of its efforts are
the help the AI DS virus replicate until the
actually explodes.
The results of the invasion are devastating. No antibodies, helping chemicals or
cytotoxins are produced and the natural
"AIDs reminded us again
about cleaning techniques
that we should have known
about all along."
"It's reminded us ofa whole
lot of things. We've become
sloppy."
-Tarr
fight against cancer is over.
"It has made a person with AIDS
incapable of res ponding to germs that surround us," Kellogg said.
The AIDS virus must get into the
bloodstream so that it can eventually get
into the T/helper cell. Three means of
transmission are blood (transfusion, intra-
veneous drug use),semen and vaginal
secretions. Kellogg said saliva has been
implicated but research has not yet proved
this to be a viable means of transmission.
Once a person has been infected with
HTLV-III/LAV, incubation can be as
long as three years. The date of infection
to diagnosis can be one to five years and   dures were observed. Health care workers
from diagnosis to death, one to five years,   that have contracted the disease have
"(AIDS) attacks the immune system belonged to one of the high ris groups.
and it is decimated. Slowly. It's a slow The main thing to remember, she said,
disease," Kellogg said. is that things must be kept clean. "AIDS
Marilyn Mitchell, communicable dis- reminded us again about cleaning tech-
ease investigator for the Fresno County niques that we should have known about
Department of Health, said 20 AIDS a!lalong,"TarTsaid."lt'sremir.dedusofa
cases have been diagnosed in Fresno "but ammgmigjmgm^mjjjgmgm^^mmm^mm
we could be treating three times that
number."
The reason for the discrepancy is victims who have recently moved to Fresno
or who had their diagnosis made else-
aid. Of the 20 original diag-
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nd there have been 168 people diagnosed
for ARC.
Mitchell said Fresno County does perform active follow up for AIDS victims.
"We identify the party at risk, what their
needs are and what we can do for them."
The high risk groups are homosexual or
bi-sexual men, intraveneous drug users,
hemophiliacs and people needing transfusions. People who have sexual contact
with members of these groups are also
placing themselves at risk.
Mitchell said two physicians in Fresno
are infectious disease specialists who will
treat AIDS patients. She said other doctors have identified themselves as "willing
to see AIDS patients."
Tarr wrapped up the presentations by
telling the health professionals what pre-
"We identify the party at
risk, what their needs are
and what we can do for
them."
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has been identified with having AIDS as
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whole lot of things. We've become lloppy."
At the end of the day. Tan- was joined
by Michael Bridge, phsychosocial director and volunteer coordinator of the Central Valley AIDS Team, to answer questions and clarify information.
Bridge said the Al DS Team is available
for anyone with Al DS, or families, friends
or lovers or victims. A hotline is available
at 264-AIDS. The AIDS team also provides speakers for organizations that are
interested in gaining more information.
The business line is 264-2436.
The Health Department provides free
screen testing for AIDS on Tuesdays and
Thursdays, 8-9:30 a.m. For more information of AIDS testing, call 445-3324.
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