1989_04 The Daily Collegian April 1989

              the Daily Collegian
California State University, Fresno
MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1989
Dismissed student's fate in air
Women's Studies class thrmtens walk-out toddy ifSilva returns
By Alita Loe
Staff Writer
Students have threatened to stage a walk-out today if
classmate Gary Silva returns to the women's studies
class he was thrown out of nearly a month ago.
Silva, a 31-year-old criminology major, was led out in
handcuffs from the class by two CSUF police officers
March 17 after allegedly harassing a female student.
But East Thursday he won the right to attend professor
Marcia Bedard's Women in Other Cultures class after
being thrown out for "disruptive conduct" by making a
female classmate cry.
Classmate Janis Blue called Suva's- version of the
incident "distorted," and vowed to walk out of class if
Silva returned, taking other students wilh her.
Blue and classmate Allison Dyer are also drafting a
letter to send to the chancellor's office and CSUF admin¬
istration to protest Silva's return.
"He showed he didn't respect Marcia's authority by
having to be removed in handcuffs," said Blue. "What's
to keep him in check now?"
Blue criticized the administration and the chancellor's
office for letting Silva back into class.
This shows people that students can confront others,
disrespect students and teachers," Blue said. "Then threat¬
en the university with a lawsuit, and the administration
and Chancellor's Office bends over backward."
Silva was scheduled to go to court last Friday lo
obtain a temporary restraining order against the removal
when CSUF dean of student affairs William Corcoran
informed Silva's ACLU lawyer that Silva would be
allowed back into class today.
The Collegian attempted lo contact Corcoran's office
Friday, but messages left at his office were not returned.
According to Silva, BedanJ gave him a letter in class
on March 17, informing him that he was being removed
from class for "being rude." without a meeting before¬
hand.
Silva refused to leave, and campus police were called.
Silva asked to be airested and was escorted from the
classroom in handcuffs by the two officers.
Bedard refused to comment on the situation.
Blue, who said she never saw the letter handed lo
Silva, disagreed with what Silva has said, based on
conversations with Bedard and others. -
"The letter did not expel him from the classroom, but
asked him to meet up with Dr. Bedard and Dean Cor¬
coran before he attended the next class," she said.
According to Jack Weisbcrg, Silva's attorney, the ad¬
ministration reacted responsibly by letting Silva back
into class.
"It was obvious that legally they didn't have a basis
which they could exclude him in the manner that they
did," said Wcisberg.
The original incident occurcd March IS when the class
was watching an emotional movie about abused women
in   Brazil,  said   Silva.   A   woman   commented  on   her
See SILVA, page 3
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distance runners, including Chantal Plante as she ran by In the women's 3000 meters. " 	
Patient therapy stressed
AIDS, holistic medicine issues discussed by speaker
By Deborah A. Lorenzeo
Staff Writer	
Today, with the number of AIDS pa¬
tients doubling annually, future physical
therapists are being cautioned to "treat ev¬
ery person you see as potentially in¬
fected."
This warning comes from Randall Gee,
physical therapist at St Marys Hospital
Spinal Center in San Francisco. Gee was
at CSUF Saturday afternoon speaking
about a number of topics including
AIDS, spinal injuries and the holistic or
whole body approach to physical therapy.
The lecture, sponsored by the Physical
Therapy Club, was based on several
articles Gee has published.
One, "Physical Therapy in patients
with AIDS", focused on the A.I.M.S.
approach: assessment, instruction, mobil¬
ity and support
While not going into detail on
A.I.M.S., Gee did give some recent statis¬
tics on AIDS.
As of Match 1, 1989, 88,000 people
have been diagnosed as having the Human
Immunodeficiency Virus, AIDS.
As recently as 1987 the total was only
41,000.
According to Gee, there is a large num¬
ber of unreported cases. "There are a lot of
people carrying the disease that we don't
know about" he said.
Gee said that of all reported cases to¬
day, 62 percent are homosexual men and
19 percent are IV drug users.
The United States leads the way in
reported AIDS cases, but Gee said there
is some question as to actual reported sta¬
tistics in certain countries. Russia, for
instance, was cited as having only 400
reported cases.
Gcc noted that AIDS may affect the
work force of the future since the disease
tends to strike those of working age. This
accounts for 46 percent of current victims
who are between the ages of 30-39.
Gee urged those in attendance to go to
more AIDS workshops. He said that
studies show people have to attend five
lectures before they will do anything
about AIDS in their personal life.
"In terms of social interaction," he
said, "be responsible. If you are infected,
please, please, please don't give it to
someone else."
Gee also lectured on the practice of ho¬
listic medicine.
In 1984 he published a paper tided
"The Physical Therapist as a Holistic
Health Practitioner."
The paper noted five steps, self respon¬
sibility for health, prevention, wellness,
looking at die whole person and illness as
a learning experience.
Holistic practitioners do not view
health as the absence of sickness, he said.
"Health is being in equilibrium," said
Gee.
Gee said that traditional medicine
breaks down injury into parts of the body,
but the holistic approach tries to look at
See GEE, page 5
Chair
award
for prof
By Darrffl Jones
Contributing Writer
Dr. Dickran Kouymjian,-coordin¬
ator of .Armenian Studies, was hon¬
ored Sunday night as Ihe first incum¬
bent for the Haig and Isabel Berberian
Endowed Chair.
The Endowed Chair is the first of
its kind at CSUF and only the second
uttlM'SClTOOrt^'Humanities in the
CSU system. Thcte are-only seven
endowed chairs in Armenian Studies
in the United 'States.    '..  *
Other universities housing endowed
chairs are Harvard. Columbia, UCLA
and the University of Michigan.
.  The banquet, which was heid m the
Sec CHAIR, page 4