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Sex at ASM Page 4/The Battalion/Monday, January 27, 1986 Is it That Great ? Proposed AIDS hospital gets opposition s^MSC GREAT ISSUES Februaiy 5 8 p.m. Rudder Auditorium Admission: $1 00 Associated Press HOUSTON — Houston’s health director says he opposes converting a local hospital into an AIDS treat ment and research center because segregation of AIDS patients could heighten public hysteria over the disease. THE SCIENCE-FlCTlOM FANTASY OR&ANVLKUOKI OF T.A.NV.O. figw TUESDAY JAN.Z8 IN ■a- Officials at American Medical In ternational Inc. have proposed the conversion of the 150-bed Citizens General Hospital, one of 1 1 Hous- ton-area hospitals owned by the cor poration. propos from the University of Texas medi cal school, which would participate in the project, said Richard D’ Anto nio, spokesman for the Beverly ■ Hills, Calif.-based hospital corpora tion. Besides offering treatment for ac- a uired immune deficiency syn- rome, an incurable disease, the hospital would be a research and ed ucation center, D’Antonio said. HEY HERB! Get A Real Job! Business Career Fair Blocker Building Feb. 3-7 But Dr. James Haughton, Hous ton’s health director, and members of the Houston homosexual commu nity say such a hospital isn’t needed because AIDS patients can be taken care of on the infectious disease wards of any general hospital. “We have enough hysteria in this city already about AIDS, and any further effort to isolate AIDS in a special hospital only feeds fear and hysteria,” he said. But American Medical officials said the hospital will be needed to handle the skyrocketing number of AIDS cases. In Texas, reported cases in creased from eight in 1981 to 418 in 1985. Of the cases reported last year, 192 were in Houston, authorities said. However, Haughton said he be lieves heightened awareness of how the disease is spread is slowing the rate of increase. Battalion Classified 845-2611 AIDS is contracted through ex change of infected body fluids such as semen and blood. Dr. Peter W.A. Wansell, who op erates an AIDS program at M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor In stitute, said he sees no proof that the rate of increase is declining. Officials said they did not know when Unviersity of Texas would act on the proposal. regents In Advance Hal Holbrook will perform 'Mark Twain Tonight!' at8 By MARY McWHORTER Staff Writer Three decades of tradition will be coming to Rudder Auditorium Tuesday night at 8 p.m. Hal Holbrook will perform his one-man-show of “Mark Twain Tonight!” in which he made his first appearance in 1954. Hol brook began researching the show in 1953 after a year of un employment as an actor. In 1959, after five years of researching Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) and perfecting the act in front of small town audi ences all over America, Holbrook opened the show in a small off- Broadway theater in New York. The rest is history, as the story goes. The show was a success and after a 22-week run in New York, flir n Re Co Txist* Pexa: he toured the country again. Bay. Since then Holbrook hasuli)eeii n j his act to Broadway in 1966j|onsu made a television special "Mitel his Twain Tonight!” which wasna 0 niic ' mated for an Emmy. Kl ev Holbrook now tries to pro#’ Twain from overexposurehylij^ cc iting performances to 15 orJifej-jj.. year fipn of So what is it about Twain kr 1 M er ! unii self that makes him popj enough to sell out theatersacJ I,1LJI l 11 , i he c < mnti vr W 1 ’ 11 1 “I think he represents ami es 5UC in the American character,”! 1 v brook says. “He was independe J e m ‘ He had a terrific sense ofhuE P 1 ” ce , I 1 He could take serious subj-^ 1 ^ and tear them to shreds will) sense of humor.” Ok ring MSC Council will present^ budget 1986-87presides The 1987 budget for the Me morial Student Center will be presented tonight at the first MSC Council meeting of the spring semester, MSC President Denis Davis says. The council will meet at 5 p.m. in 216T of the Student Programs Office in the MSC. Perry Eichor will be presenting the $2.9 million budget, Davis says. About 70 percent of that amount is self-generated, says, while the other 30 percer allocated from student fees. The MSC Council also har ? ;un the selection process of Bi| icers for next year and wii non nee the new president aii meeting. Also discussed will be theft gram approvals foi the upcorJ semester. 8 films to be shown at A&l [ to honor SesquicentennicI The Texas A&M College of Liberal Art’s Humanities Initia tive Committee is sponsoring eight films on Texas for the Texas Sesquicentennial. A guest rill introduce each fill • “The Border” starring] Nicholson to be shown in Kleberg Feb. 10. speaker will introduce each Tonight “The Big Show” is be ing shown in 115 Kleberg Animal and Food Science Center. The film stars Cene Autry. Don Gra ham, an author and University of Texas English professor, will in troduce the film. • “Tender Mercies" lol shown in 115 Kleberg Feb.24 • “The Wind" starring Gish to be shown in 113 Kiel March 3. The other films include: • “Touch of Evil” directed by Orson Welles, to be shown in 1 13 Kleberg Feb. 3. • “Roadie” starring and Meatloaf to be shown in Kleberg March 10. • “The Ballad of Grego; Cortez” to be shown in 11511 berg March 24. All films will begin at 7:30p and admission is free. S' Juniors t y Vets. Meds & Grads s Last chance to have your picture taken for the *86 .Aggieland Photos will be taken until February 7 at Yearbook Associate’s studio, above Campus Photo Center at ETorthgate. Office hours 8:30-12:00,1:00-4:30 No pictures will be taken at the Pavilion this year