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Page 10/The Battalion/Tuesday, October 28, 1986 Protesters mark anniversary of AIDS vigil DEFENSIVE DRIVING CLASS Nov. 1 and Nov.7, 8 Register at University Plus (MSC Basement) Call 845-1631 for more information on these or other classes 746-8750 2 FOR 1 Special M&M VIDEO Limit 4 Movies MOVIE RENTALS TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY College Station (Kroger Shopping Center) GALLERY ISSAN 10% Student Discount Discount is on all parts & labor on Nissan Products only. We will also offer 10% dis count on labor only on all non-Nissan products. Student I.D. must be presented at time workorder is written up. We now have rental units available for service customers 1214 Tx. Ave. 775-1500 DAVID McDOWELL RHA President will speak at Sully’s Symposium October 29 11:50 am about RHAIIowen, Coed Housing and any other questions concerning housing and residence Hall living. .X* SC 3C SC SC 3B 3C 3C JS |'T' "T* *T* 'T* 'T* 'T' 'T'* 'T* •r* 't* * * Something HAIR SALON New TANNNING BEDS announces $4. 75 per session $35 a month unlimited always Special Student Rate $8 for a Hair Cut new location next to Cenare 404 E. Univ. Dr. 693-9877 *sL* ^X^ ^Xf si* vl>> vL^ ^X^ ^X^ ^X^ ^X^ ^X^ 'Xs *T X nS Warped SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A march through downtown Monday marked the first anniversary of a vigil that began when AIDS patients and supporters chained themselves to the door of the Old Federal Build ing in a demand for more federal money to fight the lethal disease. The march ended at the bedrag gled tent city where, for the past year, the protesters have endured rain and winter cold, physical attacks and verbal insults, a lack of toilets and showers and the vagaries of public opinion. One of them, 38- year-old Jay Young, died of acquired immune deficiency syndrome in February. “It’s been tough, but we’ve man aged,” said Bonnie McDonald, a grandmother who has lived at the tent city with her husband since May. “We’ve evolved into, I think, something pretty good,” she said. “We’ve continued to do what we can do, which is to reach out to people.” About 30 people are volunteers at the vigil site on a strip of grass in a plaza beside the federal building. About 15 people, including about a dozen who have AIDS or AIDS-re lated complex, live in the four tents all or part of the time. One of them is AIDS victim Jan Beck, who joined the vigil on its third day. The former stage and film actor acts as political coordinator and has lobbied in Sacramento even though confined to a wheelchair. Mudslinging ■with I m >»'■ Dipus am IHor oil rflmu. I Th< first] ' icycle at ab igfot tlie| froi Well! tot said I ’The <at. id,oldei| ripingmva (Continued from page 1) “I’ve done about the only thing a retired actor can do and that’s go into politics,” he joked. Beck, 40, had been diagnosed as having AIDS-related complex when he joined the vigil. Last December, he went into convulsions in one of the tents, suffering a stroke that crippled his legs. While he was in the hospital, he was diagnosed as having AIDS, and his doctors gave him 60 days to live. “Every day past 60 days is a vic tory,” he said. “I consider myself an AIDS victor, not an AIDS victim. . . . You can’t have it both ways. You can’t be busy living and busy dying at the same time.” referring to Democratic candidate Edward Garvey, said Nader’s com ments “show Mr. Garvey is sinking to a new low.” A Garvey spokesman said the candidate hadn’t known what Nader was going to say. Kasten has said of his Dec. 12 arrest in Washington, “I made a mistake and it’s not going to happen again.” • In Illinois, a spokesman for Democratic challenger AcHai Steven son accused GOP Gov. James Thompson of being “close with un savory elements in labor” because he had accepted a $10,000 contribution from the Hotel and Restaurant Em ployees Union, which the President’s Commission on Organized Crimes has linked to racketeering. • In California, Democratic Sen. Alan Cranston said the moderate image of his opponent, Republican Rep. Ed Zschau, is based on "politi cal expediency, flip-flops and a lack of conviction." For his part, Zschau used tele vision commercials to accuse Cranston of voting against anti-ter rorism legislation — with film of in ternational terrorists in the back ground. And he accused Cranston of voting against or failing to vote on anti-drug legislation, parodying anti-drug pubfic service commercials to warn of the dangers of “crack, co caine and Cranston.” • In Louisiana’s 8th Congressio nal District, Republican candidate Clyde Holloway said he had not spread stories about the past life of his opponent, Faye Williams, who is the first black woman to seek th seat. But after a local nw; Alexandria, La., Town Tail an account of a 1971 mi which her estranged husba a man the husband said lover, Holloway said vote district deserved toknowth State Democratic Pam ( Jim Bradv said, “She was: cent v ictim of a veryhorr: 1 think the fact thatitcome is a blatant attempuo due campaign in a negativewai • In Colorado's Senait television commercial for cratic Rep. Tim Wintisho haired woman waving a cm Congressional Record r plaining to unseen RepuL didate Ken Kramer. Ttii proves you voted twice ion cial Securitv.” Motorcycles fa leaned -ne student | ; y Wiatt saic I hand w| :-ledaii an| eutel Hea irt remove ■ {The seco i 5 bk ycle| iang< it tl Jiurcl strei :«W'l!)ll)u:| asshot, Wi The sea: tested anoi ijiGjj; thel we up an] In. He si ndov; and| entook ofi “I didnTH •st, but I |] tsablow -< l| ■paid. Fortunate pern uatel re it hit hi llyaimnoij “If lt hud Itfd have (Continued from page I) cars to the recent all-terrain vehicle craze, the emphasis of the public’s demand has been in the direction of fast machines. Pazzaglia said that while a fad usually passes on its own, the high price of the cafe-racers and the vir tual stranglehold the insurance in dustry has put on this category of motorcycle will end its popularity. Fisher agrees. He said that motor cycle manufacturers have been ab sorbing the high costs of rapid tech nological change and, in doing so, have created a problem for the in surance companies to deal with after a cyclist has an accident. He said insurance costs will con tinue to rise because of the exorbi tant cost of repair. Adami illustrated this fact. He said the Fiberglas fairing on his $4,500 motorcycle was recently sto len. The cost to replace this rela tively insignificant piece of equip ment was $>1,600. Abbott, however, isn’t concerned about the equipment. He said the motorcycle industry must be convinced that the models they are making are “death machi nes” and will, in the long run, cause more harm to the industry than the immediate profits are worth. Fisher sees the possible harm to the industry as real and is concerned that harm to the motorcycle industry as a whole will have an adverse effect on his business. Both Suzuki and Honda of Amer ica refused to comment on their stances concerning either the safety of their super-sport cycles or the role of the manufacturer in consumer awareness of the cycles’ danger. Fisher emphasizes that some re- sponsiblility for the safety of the cy clist lies with the dealer. He says the dealer should sell people a motorcy cle they can handle and strongly en courages drivers to learn how to op erate their high-powered machines. He pointed out that the College Sta tion Community Education Associa tion offers a rider safety course. However, he said his customers, for the most part, ignore his mes sage. Fisher estimates that 75 percent of the people to whom he has sold mo torcycles over the last 18 years never even read their owners’ manual. Abbott’s concern is in a somewhat different direction and is illustrated by a few statistics. The Yamaha V-Max has more horsepower — 145 — than does a Volkswagen or many other small au tomobiles. At 70 mph an ordinary motorcy cle keeps about one-quarter inch of back tire on the road. For a cafe- racer in the hands of an unexpe rienced cyclist, this Figure — which becomes rapidly smaller at high speeds — causes many problems, Abbott said. At a rapid rate of speed a flat tened beer can or a leaf becomes a hazard; a hazard only a mature, ex perienced cyclist would look for or be able to handle, he said. However, if statistics are taken at face value, the cafe-racer seems to be letted by the tafe ra non, vet the siatisticali minimal. Bishop said, “Th many motorcvcle-rek The stuck 1 ■hied en the car s Wiatt decreased signmc; 414 cyclists died ii that total was 362 period. He said that in cyclists killed has reported in College Su ts referred antly since 1981, otner cities the same site e, while th n Texas. In 1985 Pazzaglia said whiletbt irtment is 1 — a drop of 14 Ik* as many local injun 8- her of injured cy- this time, quite a few a ;:iHe said rrcent in the same accidents are doing data ught. they machines. mvated e numbers don’t Chief Timer Schnea apon. a tl er in which these University Police Depar 3tH| a pin , Abbott said. the low speed limits on arsin pi iso w trend has devel- count for the relativelv Wiati said e crashes with the her of accidents. •n about tl r-sport bike — the Thirty-three accident er contact iccident usually on campus from Septe estoppel s. •ror. through August 1986. He said Ci study done in the resents a 39 percent ino ,000 rewai ent of all cycle ac- last year. 5 to the ai cidents were single vehicle accidents. That figure is now placed at up wards of 50 percent; including half of all fatalities, Abbott said. These statistics all point toward driver inexperience, he said. Finding the solution is not quite as clear as defining the problem. Pazzaglia’s solution is federal leg islation that would ensure that cy clists are well-educated and experi enced before they’re able to purchase certain sizes of cycles, a sys tem he said West Germany uses. Abbott’s solution is to have the motorcycle industry stop building cycles “too fast for anyone to handle or enjoy.” College Station also has been af- Although College Sian have been lucky statistia said that until themotoro try acts on the problem,ff a large young malepopt money is a time bomb *2 of f. Yamaha’s colorfulbrod; 1200cc V-Max sumsupiti people like Ablxitt art about: “Not the kind of pt: geared, tuned and tweaks the cravings of the i ternoon canyon cruiser, “No, this is the kindti ered to the street withalK of a wrecking hall takings of a building.’’ :thk )Utl AGGIES FOR CLEMENTS AGGIES FOR BARTON AGGIE G.O.P. Plan for CAMPUS VISIT by Vice President George Bush, Bill Clements, Joe Barton and Phil Gramm. Meeting Oct. 29, Rm 321 Physics, 7:00 pm. 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