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the death of children.”
Luce said he would carry the drug
war to all areas of the state, espe
cially into Texas’ public schools.
“We must insist on drug free
schools,” he said. “We should insti
tute drug education programs from
kindergarten to high school, and we
should require new employees in the
Texas Public School System to un
dergo pre-employment drug testing.
“We have the tactics to win this
war, and we have the resources to
win this war, but what we need is the
leadership,” he said. “The war on
drugs needs more than just tough
talk.”
The drug plan Williams is propos
ing in his gubernatorial campaign, is
flawed because some of its provi
sions are weaker than current state
law, Luce said.
“I think we need to do more, not
less,” he said. “For example, Clayton
said he just wants to take away the
drivers licenses of teenagers caught
with drugs. Well, under current law,
they get criminal records, and that’s
the way I think it should be.”
“That’s why I feel very strongly
that we need a series of debates
across the state, each one focused on
a specific topic,” Luce continued.
“We need a debate on drugs, educa
tion and jobs, because the voters are
entitled to know how we are really
going to deal with these problems.”
Luce, who helped shape reform
of the Texas public education system
in 1983 by seiving on the Texas Se
lect Committee on Public Education,
said he would fund his education im
provement proposals by focusing on
two things. First, he said he would
prioritize budget spending in the
state — which made $9.1 billion in
revenue last year alone — to educa
tion, the drug war and helping the
creation of jobs in Texas, in that or
der. Secondly, he said he would fo
cus on line-by-line budget cuts, in
stead of across the board cuts,
because “you’ve got to cut the fat,
not the muscle” in state spending.
Luce responded to a question
about the Texas Supreme Court rul
ing in Edgewood v. Kirby, whereby
all school districts in the state will
now, by court order, equally distrib
ute funding that is presently re
ceived from property taxes levied in
districts.
“It’s either going to turn out to be
a golden opportunity or an absolute
disaster, (depending) on how we
handle it,” Luce said. “If we follow
the normal pattern in Austin, and
we meet and we tinker with the exist
ing system, and we throw more
money at the existing system, it’ll be
a disaster (because) we’ll equalize
down to mediocrity.”
“What we need to do is to equalize
up to excellence,” Luce continued.
“I think the way you do that is by
what I call the ABC’s of Texas edu
cation.”
Luce’s ‘ABC’ plan is as follows:
• A = Adopt a 10-year plan on
what state leaders are going to do
with respect to our public schools.
• B = Block grant financing,
whereby the present school finance
system is “scrapped” and money
starts being delivered from the state
to the local school districts with “no
strings attached.” Luce said this
would allow local districts to be crea
tive and flexible in their education
programs.
• C = Changes in the classroom.
Luce said this means “reform from
the bottom up,” starting in the class
room, and not in Austin, whereby lo
ll be
cal teachers and principals will
given more power to change what
happens in the classroom, instead of
being dictated to by the Texas Edu
cation Agency.
“I think (Edgewood v. Kirby) can
be a golden opportunity because it
gives us the chance to really change
what’s happening in the classroom,
if we take advantage of it,” Luce
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the influence of alcohol and other
drugs in situations where AIDS
might be contracted, Keeling said.
“Alcohol is involved in a large
number of risky sexual situations,”
he said. “Those who have sex while
under the influence often ignore
safe practices.”
Drugs and treatments have been
developed that can make the lives of
AIDS patients considerably longer
and more comfortable, Keeling said.
“We have developed methods that
at least preserve the immunilogical
functions and can delay the onset of
AIDS,” he said. “The life expectancy
after AIDS is getting longer and
longer and we are developing a com
plex set of treatments to help those
with AIDS,” he said.
Rhonda Rivera, a professor in the
college of law at Ohio State, said ad
ministrators need to set specific cam
pus-wide policies for dealing with
AIDS-related crises and patients.
She also said administrators should
form committees to deal with AIDS
patients on a case-to-case basis.
U.S. courts have ruled that AIDS
patients are in effect handicapped
and must be treated as such, Rivera
said. This means employers cannot
discriminate against those with
AIDS and must provide them with
work as long as they are able.
Universities cannot deny AIDS
oatients housiner or anything else.
Rivera said, and instead of accomo
dating those who fear AIDS pa
tients, schools should try to educate
those who are fearful out of igno
rance.
Patricia Kearney, M.A., the direc
tor of housing at the University of
California-Davis, focused on the
problem of disseminating informa
tion.
Studies have shown people who
are more ignorant about AIDS have
more negative reactions to AIDS pa
tients, she said.
The importance of peer groups in
counseling as well as disseminating
information should not be underes
timated, Kearney said. Students lis
ten to their peers much better than
those in older groups, she said.
The panel featured one guest who
is a very personal expert on AIDS,
David Kamens, who was diagnosed
as having AIDS two years ago.
“I remember sitting in class listen
ing to a lecture on AIDS,” he said,
“and it all went over my head. I
thought I knew everything, but I put
myself in risky situations over and
over again.”
After the conclusion of the tele
conference, a local panel of experts
opened themselves to questions from
the audience.
Tyler said since AIDS testing be
gan at Texas A&M began nine years
ago, only 10 to 12 students have
tested positive for the virus. How
ever, site cautioned the audience
from gaining confidence in this sta
tistic because she said many students
are tested by health departments
and clinics in other towns.
Dr. Kerry Hope, the associate di
rector of student counseling serv
ices, agreed that the statistics can be
misleading.
“The numbers of heterosexuals
with AIDS are very, very underre
presented,” she said.
Also misleading is the amount of
education most people receive about
AIDS, Kamens said.
“There is a lot of paranoia and
stigma out there because we are not
educated,” he said. “It affects all of
us and we need to understand the
roles we plav in helping people with
AIDS.”
Dr. Barbara Tyler, M.D., a physi
cian at A.P. Beutel Health Center,
said the center offers confidential
testing for AIDS and counseling to
explain the tests. The test results are
recorded on a seperate file and
locked un she said
The live teleconference was spon
sored by Ohio State University and
the National University Teleconfer
ence Network and featured a panel
of experts on the issue of AIDS on
college campuses.
Each of the panelists were allowed
to speak on their area of expertise
and was questioned by callers from
the nearly 300 colleges that were re
ceiving the broadcast.
The AIDS Foundation of Brazos
Valley sponsors a hotline staffed
with volunteers who are trained to
provide information and assistance
for those in need. The number is
690-2437.
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Luce responded positively
question on if he would vetoot
into law, legislation that would t
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universities.
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lican by conviction and indepeis
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ultimate solution to the domiia
in South Afijca.
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problem in South Africa," she^
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