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Page 2 The Battalion 1 IPS World AIDS Day theme emphasizes importance of family, relationships By Sharon Drumheller A.P. Beutel Health Center Since its inception in 1988, World AIDS Day is the only international day devoted to coordinating the worldwide efforts to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS. According to a re port from the American Association for World Health, World AIDS Day is observed annually, on Dec. 1, and serves to strength en the global effort to face the challenges of the AIDS pandemic, which continues to spread in all regions of the world. The 1994 World AIDS Day theme is “AIDS and Families: Protect and Care for the Ones We Love” and promotes the role of families in the prevention efforts designed to stop HIV/AIDS. The concept of family is a broad one. It is not limited to relationships bom of blood, marriage, sexual partnership and adoption. The term family includes all relationships built on trust, respect, love and mutual bonds. Earlier this year, the World Health Orga nization estimated 13 million men, women and children worldwide were living with HIV and AIDS. While the burden is tremen dous for those infected with HIV/AIDS, their families suffer their own unique conse quences. It is for this reason 1994 has been devoted to AIDS and families. Here at Texas A&M University and in the Bryan-College Station community, sev eral events are planned to observe World AIDS Day. The Division of Student Affairs HIV/AIDS Committee is sponsoring a poster contest. The posters may follow the 1994 theme, AIDS and Families, the TAMU theme, P.A.C.E. Yourself: Protect and Care through Education, or the artists may create their own education theme. All posters will be on display in the Forsyth Gallery in the MSC from Thursday, Dec. 1 until Tuesday, Dec. 6. The winning poster will become the official HIV/AIDS poster for the year. Students, faculty, staff and members of the community are invited to an education fair which will provide participants with in formation on several different aspects of HIV/AIDS. The topics include HIV testing and counseling, AIDS and women, babies, and minorities, treatment of AIDS, living with HIV, safer sex, abstinence, and HIV/AIDS and drug use. The fair will be in the MSC walkway from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30. The Health Promotion Program will be of fering a workshop for faculty and staff Thursday, Dec. 1 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Rudder 501. The topic of discussion will fo cus on the impact of HIV/AIDS. AIDS Services of Brazos Valley is spon soring a candlelight vigil beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1 followed by an interfaith service at 7 p.m. The climax of the evening will be the unveiling of a local AIDS quilt created by 10 families affected by this dis ease. The quilt will be on display in the MSC Forsyth Gallery. World AIDS Day is for those who have died of AIDS, those who have HIV disease and for those who must prevent the spread of this plague — everyone, everywhere. Get educated. The Nation’s health dollar: 1993 Americans spent $844 billion on health care in 1993, an average of $3,229 per person. Where the money came from, and how it was spent: Where it came from: Medicare 170 Medicaid 130 Private health insurance 340 Other government programs 130 Out-of-pocket payments 180 Other private 50 Where it went: Other spending 120 Other personal health care 240 Hospital care 370 Physician services Nursing home care 190 80 Source: Health Care Financing Administration AP/C. Sanderson Kevorkian aids Michigan woman in suicide by carbon monoxide DETROIT (AP) — The possible expira tion of Michigan’s temporary ban on as sisted suicide had no effect on the timing of the death of an ailing woman who in haled a fatal dose of carbon monoxide. Dr. Jack Kevorkian’s lawyer said Sunday. “Our position is that the whole thing has been unconstitutional since Day 1,” attorney Michael Schwartz said. “He wasn’t waiting for the law to expire. He doesn’t time these things. It’s up to the patients to decide.” Kevorkian was present Saturday at the death of Margaret Garrish, 72, who suf fered from rheumatoid arthritis, colonic di verticulitis, osteoporosis and other ail ments. Both legs had been amputated and she had lost an eye. It was the 21st death at which Kevorkian was present since 1990 but the first since Nov. 22, 1993. Oakland County Medical Examiner Lju- bisa Dragovic ruled Garrish’s death a homicide, saying she couldn’t have killed herself without someone’s help. Royal Oak police continued investigat ing the death Sunday but declined to com ment. Oakland County Prosecutor Richard Thompson, who has charged Kevorkian with murder in some previous deaths, de clined to comment until after police com plete their investigation. Kevorkian left a “certification of medi- cide” form at Garrish’s home, listing her diseases, her diagnosis, her prognosis and her family physician, Schwartz said. Kevorkian wasn’t at the house when po lice arrived. Kevorkian didn’t talk to police Sunday, Schwartz said. He refused to reveal Kevorkian’s location but said he was in the Detroit area. Premature baby born on jetliner taken off critical list, said to be doing well WASHINGTON (AP) — A baby bom more than two months premature on a speeding jetliner was removed from a ventilator and taken off the critical list Sunday, his happy and relieved mother said. “He’s doing quite well,” Theresa de Bara said in a telephone interview. “He’s respond ing quite well to the medication, basically his biggest problem is his lungs.” The de Bara family boarded TWA flight 265 in New York on Wednesday as a family of three en route to a holiday trip to Disney World. Ninety minutes later the de Bara’s left the plane in suburban Virginia an excited and anxious family of four — now counting Matthew Dulles, weighing in at 4 pounds, 6 ounces and was 17 inches long. On the way, Mrs. de Bara, nearly seven months pregnant, went into labor and, with the help of a Long Island internist and two paramedics from Newburyport, Mass., Matthew Dulles de Bara was bom 90 miles outside of Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Va. His parents decided Dulles should be a part of his name, given the role the airport played in his safe landing. “It was just unadulterated terror giving birth in an airplane where you know they can’t possibly be fully prepared for this type of thing,” Mrs. de Bara said Sunday. “With the help of God and the doctor and all those paramedics we just got through it. If I didn’t believe in God at that time, which is not the case, I certainly would have called on him then.” m CHILDRENS-ROMANCE-WOMEN STUDIES-REFERENCE OZ o Q£ O < <o 0£ LU o O _j < z o § Q£ CL CO 5 o X z o o —I UJ 0£ >■ o O o o o to LU 0£ X (— o UJ H; X O X Three Off-Campus Stores To Serve You Northgate - Culpepper - Village BOOK SALE in our NORTHGATE & VILLAGE “BOOKS & MORE” Sections All Reference Books Normally Priced $9.99 or Less are NOW $2.00 All General & Trade Titles Normally 1/2 Price or Less - NOW $2.00 Romance Novels Normal 1/2 Price NOW 10 for $1.00 Readers Digest Condensed Books - NOW $.50 Can It Last Forever? No, only the week of 11-28 to 12-04 Current Textbooks Are Not In These Sections. o O O * 03 O o 7s C/3 X <b > X o z o CO -H 5 m C/3 -H m 30 z CO GO o m z o m n o X > z > CO T3 O 30 CTs SBs Dorm Rat s Are you Labeled? Let's talk about it. Campus Relations Forum Tuesday, Nov. 29th 7:00 pm MSC 224 Facilitated by Student Body President Brooke Leslie With: IFC President - Donald Eknoyan Panhellenic President - Carrie Beyer Pan-Hellenic President - Niche'Jennings RHA President - Owen Ross SGA Vice-President - Jeff Wilson Corps Relations Officer - Andre Lehr Head Non-Reg Redpot - Andy Webb Sponsored by Order of Omega < -lVDiaaiAI-NOI±VOna3-S3WVO-9Nll3>RJVIAI-ONIlNnODOV CO Monday • November 28 Holiday season, final exams challenge healthy eating hat By Katherine Arnold The Battalion After spending the weekend with relatives and stuffing our faces with some home cooking, eating right is the last thing on our minds. But the holiday season af fects everyone, and so does the crunch for fall finals. These two events present unique problems for students trying to watch their weight. The holiday season is fa mous for a huge spread of meats, starches and desserts. Amy Tramm, a graduate stu dent in nutrition, said people have to find activities to keep themselves busy in order to eat right during the holidays. “Keep your focus on family and friends rather than eating,” Tramm said. “Maybe even in corporate some activity into the day instead of sitting and eat ing or watching football.” It is also important to limit the intake of fats, sweets and alcohols, Tramm said. “You also have to watch for ‘hidden fats,” Tramm said. “You don’t often think about the fats you find in salad dressings, butter, margarine and mayonnaise.” Before the holiday season strikes, most students will be pulling all-nighters, caffeine and dragging out last of the Aggie Bucks. It is still important to tain good eating habits duri | this time, Karen Kubena.s ciate professor of animal ence, said “Deficiency of certain nti; ents can be related to Kubena said. She said the popular be! that sugar will keep a per.; awake and maintain alerti is not true. “The idea of a sugar fu something candy compaci would love,” Kubena sai “Sugar will actually make tired.” Instead, Kubena recoi mends eating foods thats high in protein to stay awi A-Interna n open for |n 401 Rud( t difficult] For mor im at 694 ircle K Ir irti ig donation! m. at the and alert. High protein fo«jmore inform are yogurt, skim milk,le!| 21 meat, fish and vegetables. Staying away from fu foods will also help studeuI stay healthy, Tramm s; P But when fast food is there is, there are waystos healthy. “Consumers are demands: nutrition labels for more their foods,” Tramm sail “Ask for the nutritional mation and look for foods tb are low in sodium and fats. NASA bans toxic chemical tests after April accident Id Main Si held at 8:1 rganization fee, and ink ecture, char [id adjacent 1 Greg Kei [SC Nova: U 7 p.m. in Ind ACUI F linformatior klpha Zeta: k8 p.m. in ] In call Sarah tudent Coi to become i ICounselinj Juled. Appli lerson Hall. |erry Hope a 1043. J^earning S lime manage be held fro For more $5-4427 extei irder of O |um Panel dis and answc reryone is welc Lowell Rand [Student Co rican suppoi 15:15-6:30 p Be informatioi 145-44 2 7. HOUSTON (AP) — NASA’s Johnson Space Center hasba: toxic chemical tests in the wake of a poisonous release in Ai that sent dozens of workers to the hospital, The Houston! ported Sunday. An internal JSC investigation shows poor training and planning were seen as major contributors to the accident. The report, obtained by The Post, detailed a par mishaps, including a failure to call the JSC emergencyl® stalled ambulance and no information at the JSC first-aid on the deadly chemical. Additionally, a space center guard saw a red cloud wafting ward him, but his radio batteries were dead and the guard hi had no working phone. Of 81 people interviewed for the internal report, 52 weretre. ! f| at the JSC clinic for headaches, nausea, chest tightness, bnp f skin and coughs. Two went to private doctors and 27 wentwj ^ hospitals, but none suffered permanent injuries. “This was something we were vulnerable to,” saidJau:^ Greene, JSC associate director of engineering and the reptflf principal author. “It heightened our awareness that we have a lot of here to take care of,” he said. The release occurred April 21 when technicians in a remote.: facility were evaluating a small rocket engine first developed fori Strategic Defense Initiative. One NASA manager and 10 contract workers prepared to fuel engine by pressuring a line with one of the two fuels — a« bustible, deadly poison called nitrogen tetroxide. The report said technicians failed to notice low-pressure reai that indicated a chemical leak and the facility control operator! on personal business in the middle of the test. When a small cloud of gas was noticed outside, the test cons operator went outside to take a look, missing a data display sit] ing that more toxic gas had reached an external vent. Technicians then adjusted a knob and continued to pressmf the nitrogen textroxide line. They inadvertently forced 20 gallon gas out of the vent, forming a lunchtime toxic cloud that was 300 feet high and 150 feet in diameter when it drifted west off space center grounds. The test facility is operated by Lockheed Engineering and ' ences Corp. and a subcontractor, GB Tech Inc., with NASAo« sight. Once the emergency was clear, the response was “disorj nized and inefficient,” the report said. gie Toasl |lic speaking it were all a 502 Rud Chris Ftomai Resurrectic leral meeting MSC. For r -8990. 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