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University Daily Kansan
Nation/World
Friday, Sept. 20, 1985.
AIDS benefit staged by Hollywood stars
United Press International
HOLLYWOOD — Stricken by fear of an AIDS epidemic and grief for its victims, including Rock Hudson, Hollywood responded last night with a star-packed outpouring of compassion and financial support.
A stream of galumaster participated in the gala fundraising dinner and show called "Celebration of Life." The event was organized by Elizabeth Taylor, who took up the cause after the announcement that Hudson was suffering from the disease.
More than 2,700 tests were sold for $250 and $500. Auctions and other fund-raising activities are expected to raise more money to bring the total to more than $1 million for AIDS Project Los Angeles, which provides support to victims of acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
The program included statements from President Reagan and Mayor Tom Bradley, an award to former first lady Betty Ford; remarks by Linda Evans, Shirley MacLaine and Burt Reynolds; a pledge pitch by Marlo Thomas and Phil Donahue; and entertainment by all-a-star cast including Rod Stewart, Cydi Lucian, Sammy Davis Jr., Carol Burnett and Diahann Carroll.
The emotional highlight came at the end of the evening when Burt Lancaster read a message from Hudson.
Hudson, who is resting at home after several weeks of hospitalization, said he had been told that the disclosure of his illness had helped focus attention on the disease and led to more research, funding and understanding.
Court advised to bar kids with AIDS
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NEW YORK — Children with AIDS should not be allowed in school until there is widespread education on the care and handling of those who suffer from the deadly disease, one of the nation's top experts said yesterday.
Dr. Arye Rubenstein, a professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, made his statement at a state Supreme Court hearing to determine whether a 7-year-old girl afflicted with AIDS should be permitted to attend classes.
The hearing, which began last Thursday, is being held at the request of two Queens school boards that want to obtain a permanent injunction barring the child from entering a New York City public school.
Justice Harold Hyman, sitting in Queens, already has refused to issue a temporary restraining order.
As testimony continued, Mayor Edward Koch said he wants a new panel, composed solely of doctors, to screen students suffering from AID$^s$
to determine whether they should be allowed to attend classes.
A Board of Education panel earlier deemed that the 7-year-old girl was the only one of four students suffering from acquired immune deficiency syndrome who was healthy enough to attend classes.
A poll released by the Daily News yesterday said 55 percent of New Yorkers do not want children with AIDS in the schools.
That panel consisted of one doctor, an educator, a social worker and a parent. Koch said the new panel will not affect the status of the AIDS-striken second-grader currently in school.
David Ellenborn, the girl's attorney, has said that despite an earlier diagnosis, the child no longer is afflicted with AIDS.
City lawyers said they could not say definitively whether the child at the center of the court battle had AIDS.
The youngster has not been identified and officials have refused to
disclose which of of the 623 elementary schools she attends in the nation's largest school system.
Koch said the hearing and 'a conversation he had last week with Dr. Jonas Salk, the father of the anti-polio vaccine, were factors in his decision to set up a second panel'
Rubenstein said a child with AIDS should be assigned to a teacher willing to have the youngster in the classroom.
Prostitutes found to carry AIDS antibody
The national Centers for Disease Control said studies indicate prostitution could be at least partly
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ATLANTA — Federal health officials yesterday reported an apparent link between prostitution and AIDS and said that men who associate with prostitutes were in danger of catching the deadly disease.
"Evidence of infection in female prostitutes has been shown in preliminary studies from several American cities," the CDC said. "Of 92 prostitutes tested in Seattle, five had the HTL-VIII antibody," the CDC said, referring to the virus that produces the ailment.
responsible for the spread of acquired immune deficiency syndrome to heterosexual men and their wives.
"In Miami, 10 of 25 prostitutes attending an AIDS screening clinic had the HTLV-III antibody," the CDC said.
The CDC listed no further statistics for U.S. cities, but noted that of 42 women with AIDS in the African nation of Rwanda, 10 were prostitutes.
The presence of the AIDS antibody in a prostitute does not mean he or she has the disease.
A CONCISE REPLY TO CHRISTIANITY Ambiguous Evidence
Some scholars have insisted that in this statement of Jesus just discussed, he appropriated for himself a divine title. In Exodus chapter 3, it is reported that God told Moses "I am Jesus," as most English Bibles translate the Hebrew text. At John 8:58 Jesus "is before Abraham was, I am," as most English Bibles translate the Greek text. But he is the key to another deception. The original of the first text is in Hebrew while the original of the second is in Greek. All but a few of Jesus' words were recorded in Greek. For two hundred years before the time of Jesus the Jews used a Greek translation of their Hebrew scriptures, the Septuagint. This work translated the key phrase "am of Exodus as HO ON. However, the words of Jesus, "I am," have been given to us in Greek as EQO EMI. If the gospel writer of John 8:58 wanted to tell his Greek-speaking audience that Jesus had imitated God he would have used the familiar words of the Septuagint, otherwise the point would be lost. The evidence of John 8:58 is far from conclusive.
There is another Greek word to consider which betrays suppression or neglect of evidence. At John 10:30 Jesus is quoted as saying "I and the Father are one." The Greek word translated "one" is HEN. Certain scholars have insisted that the only possible understanding of this word is "one in essence or nature". One need not be a Greek scholar to refute this unjustified claim. A counter example is sufficient. The same word is used by Jesus in John 17:11,21,22,23, as he includes his disciples in this oneness, whatever its meaning.
The most widely translated sentence on earth is said to be Jesus' statement of John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only Begotten son..." While Christians wish to say that the word "only begotten" gives Jesus special status among all the "sons of God", again there is a problem of ambiguity. The same word translated as "only begotten" is found in Hebrews 11:17. In this verse the word refers to Isaac. The Bible itself shows that Isaac's older brother Ishmael outlived his father (Genesis 25:9). Therefore, at no time was Isaac, strictly speaking, the only begotten son of Abraham. Recognizing this, Christian scholars qualify the meaning of the word in this case and give it a less literal interpretation. But if the meaning is subject to interpretation here, why not also in the passage if John 3:16? Once more the possibility of ambiguity means that John 3:16 is inconclusive evidence.
Whether or not Jesus really used the term "Father" when speaking of God is another controversy. But here our point is again, that such use is Inconclusive evidence that God was literally Father to Jesus. All Christians use the term when addressing God. The Jews themselves used the term (John 8:41). Jesus told them that the devil was their father (John 8:44). Of course, he was not speaking literally.
Certain scholars stress the verse of Mark 14:36 where Jesus speaks the Aramic word of Father, "Abba". They insist that this implies a very unique relationship between Jesus and God. This displays a schizophrenic forgetfulness. For favourite scripture passages are Romans 8:14 and Galations 4:6 where every Christian is said to use this term for the address of God.
To be Continued in the Next Issue
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