Tuesday, September 9, 1997
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 3
AIDS speakers laugh, talk with students about risks
By Sarah McWilliams
smcwilliams@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
When students hear a new group is coming to the University of Kansas to talk about AIDS, their typical reaction may be, "Great, another depressing AIDS talk? I don't think so."
But speakers T.J. Sullivan and Joel Goldman disagree. They say that their presentation at 8 tonight at the Lied Center will differ from other AIDS talks because it is comedy-based.
"it's not meant to scare people." Goldman said. "It's meant to make people laugh and to walk away with an important message."
Amy Stetzler, vice president for educational programs in the KU Panhellenic Association, which is sponsoring the speakers along with the KU Interfraternity Council, said the speakers showed humorous videos of Friday night experiences on college campuses.
"They interact with the audience by asking questions and
laugh with them, and they don't preach at you about AIDS," Stetzler said.
Goldman: Connects rise of alcohol use with the decline in condom use
The message comes from first-hand experience of Sullivan and Goldman. The two were friends and members of different fraternities at Indiana University when
Goldman discovered that he had contracted the HIV virus.
Goldman said his friends, family and fraternity brothers helped him through the difficult time that followed, and he wanted to share the message of friendship with colleges around the country.
"It's about how all of us can help each other," Stetzler said.
Setzler said the association and council had been trying for almost
a year to get the speakers to come to the University because they are one of the most popular presenters in the country at college campuses.
Goldman said he connected the rise of alcohol use in college students with the
Sullivan: Says AIDS talk is comedy-based
decem in condom use. He said the 50 percent of new cases of HIV which occur in college-age students are a part of that trend.
"Alcohol was a part of how I got HIV," Goldman said. "When I was sober I was so careful about using a condom. The only time I would take a risk was when I had been drinking. When you're under the influence it's so much easier to rationalize that you don't need to use a condom."
Fraternity rebounds after suspension
By Sarah McWilliams smcwilliams@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The halls of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity at the University of Kansas are a little quieter this semester since the fraternity has lost more than half of its members.
The drop in membership was the result of the chapter's two-year suspension by the University after a February incident in which a freshman fraternity member was hospitalized after he had drunk too much alcohol.
As part of the suspension, members of the chapter went through an interview process, after which only about 30 members of the original 60-65 members were invited back into the fraternity.
"We didn't know until moving day whether we had enough to make it or break it," said Todd
Guerrieri, Lake Forest, Il., senior and past president of the chapter.
The newly trimmed fraternity did survive and, with the University's permission, conducted formal rush and recruited six new members.
Bill Nelson, adviser for the student activities and leadership organizations, is part of a three-member team of liaisons between the chapter and the University.
Nelson said the chapter had many terms to meet, including sponsoring a program for the greek community that relates to issues of alcohol and the pledging experience and attending all meetings relating to new member education.
Nelson said the University didn't want to just punish groups when they mess up, but to encourage them to change if they were salvageable.
Guerrieri said in order to rebuild the fraternity had to change its focus from being known as a party fraternity to one that included more well-rounded members, including athletic and academic students, as well as students who were more involved in campus life.
"If our intention is to bring a fraternity back into the fold, then we need to work with them," Nelson said.
"We want to let them know we're still here and we're still strong," he said.
To gain strength the fraternity is educating its new members, Guerrieri said.
Tyson Leyendecker, Omaha, Neb., junior, and the new pledge educator for Pi Kappa Alpha, said the fraternity now had a 2.3 minimum grade point average and required new pledges to organize community service and fund raising projects.
"We've gone from the idea of making better pledges to making better members," Leyendcker said.
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