THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.101.NO.56
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
KANSAS STATE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
TOPEKA KS 66612
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER11, 1991
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HIV testing expected to increase in Lawrence
Watkins and health department offer free screening options
By Kerrie Gottschalk
Kansan staff writer
After Magic Johnson announced last week that he had tested positive for HIV, local health officials predicted an increase in the demand for HIV testing at the University of Kansas and in Lawrence.
Charles Yockey, chief of staff at
wife's job, said his salary had seen increase.
Watkins had several patients walk in and request to be tested,
Yooksyang.
"I think we have done more today than we have all month," he said Friday.
Johnson, who played as a guard for the Los Angeles Lakers for 12 seasons, announced Thursday that he was retiring from basketball because he
had tested positive for HIV, the virus that precedes AIDS. Johnson led the Lakers to five NBA championships.
The Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department reported that requests for HIV testing had not increased on Friday.
"I do think there will be an increase in the near future," said Kay Kent, director of the health department. "We are working on evidence, we were seeing an increase."
Health department statistics reveal a 39-percent increase in HIV tests administered in July, August and September of 1991 compared to the same months in 1990. October's statistics were not immediately available.
The health department provides HIV testing to the public in which patients do not have to give their real names, Kent said. She said patients
received pre- and post-test counseling appointments and receive test results within two weeks.
Blood samples are tested for free by the Kansas Department of Health and
Students can be tested two ways at Watkins, Yockey said.
Watkins performs anonymous testing, which is done the same way as the health department's testing.
The other form of testing is confidential testing. Patients can walk in and request to have an HIV test. The charge is $18, and test results are returned within five days.
Confidential testing requires that
personal information be given, but Yockey said the results of the confidential test could not be revealed to anyone unless the patient signed a release form.
"We do have HIV-positive students who know it and who are being treated for it," said Janine Demo, coordinator of Kinslin's health education department.
She said from 50 to 60 KU students probably were HIV-positive if national statistics that reported that one in every 500 college students had HIV were accurate.
Watkins' health education department provides pamphlets and brochures about HIV testing and AIDS, and health educators also are available to answer student questions, Demosaid.
Spectrum of HIV infection
Being infected with HIV is not the same as having AIDS. HIV causes a spectrum of conditions and symptoms.
Infected No symptoms Mild symptoms AIDS
- The scientific name for HIV is human immunodeficiency virus.
- AIDS is the most severe, life-threatening form of HIV. AIDS attacks the body's immune system and decreases the body's defense against infection. People with AIDS develop a group of related symptoms and disorders, such as cancer or pneumonia.
- On the average, it takes about 10 years from the time HIV is diagnosed to the time when serious symptoms develop.
- HIV may progress slowly or quickly along the spectrum of HIV infection
- Antiviral drug therapy can slow significantly the progression of HIV
Source: American College Health Association, The Associated Press Joseph LiesKANSAN
Mark Rowlands/ KANSAN
Airborne
Kansas center Greg Ostertag, number 00, takes to the air as forward Richard Scott tries to get a hold of a loose ball in an exhibition game against High Five America. See story, Page 8.
Mortar Board society gives educator award
Mary Klayder becomes first KU GTA to receive honor
By Alexander Bloemhof Kansan staff writer
Mary Klayder, graduate teaching assistant in English, yesterday became the first GTA at KU to receive the Outstanding Educators award.
The KU chapter of the Mortar Board, a national senior honor society, recognized Klayder and four KU professors as outstanding educators at a ceremony at the Malott Room in the Kansas Union.
About 60 people attended.
The four professors were Robert Antonio, professor of sociology; Edward Laut, professor of cell; Mark Richter, assistant professor of biochemistry; and Beverly Sypher, associate professor of communication studies.
"I think there are a lot of good GTAs, " Klayder said. "I hope I represent them well. It's nice that they did this, and I feel very honored personally that they chose me."
Mark Luce, co-head of the Mortar Board awards and recognition committee, agreed.
"It's nice to recognize people who usually do not get recognition — the GTAs, "Luce said.
The winners do not receive any prizes.
Every member except the president and the six members of the awards and recognition committee can nominate a teacher for the award, said Mark Reedy, president of the KU chapter.
The award recognizes accomplishments in the classroom, Reedy said.
The KU chapter of the Mortar Board consists of 34 seniors in various majors.
The awards and recognition committee this year chose from about 25 nominations. Lace said.
The awards were presented by the Mortar Board members
“This is not just a good-guy award. It's an educator award. She's able not only to communicate ideas, but she inspires you to go on with your work."
Hershini Bhana Lawrence senior
who nominated the winners.
"They are professors who have shown true concern for their students, who truly show that they are interested that their students learn something and who take extra time to talk wif students," said MacNaughton, Overland Park senior.
Kathy MacNaughton, co-head of the award and recognition committee, said the award recognized teachers who took extra steps for their students.
Hershini Bhana, Lawrence senior, presented the award to Klavder.
"This is not just a good-guy award." Bhana said. "It's an educator award. She's able not only to communicate ideas, but she inspires you to go on with your work. She takes so much trouble to convey the meaning of a poem."
For example, Bhana said, Klayder once brought grapes to class to illustrate the meaning of a line about a grape bursting against the mouth's palate in the poem "Ode on Melancholy" by John Keats.
Veterans Day recognizes service
Instructor says military leadership important
By Mauricio Rios Kansan staff writer
When World War I ended in 1918, it was the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.
A year later, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Nov. 11 as the date to honor the more than 100,000 Americans who lost their lives fighting the war.
In honor of Veterans Dav. KU ROTC performs at halftime of Saturday's football game.
This day was known as Armistice Day, and it originally was intended to recognize those who sacrificed.
Today, Veterans Day is a tribute to all veterans, past, present and future, as an army troop
Ray Rhodd, army instructor, said that Veterans Day was important because it illustrated the importance of leadership in the military.
These are leaders who influence the political process and leaders who make changes to policy.
"We have military veterans because people have cared enough to protect the way we live."
The purpose is to maintain visibility and importance of the military, he said.
Rhoda said that ROTC taught students to be leaders in the civilian world as well as in the military.
Rhodd said the military was an extension of the will of the people.
"And he has the authority to proud of the veterans," he said.
Rhodd said that veterans today, dead or
wife, were people of all ages.
were people of affluence.
"They are men, and they are women. They
Captain Virgil Woolridge is one of those men.
Most of the veterans are ordinary citizens who answer the call to duty when it comes, Rhodd said.
Wooldrie, assistant professor of army KOTC, spent more than two months in Saudi Arabia.
are every creed and belief, and they fit every physical description," he said.
"When you put on the uniform, you do what
the country asks you to do," he said.
Woolridge was responsible for logistics at the Division of Fort Riley from Feb. 4 to April 25.
"I am glad I am here to see it," he said, referring to Veterans Day.
"By the time I got back in April, I was certainly ready to come home."
Woolridge will speak at 11 a.m. today at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Club, 138 Alabama St., as part of the Veterans Day.
Not all veterans feel honored by country on national day
The Associated Press
"A lot of times I get the feeling people just don't care," said Austin, a Vietnam War veteran whose son served in the Persian Gulf war. "But it means so much to me, to my son, to all the veterans who put their lives on the line."
Retired Master Sgt. Ray Austin gets and ache deep in his gut when the American flag is raised on Veterans Day. It's an emotion he feels when he sees another officer so many see as a chance to sleep late.
Their sacrifices will be recognized today at hometown parades, memorial ceremonies and potluck suppers. But those events often are sparsely attended. Winter is coming on, after all, Memorial Day was just a few months back.
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You look around at the faces in the crowd and it hurts," said Austin, 44, in Hampton, a hurts because you want people to understand what means, or at least care enough to try."
"It's always that way, isn't it?" said Betty Walters of Osseo, Minn., who co-founded Support Our Country's Military. The grass-
The nation rallied behind the troops during the long buildup toward war in the Persian Gulf. But when it was over, the spasm of nationalism spurred celebrations subsided, America moved on.
Though 31,000 U.S. troops remain in the Gulf region, the media spotlight shifted. Military support groups saw donations andVolunteer organizations did not participate and daily trivia reclaimed attention.
supports root for the troops initially caught
up, but today volunteers are harder to find.
As older veterans know, those who served in the gulf war will never be the same. They and their families were disrupted, tested and scared as never before.
"We quickly forget there are 540,000 fresh veterans," said Gaye Jacobson, whose Operation Yellow Ribbon in San Francisco has run out of money. "And each of those veterans has two or three family members who were directly touched."
For them, Veterans Day is a chance to recognize blessed peace. Many would like more civilians to observe the holiday and not let it go anywhere between Labor Day and Thanksgiving.
"Most Americans think of this as a long weekend," said Yvonne Minor, founder of a troop support group in Savage, Minn. "They want to be away from home and don't stop to think of the holiday's significance."
That's not universally true, of course. Not in Portsmouth, Ohio, where the Veterans of Foreign Wars redicated a post in honor of Tony R. Applegate, a 28-year-old Army sergeant killed in the war camp. or in Greenbsd, Pa., where friends and relatives of 28 U.S. soldiers killed in a single Scud attack planned to unveil a memorial plaque.
In towns around the country, observances honor 28 million veterans, men and women who served in World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Lebanon, Grenada, Panama and, of course, the Persian Gulf war.