THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.101,NO.56
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
KANSAS STATE
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HIV testing expected to increase in Lawrence
Watkins and health department offer free screening options
Kansan staff writer
By Kerrie Gottschalk
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 wikisim.com, was seen during an incident.
Watkins had several patients walk in Friday and request to be tested, Yeoh.
"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've had a situation, 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 Environment in Toeeka, Kent said.
Students can be tested two ways at Watkins, Yockey said.
Watkins performs anonymous testing, which is done the same way as the program above.
However, appointments for anonymous testing at Watkins are booked through the middle of the spring semester, Yockev said.
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 for "Bikins" health education department.
She said from 50 to 60 KU students probably were HIV-positive if national statistics that reported that one in eight 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, Demo said.
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.
- Source: American College Health Association, The Associated Press Joseph LiesKANSAN
- Anti-viral drug therapy can slow significantly the progression or inv.
Airborne
Kansas center Greg Ostertag hold of a loose ball in an exhil
Instructor says mi leadership import.
By Mauricio Rios Kansan staff writer
This day was known as Armistice it originally was intended to recog who died in World War I.
When World War I ended in 1918, 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th A year later, President Woodro prclaimed Nov. 11 as the date to more than 100,000 Americans who lives fighting the war.
Today, Veterans Day is a tribute eras, past, present and future, sai ROTC major.
Ray Rhod, army instructor, sai
serrans Day was important because ied the importance of leadership in tary.
"We have military veterans beca hare cared enough to protect th live." Rhodd said.
importance of the military, he said. Rhod said that ROTC taught staffers in the civilian world as we militar world.
The purpose is to maintain visit importance of the military, he said.
These are leaders who influence cal process and leaders who make happen, he said.
Rhodd said the military was an ex the will of the people.
"American people need to be a proud of the veterans," he said.
Rhodd said that veterans today alive, were people of all races.
Contents
Page 3—Women, coach work for recognition
Page 5 — Jayhawks ready to play their type of ball
Page 6 — Fresh faces work hard for Kansas
Page 7 — Choirleaders want to shed stereotypes
Page 8 — Kansas basketball celebrates centennial
Page 9 — Junior varsity works with new personnel
Page 10 - Allen Field House haunts opponents
Page 12 - Big Eight continues its dominance
Page 19 - Texas A&M handed two-year probation
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Big Eight basketball polls
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | Total |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Oklahoma State | 30 | 15 | 5 | 2 | | | | | 385 |
| Kansas | 17 | 21 | 7 | 7 | | | | | 360 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | 12 | 24 | 12 | 1 | | | | 316 |
| Missouri | 2 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 1 | | | 274 |
| Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 169 |
| Nebraska | | 1 | | 1 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 160 |
| Iowa State | | 1 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 137 |
| Colorado | | | | | 1 | 10 | 10 | 38 | 92 |
1991 men's basketball
The preseason predictions were voted by the media who cover the Big Eight Conference. The team's received eight points for a first-place vote, and one point for a last-place vote.
1991 women's basketball
The preseason predictions were voted by the Big Eight Conference coaches. The team's received seven points for a first-place vote, and one point for a last-place vote. Coaches could not vote for their own team.
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | Total |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Kansas | 3 | 2 | 2 | | | | | 43 |
| Colorado | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | | | | 40 |
| Oklahoma State | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | | | | 39 |
| Nebraska | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | | | | 38 |
| Oklahoma | | | | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| Missouri | | | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| Iowa State | | | | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| Kansas State | | | | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
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