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AIDS victim feels blessed
by Scott Achelpohl
Kansan staff writer
Greg Highfill has received new spiritual awareness in his life. That spiritualism came about as a result of the belief that is positive, the virus that causes AIDS.
"I'm a blessed person," Highfill said. "All your priorities change when you find out you're HIV infected. All that is important becomes trivial, and all that is trivial becomes important."
Hightill, Lisa Vrooks and Bill Case,
all of the Kansas City, Mo., comprised a panel that spoke to about 60 people last night in Alderson Auditorium at the Kansas Union. The three are members of the Kansas City, Mo.
Good Samaritan Project, which provides support and assistance for acquired immune deficiency syndrome patients and information about the disease.
Hightill said he contracted the virus during a 10-year relationship with a Kansas City man named Dennis. Highill said he cared for
Dennis until he died of AIDS-related pneumonia in 1988.
"We both felt like lepers." Highfail said, "The only thing I could do for this person was hold his hand and tell him everything was going to be OK. My first feeling was relief after he died."
Highfll learned he was infected with the virus in 1985.
"There is a lot of love," Highfill said. "I know people who have lived with full-bloom AIDS for five years. Breakbroughs are happening each day. Today, my biggest job is keeping healthy."
died.
Highfill shared some of his thoughts about his future as an HIV-positive person.
Vrooks said she quickly developed relationships with AIDS patients because she did not know how long each person would live.
Vrooks works with victims of the disease at the Good Samaritan House. She said she had about 10 children during her 18 months she had worked there.
The house is a shelter for the victims. It is the only one of its kind in the Midwest, she said.
The patients "add a quality to my life,"Vrooks said.
"We have taught me never to take life for granted," she said.
Case said, "There's a great deal we don't know about AIDS. We have to have a caring role for people with AIDS."
Contrary to what most people think, Case said, working with AIDS victims was not a depressing experience.
"It gives you a kind of lift working with these people," he said. "Greg and Lisa bring a lot of positivism to this."
Bucky Newburn, chairman of the Student Senate Task Force on AIDS, called the panel discussion a success as it fit well into the week's activities.
"I would have liked to have seen it a little more emotional since we're dealing with such a powerful issue," she said.
University Daily Kansan / Friday, April 28, 1989
The Associated Press
Tattoo tired? Laser erases without pain
BOSTON — Doctors think that they have the first way to erase fire-breathing dragons, old girl-friends' names and other better-forgotten mementos without eyes. They zap tattoos with laser.
The technique uses intense light from a ruby laser to destroy the pigments of the tattoo colors without harming the skin.
Lasers are already widely used for removing tattoos, but current models literally burn them off, leaving permanent scars.
"I think this is the first truly non-scarring therapy for tattoos," said R. Rox Anderson of Massachusetts General Hospital.
Anderson said that in tests on 13 people, the laser completely erased about half of the tattoos and faded the rest. However, some patients received low doses of laser light. Results may be better when higher levels are used routinely.
It uses brief, 100 million-watt flashes of red light, which is absorbed by the tattoo pigment. The heat shatters the bits of pigment and causes blood to them, but does not harm blood vessels or ordinary cells.
Doctors said the laser was almost painless. It produces a sensation something like a loosely snapped rubber band.
Haskell faculty honor president at luncheon
53 staff members give written support
by Mary Neubauer Kansan staff writer
Haskell Indian Junior College staff and faculty wanted to let acting president Bob Martin know that they appreciated his work and supported
Yesterday, at a noon luncheon at Gutierrez Restaurant and Club, 2600 Iowa St. Dan Wildcat, Haskell instructor in sociology, and Don Abhapanek, Haskell instructor in biological sciences faculty member of confidence" letter signed by 53 of the 58 staff and faculty members at Haskell.
members of the organization.
"This letter really was a concerted faculty effort across all departments." Wildcat said.
Alshapanek read the letter to about 30 faculty members at the luncheon.
The letter states that although problems exist at Haskell, faculty feels that Martin has handled the university professional and objective manner.
"We applaud his efforts, the most noted being his decision to assemble a students' rights task force to review all areas of student concern, his decision to assemble a long-range planning committee to sincerely plan the future growth of our institution and of the accreditation activities to include the recent visitation of the North Central Accreditation Team," Akshapanek read.
The letter states that by signing it, faculty members offer their full and cooperative assistance to Martin dur-
iyn for improvement of haskell
Denise Low, Haskell instructor,
organized the luncheon.
ing a period of tremendous opportunity for improvement at Haskell.
or knew. She said the letter was written by Don Bread, Haskell instructor, with help from other faculty members.
"Lately, there has been a lot of unfairly deserved media attention cast on Haskell," she said. "We just wanted to show our appreciation to Martin. Maybe everybody doesn't always agree with what he does, but he responded to the students well."
After receiving the letter, Martin said that he appreciated his recognition but added that the real credit came from his staff and staff for their positive efforts.
"Despite trying times, you have continued to work hard." he said. "Future efforts at Haskell should be to look to the faculty for input."
Those future efforts at Haskell include looking into budget problems, Martin said. Haskell needs a system of equipment and improved facilities, he said.
Martin is scheduled to return on May 15 to the Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute in Albuquerque, N.M., where he is presi-
"I wish I had you as a faculty at SIPI because you'd make me look good." he said. "Haskell has potential. You can help realize that potential."
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