University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, April 21, 1987
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AIDS education essential,prof says
By JENNIFER WYRICK
Staff writer
AIDS and drug abuse education should be part of required health classes in public schools, Phil Hunt-singer, associate professor of health, physical education and recreation, said yesterday.
He said the middle school years should be the target for such education.
Huntsinger, whose specialty is health education, recently attended the national convention of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education and Recreation in Las Vegas, Nev.
Health educators discussed current issues in health education, and researchers from the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta provided statistics on acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
"The information that was passed along to us about AIDS was the most
current and up-to-date on the subject of health education." Huntsinger said. Several conference sessions were devoted to the AIDS tonic.
The CDC reported to conference members that, as of two weeks ago, there were 33,000 reported AIDS cases in the United States.
"The number is astronomical and also kind of frightening, because the disease has spread to heterosexuals too," Huntsinger said.
In several of the conference sessions that Huntisinger attended, participants discussed the incorporation of AIDS into health courses. such as AIDS, into health courses.
"I think these issues should be dealt with in a health class as a comprehensive health information course," he said.
He said that education about prevention of AIDS and drug abuse would be a good way to combat potential problems.
AIDS should be treated as a communicable disease and not as a sexual issue. Huntsinger said.
He said that AIDS should be discussed in health courses during the discussion of communicable diseases.
The Kansas AIDS Task Force is considering educational programs as a method of slowing the spread of the disease in Kansas. Also, a recently passed state drug program calls for more drug education.
Walker has formed three subcommittees that will deal with the AIDS issue, Mattzi said.
The task force met Wednesday for the first time and has not yet formulated a curriculum for AIDS education. The school's assistant, assistant to Lt. Gov. Jack Walker,
Drug abuse education is being handled differently, Hunsinger said.
Junior high and high schooldens used to learn how drugs were
taken and the what effects of drugs were. Huntsinger said. Researchers found that students who had had such drug education had more of a tendency to use drugs than students who hadn't had drug education.
The programs are now more efficient, Huntsinger said. They teach students about self-concept and self-worth and help students from experimenting with drugs.
Huntingsaidhe thought that the newer method ofeducation took the mystery away from drug use.
The drug abuse issue also is difficult to teach as a moral issue. Hunt said. Students need to know facts about the drug abuse problem. he
Lawrence High School and the Shawnee Mission high schools have health courses, but the courses are offered as electives. Huntsinger said the courses should be required and brought up-to-date.
On the Record
A stereo equalizer and a beer tap pump, valued at $144, and $10 cash, were reported stolen Saturday during a party at a KU student's apartment in the 1200 block of Rhode Island Street, Lawrence police reported.
A KU student's car caught fire Saturday while parked in the lot in front of McCollum Hall. KU police reported. Damage was estimated at $2,500.
A KU student's 18-carat gold ring and 14-carat gold and diamond ring, valued at $1,300, were stolen or lost in Camberwell Hall. KU police reported.
A video-cassette recorder, a microwave and jewelry, valued at $500, were stolen Sunday from a KU student's apartment in the 1300 block of Tennessee Street, Lawrence police reported.
A KU professor's pocket calculator and case, valued at $200, was stolen sometime between Wednesday and Friday from a locked office in Summerfield Hall, KU police reported.
A sound equalizer valued at $175
was stolen Friday from a car parked in a lot behind Stauffer-Flint Hall, KU police reported.
Three partitions on the seventh floor of McCollum Hall were broken out of their frames Friday causing $45 damage. KU police reported.
- Two textbooks, valued at $23, were stolen Wednesday from the Elsworth Hall desk, KU police reported. The textbooks were "Living, Loving and Learning," and "Classical Mythology by Morford."
- Twenty-five blank checks belonging to a KU student were taken sometime between April 3 and April 5 from the student's residence in the block of Stewart Avenue, Lawrence, where one of the checks was returned to the student forged for an unknown amount, police said.
- A double yellow-head Amazon parrot valued at $1,200, an African Congo gray parrot valued at $500 and two parrot cages valued at $90 each were taken between 8 p.m. Friday and 7:45 a.m. Saturday from a garden supply and pet store in the 3200 block of Iowa Street, Lawrence police said.
Retiring KU faculty members to be honored
By a Kansan reporter
Fifteen KU faculty members who have retired or will retire in the 1986-87 fiscal year will be honored at a dinner sponsored by the Kansas University Endowment Association at 6 p.m. May 5 in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
Faculty members to be honored
cal survey and professor of geology; Muriel H. Johnson, associate professor of human development and family life; Clifford Ketzel, professor of political science; Anthony J. Smith, professor of mathematics; send, assistant professor of psychology; and Kenneth White, professor of French and Italian.
who retired in 1986 are: Vivian A. Rogers, assistant to the dean and senior specialist for the Division of Continuing Education; L. Martin Jones, University director for business affairs and assistant professor of business; Jed H. Davis, professor of theatre and media arts and University Theatre; William Hamblem director of the Kansas Geologi-
professor of human development and May and Juve are: K. Eileen Allen, family life; Robert N. Sudlow, professor of art; Edward L. Wike, professor of psychology; Gordon Wiseman, professor of physics and astronomy; Wiley Mitchell, professor of business; and William L. Kelly, associate dean of educational services.
Faculty members who will retire in
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