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labeled homosexual
"Because of my interest on
the subject, many people have
asked me if I was gay or if I had
AIDS The answer to both those
questions is 'no.' I am doing
this because I hope it will save
some lives." he said
Regan also is the coordinator
of the ASUO Wellness Sym
posium's "Safer Sex Day " The
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the EMU Cum wood Room
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director of the University of
Virginia's Health Center and
chairman of the American Col
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Beck, chairman of the National
Association of People With
AIDS.
“We have put a lot of effort in
this symposium and hope that
students will take this oppor
tunity to learn something about
AIDS by attending it." Regan
said.
Cin Chubb and Laurene
Sheilds are graduate teaching
fellows with the School of Com
munity Health who have taught
health classes at the University
for the last year.
They said that although the
department did not require in
structors to include AIDS in
their curriculum, many of them
looked on it as an unwritten
rule to do so.
Chubb and Sheilds agree that
students have been receptive to
AIDS education but have not
begun to realize the seriousness
of the disease.
"We need to be able to talk
about it in our daily lives."
Chubb said, explaining that on
ly then will in-depth education
be possible.
I hcv agreed that although the
text used in the health classes
offered information on the
disease, most of them were out
dated because new facts are be
ing discovered daily. To sup
plement the texts, most instruc
tors brought in speakers from
the community who were well
versed on the topic, they added
“I think that providing infor
mation is where we should
start, and that we have done.
What we have to do is start af
fecting the emotional part, and
we have a long way to go."
Sheilds said.
She added that must of the
negative attitudes come from
reaction to homosexuality and
drug abuse, and not reactions
from the threat of AIDS itself
They agreed other depart
ments should begin incor
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students in discussion.
"Because we are health
educators, we feel that we have
to offer this kind of education to
our students. I wonder if other
people feel the same way?"
Chubb said.
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forming the University's AIDS
Task Force.
Gerard Moseley, vice provost
for student affairs and chairman
of the University’s AIDS Task
Force, said the administration
formed the task force to decide
on policies the University may
have to address.
He believes education about
the disease is not sufficient
because it needs to be done on a
continual basis as new students
enter the University.
"Each fall we have a com
pletely new set of students who
would not have heard much of
what has buen said in the last
year It is important to be cur
rent and to be thorough," he
said.
He believes the University's
goal should be to educate the
community and make sure that
students are current on the
issue
"We consider anyone who is
sexually active to be at risk to
AIDS, and I feel that we need to
make the information available
to all students." he said
Education on campus also has
involved many people from the
community. Rev. Ken Storer,
director of Shanti in Oregon.
Inc., has spoken on the AIDS
issue many times in the last
year.
"I feel that there is informa
tion out there, but it is only in
formation for the head and not
the heart." he said.
Shanti is an organization in
lane County that provides emo
tional support to those with
AIDS. AIDS-Related Complexes
(ARC) and to those indirectly af
fected by a loved one's illness
He added that people need to
start taking the disease more
seriously as well as
emotionally.
“I think, however, that the
University in general is doing
an incredibly good job on AIDS
education," Storer said.