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Oregon Dailyw ¥
Emerald
Tiit‘sd,i\ (). tol>er in. 1'iH‘i
Kiigrui1 Ori’^on
Volume '• 1 \umbei .VI
College students in danger of spreading AIDS
Doctor informs audience about risks of irresponsible drug use, sex
By Stephanie Holland
Emerald Reporter
College ( ampuses tire prime spots for
the future spread of the MIX' v irus, said
Dr Richard keeling, chairman ol the
National All )S Task l on e m a speech
Monday night.
keeling who directs the Student
Health Center at the Cniversily of \ ir
ginia's medical center and who is also
the American College Health Assoeia
tion s chairman on the National AIDS
Task lone told his audience in the
KMC that AIDS cases are decreasing
among homosexual men. while cases
.ire ini reusing among heterosexual peo
ple and IV drug users
"Major, very impressive changes in
sexual behavior ami in community stun
dards about sexual behavior based on
[aide and self-esteem in guv .ununi
ties, have resulted in tremendous drops
in in tec t ion rates, vvhic h are now paying
off in great drops m the rate of diagnosis
of AIDS keeling said
Public health servic es ex|>et t the fu
ture heterosexual transmission of the
IIIV epidemic to focus in two plac es. he
said.
I he first is among the sexual partners
of IV drug users \iui Ihen tlmit
sexual partners .mil then their sex
i i.i I port him s heel mu ...ml ■
I he second is among sexually ai live
|ieople In-tween It- and Jit vrars of age
who have more than two or three sexual
partners every five years That de
si rihes a lot ot people on ( ollege i am
puses.'' he said
"So Ihe major concern ot people at
the puhlii health service is that both h\
ua\ of age and hv was of prohahiliH
college campuses are a likel\ spot tor
further spread of the eptdemii of 111\
heeling said
"lor most people on college cam
puses, though, the issue is not so nun It
preserving life or prodilr tivit\ in the
far e ot known 111 \ in lei lion, the issue is
preventing lll\ infection in Ihe lust
pint e
The sexual transmission of lll\ is
mainly condur ted tiv anal or vaginal in
ten ourse heeling said Ihe exact risk
level ot oral sex is unclear though it is
assumed to he lower than that ot inter
course
"The hot tom line is whether you are
male or female gu\ or straight, active or
passive, having anal or vaginal sex d
the other person involved has lll\ and
VOU don't use protection, vou inav Ik
infer ted lit' said
In <i study In (iray anil Sar.uino in
Inly ill 1‘fHfl. I’ll) < fregon State ITiiversi
tv undergradti. ilrs were surveyed nil
their sexual knowledge and behavior
keeling said highly one pen cut ot the
students said they Here sexually .11 live
and lid pen enl said they had sex with
nut using a 1 nnilnin ill the ve.it prior to
the survey
The study showed that must nl the
students surveyed 1 mild answer liasu
information questions about AIDS hut
the group as .1 whole demonstrated no
sense of being at risk ol 1 initialling
lll\
Why did they not do what they
kneyv ' t he problem is there n,is no per
sonal sense if iisk keeling said "In
vim ibilitv llle sense that He won't be
the one to get i aught interferes n tlh our
personal assessment ol 0111 own risk
lie said
Many problems interfere with tu
dents abilities to make responsible ile
i isiuns All oliol often is related to iisky
sexual beh.iv lor on 1 ollege 1 .imposes
Don't have S I' I Sex t’nder the
Influent e ol all oliol S I ' I is danger
oils Drunk sex ran novel he sale sex
he said
"What do you say to him ivlum lie
Kh hard heelinq
s,i\1 don't have .1 (nndom ' You lake
a «I«• 11 hiealh and sa\ (in net one
keeling said
What do vmi sav I" him when tie
says II miu in.ike me wear a condom I
won't feel as much ' 'i nn sas II von
don't wear a condom you won't feel
anything keeling said to laughtei
from the ami lent e
This is a skill and it requires asser
tiveness and self determination the
most important parts in prevention of
Ml IS he said
Photo b> \n«itr Kartirn
The l.en Casanova Complex at Aut/.en Stadium nears comple
tion of the first phase of construction. The second phase,
which includes locker rooms, will begin this spring.
Casanova Complex nears finish
B\ Ashley ( onklin
finer.ild Sports Reporter
(fregon iithletii diret tot Hill Herne has none
,i long way in building Anl/.en Stiidium into .1
complete .11liI<*111 (.» ilitv
first whs the completion ol nine skvboxes
.mil one master sh\ suite on the noith side ol Ant
/en for the I'ttut loot bull si'iison Now. the lust
ph.ise ot the I.en dasanma Complex has been
completed with the entire project to be lunshed
m early l'i‘t 1
Named loi Oregon's longtime football coach
and <11 filet it dnei tin the two-story strm tore will
provide bigger and bettei loi her rooms and
weight rooms as well as oftn es lor all Dm k ath
let i< personnel.
Thr complete projet I ot 11it• skvboxe.x sk\
suite .mtl ( .isiiiiuva (’• > in |»I t*x will ( iisl nearly
S 1 l i mil lit 111 11lit c < (mi|iloled, \\ illi t In1 < i.is.i uovii
( (implex prun'd costing .in estimated SKI mil
lion
( trcgon li<ts .11vv,»s*s Linked lieluml ollmi I'.i
i it n 10 si .Ik nils. sm. 11 .is l'S(! .mil t' ( I A, in lerms
ol .nleipi.ite or i|iialitv .itlilelii facilities Hvrne
leels tin- ( .is.iiiovii I (implex sllotlld remedv thill
and pay dividends
"We've I.illeii so far behind the other si hools
in facilities that this bruins us up to where the
ollii'i si Imols already are, and 0 should i arr\ us
lurn to ( omplex, I’age 14
■ Photo b> \ndrr Ntnlrri
When finished, the Casanova Complex will house all University athletic personnel and im
proved weight and locker rooms.