Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, December 05, 1991, Page 5, Image 5

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    Carl Young 10. is the recipient ot a walkie talkie set donated by members of Beta Theta Pi traternity at a
party given by the house
House brings early X-mas joy to kids
By Brad Brant
emerald C nti : .
Those who have never encounteied a Christ
liltis season in which Santa (Jails d ain’t show up
should count then blessings Main people sutler
through the holidays just Irving to get bv. hoping
their lui k will change
tor children of homeless and unemployed par
cuts, the cold of w inter isn't ulw ays brightened by
the warm thoughts so often associated with
(.hrtstmas
It's these children the Beta Theta Pi fraternity
wanted to help
With true holiday spirit in ' idu ' < h’
lights, a Christmas tree and Santa the fra turn it y
gav e an early ( hr istmits to chihiren of lam dies re
siding at a local housing shelter
The fraternity invited the children ! the 1 ami
iy Shelter House to its second annual Cdirisfmas
party, giving them food, drinks md ; -a
' Last year it w as it suc cess, and this \
a bigger Slit ess said I tuv Whittles ill
ear
; v s phii.mthropu chairman and parf> organt/er
Hnjit'lully ■.% > < .ni keep 11 goiiij,;
The members donate their own money to pur
: base the gifts ,ind the food and (leverages were
provided t>\ the K( ( ola di sir dm tor in hugene
The fesli vtties began as tratenuty mendiers and
the kids gathered near the Christmas tree to slug
anils Presents were then passed nut to the kids
' Ohlih ciXKMilll, said JO year-old ( arl Young
as tie ripped into he. p.usage to find a set id
waive- talk u-s Otfier presents intiaded a rem n
i ontroi i at a pig., t e >. mil a T. a,u wtnih
was put to use later during an impromptu U olhall
game in front of the Iraternity
On: e (he gibs were opened frati rnitv i:n tnhers
ali i k Is teamed up to assemble presents Where
ege i , •. I i: . , toys w ere testa-d t v U >th
. kab : I o;: :: rn;H mends r s
t suiiUy the tiifitnhers have at least as inui h
! a:. a ' e » ! d ( aini-in! Si: a vs a ' - ; y
M; :; I '! a r-k ,
kids so- tala , e, as they gathered d
AIDS video gives personal view of disease
E3y Rene DeCair
ASSCiT '■ 1 ! ' *
Tom Fiix .i man w ho ii led wt
AIDS sani something on video
Ihursdav night that may sur
prise poop to
AIDS has hail a very |ius!
11vo otter 1 on nii',' Fox saui
It's hard to say that but it’s
true
Atiout 15 people turned up at
the Now /.one Gallery Wednes
day night to view the video,
vs hu b had l ux narrating tin
last few months in his life as hr
underwent treatment and saw
many of his own friends with
AIDS die
I he video showing was spon
sored by the Community AIDS
Consortium as part of events in
Fugenr this week, observing
Dot 1, World AIDS Day This
is the lourth year Oregon has
olfu laily rei ogni/.ed the day
Fox said AIDS improved his
quality of life because he met
many new people and gained
an appreciation for everyday
: Si.it V the li.irii !>.i!l ali- >n t
this disease sometimes. fox
said in the video You go
Nuiinrwhufc and wonder :!
you‘11 ever lx* bat k again
Fox spoke frank!', about 1 iv
mg with AIDS feet. mting tin*
SlilO.UOO hi; spent utt tre.it
merit That int hided taking the
drug A/.T. undergoing 1 hem;,
therapy, which he said gave
him third degree burns, and in
haling vapors that he said,
smelled and tasted like halters
and
The end of the video shows
l ux lying Its a hospital I • d at
Sai red Heart Hospital in i.u
genr with his lamlh around
him, holding his hands and
kissing his forehead before his
respirator was removed -it his
request
After Viewing the video, the
spot tators sat in silent e lor .1
few moments wiping away
their te.irs and dis< usseti their
own experienr.es and thoughts
on AIDS
it.aim OitraUa, said Im s com
men! in she video that lit* had
one hundred friends die of
AIDS, made iiei think, how dd
feren! things lire in f ugone
. ntn pared to bigger cities
Here dll' sind. fewer people
■ire affected, people with VID.S
have [ewer resources, and the
. atiineinity gives h support
Shirley Whitehead Freeman,
ar M .treat h worker with Nh.mli
in lutgene, said during that
Magic Johnson scare' people
were very eager to get mforma
turn on .Mils
Now she said people take
tie- material, which Is better
tli,in before Johnson annoum ed
he was i n ft! die d w 11 h HIV
when people would not even
lake the material l! someone of
fered it to them
Before Magii Johnson, they
wouldn’t take the materia),
she said It was like if tfiev
tout hod it. they would get it
We have a lot of educating to
do "
ET ALS
Incidental Km Commil!#« will meet
tonight at b in EMI- (ajntury Koom A tail
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