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Mother continues fight against AIDS, hatred Rebecca Merritt OrtQOn Ur-, Cmtuutl Ryan White was forced to move from his hometown in Indiana because* kids nl school called him a "fag." Hi* family continuously r»x:«lvt*d hale mail and a bullet was shot through a window in their house White, who died at age 1H in 1990. vvas a hemophiliac, who contacted the AIDS virus through a blood trans fusion Hut residents of Koko mo. fnd treated him with the same phobia and hatred faced by gay men who are infected with the disease. "Because of this til,sea so i ailed AIDS, our lives turned around overnight. People thought because he had AIDS he was l»d " said Ryan's mother, Jeanne White "Rvan knew how the gay communi ty was treated because he was treated the same way." Jeanne White was in Kugene Friday to explain her son's battle with AIDS at a University seminar. Since 'i• *r mii> s death she has ded irated her life to educating young people "If you have sex. you're at risk for this disease and that's about all of us. ' White said "Why can't everyone see that this is everybody'* problem?" Ryan White was diagnosed with the AIDS virus when he was 13 Doctors gave him throe to st\ months to live. White, a single mother who worked for a GM facto ry. said doctors told her that Ryan could not infect others through everyday contact. She assumed people in her hometown would be under standing However, aftor the town learned about the illness, Jeanne White had to fight the school district in court just so her son could attend school. The Whites won in court hut were still ostracized by the community, Ryan came to school for the first time to find his ha ker spray painted with obscenities. Kvan White'* battle against AIDS put him in the nation al spotlight He became close friends with Elton John and co-hosted an AIDS benefit with Elizabeth Taylor Royal ties from a made-for-televi sion movie about hi* life and a $16,500 loan from Elton John enabled the White fami ly to move to a community that was more oc« opting of Ryan and his disease Joanne White said her son's illness taught her to be more accepting of others and brought her closer to the gm community. "When Ryan was firs! diag nosed, a lot of people in the gay community stepped out to help," she said Once you have AJDf* you're just like everyone else who has AIDS. You want to stay alive " Speakers highlight of workshop Pete Schneider f<3> ire Grmpae .0»v l-rntumut The fight against AIDS got a little closer to home for some students this weekend when they participated in a workshop called "Riskv Business AIDS — Chi the Trail of a Killer ” The conference, organized b\ the University's Substance Abuse Prevention Program 1SAPP) Inst week nt the l-ane County Fairgrounds was nttend ed by more than ion University students Ten nationally and internationally known AIDS activ ists took the podium during the seminar, speaking out on a variety of AIDS-related topics "This is an AIDS information program that is unlike any oth er that has been in this town,' said Miki Mm <- program c oordi nator "Because of the caliber of the speakers plus the message they have, it's not just your Imsic AIDS 10J that you would get in college It s the* newest and iiest from the people who know thr ums! about the fight against AIDS " "The Is*st is learning more in depth information about people with the disease.” said Susie Dunne, a University business major who attended the semi nar “l learned a lot more about AIDS than 1 c ould have from a class or a newspaper " Mac e attributes much of the suc c ess of the program to the fac t that many of the speakers were HIV positive who spoke from both a jiersonal and profes sional level The con (ere nii' began Inst Thursday with n sneak preview of "Sw.nrt*.'' a Kaiser Parma nente educational theatrical pro duction geared toward youth HIV prevention The perfor mance focused on the facts of the HIV virus, its transmission and attempted to dispel many of the myths and superstitions sur rounding AIDS infections The weekend seminar started w ith the presentation of feanne Thit n an AIDS information pro it ram that is unlike any other that has been in this tow n Because of the i ahber of speakers, plus the message they have, it's not just your basil AIDS 101 that you would get in col lege It's the new est atui best from the people w ho know the most about the fight against University Substance Abuse Prevention Program coordinator White on Friday morning White, an internationally regard ed AIDS activist, is the founder and president of the Ryan White Foundation in Indianapolis, IN Many remember the made AIDS - MIKI MACE // for-TV' movie about her son Rvan'n bout with the HIV' virus that he acquired through a blood transfusion In White's speech, she told the painful story of how people in her community refused to let her son attend school and fon *td her family out of town. Among the other presenters vs is Owe (ones, president of the SAMPS projw t in Washington. D.C Jones started tfie National AIDS Quilt program The names of thousands of AIDS victims an* stitched on the quilt. In his presentation on Saturday. Jones fieM nlwid how the massive quilt is viewed in Washington D.( by more than two million v isitors each year The conference was one of the many SAPP organizes each year. SAPPs overall goal is to provide life skills to students and cover the issues on campus that would not normally be covered in a classroom setting. In doing so. SAPP features prominent pro fessionals and activists who are working in the fields that SAPP covers "Our program is about real life stuff, riot just theory," said Mai e, who regards SAPP as one of the University's best kept secrets "What we do is bring in people who are working in the field so the students get more of a hands-on approach, more of a human-gut approach." 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DARKROOM 890 E. 13th St. • Next to Taylor’s • 342-FILM (3456) ■ POLICE BEAT The following incidents were reported to the University Offic« of Public Safety and the Kugene police department Ian it 17 • Burglary was re|X>rted Jan H from a University greenhouse on the 1300 block of Franklin. According to police reports, two men posing as greenhouse employees entered a building and removed a 400-watt sodium bulb valued at $80. • A 21 year-old man was cited for possession of less (bun one ounce of marijuana and criminal trespass )an. 11 on the 500 block of Fast 13th Avenue According to polii e reports, o police officer observed a drug transaction in progress and contacted the sus pect • A 37 year-old man w as cited for drinking in public at the inter section of Franklin Boulevard and Villard Street on jan 11 • An 18-year-old student repurted vandalism Jan 11 on the 1900 block of Abler Street. Two tires on his vehicle were slashed •A ; ed a theft )an 1 - in l’acifi< Hall According to poli< e reports, unknown subjects tampered with his personal computer and removed some memory c hips • A ^5-year-old man w is arrested on two outstanding theft warrants Jan. 1:1 on the 1400 block of Alder Street • A 4 i vear-old man Vvas cited for throe counts of theft on Jan. 14 on the 700 block of East 13th Avenue. According to police reports, the suspect was stealing books from one location and returning them for wish at anoth er. • A 22 vear old male l.ane Community College student was arrested Jan 16 for felony drug sales on the 1300 block of Pat terson Street According to police reports, a police officer observed the suspect hand another male a small package The officer recognized the sus pect from an earlier drug arrest. The officer approached the sus pect and received permission to sean h him, finding $10 in i ash and several small baggies of marijuana The suspect later admitted selling marijuana • A (I-year-old man was i ited for theft in the second degree Jan 17 on the 1300 block of Columbia Street According to police reports, an OPS officer witnessed the suspect cutting a bicycle lock with bolt cutters •Compiled by Joe Harwood Winter Sale! hjth Sited f’ublu Market 2V6E 5th Ave 7-12 1503} 683-2204 (ampui Store 762 t. I kh Avc (503) 343 -8667 kid FOLKWAYS IMPORTS I
