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AIDS
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don’t believe they are at risk.
Zentmyer, a journalism major,
recognized that a person doesn’t
need specific characteristics to be
affected by the vims.
“A lot of people create their own
stereotypes so they can disassociate
themselves with the disease,” he
said. “ I’m sure that there are plenty
of people who still think AIDS is a
disease for homosexuals. They
don’t think it’s a disease that can af
fect their group.”
Zentmyer added that no one
would have guessed that his 64-year
old uncle, who was a vocalist for a
choir in California, was sick, because
he showed no symptoms until the
last few months of his disease.
“It wasn’t noticeable until he told
us,” he said.
People don’t need to have a fami
ly member or friend contract
HIV/AIDS to realize how devastat
ing the disease still is.
Ben Hoffman, a junior general sci
ence major who has volunteered
with the HIV Alliance, said his ex
perience brought him into contact
with people who have HIV and
changed many of his viewpoints
about the disease.
“I went into it with the familiar
stereotype that people with AIDS
were sickly and that the disease was
visible,” he said. “But this was a
huge eye-opener... It’s not like you
can tell people have the disease, and
it’s not something you can pin on
somebody.”
He added he was shocked the first
AIDS Statistics
As of December 1999, AIDS is the fifth leading cause of death for people 25 to 44
years of age.
Fifty percent of all new HIV infections are among those under age 25.
In just over a decade, AIDS'iases among adult and adolescent women more than
tripled, increasing from 7 percent of all AIDS cases in 1985 to 23 percent in 1998,
and 40 percent of these are attributed to heterosexual sex.
Since the beginning of the epidemic, 7 percent of all men infected with HIV were
infected through heterosexual contact. In 1999,9 percent of men were infected
heterosexual ly.
Since the epidemic began, injection drug use has directly and indirectly
accounted for more than 36 percent of AIDS cases in the United States.
Men who have sex with men account for 40 percent of new HIV cases and 34
percent of all adult and adolescent AIDS cases.
SOURCE: American Association for Worfd Health
time he met individuals with
HIV.“Nobody met some criteria,” he
said. “Anyone can get it.”
Despite the nationwide AIDS ed
ucation in recent years, many myths
about the disease remain.
Leslie Habetler, community rela
tions coordinator for the HIV Al
liance, began her volunteer work af
ter she almost lost a loved one from
heroin addiction. She said people
need to be more educated about the
risks that can lead to AIDS.
“He’s lucky he didn’t get AIDS,”
she said of her friend. “The Alliance
taught him about the risks of dirty
needles, and he’s probably still alive
because of that.” .
She added many common mis
understandings about the disease
still exist today, including the belief
that the virus can be spread through
kissing or toilet seats.
Habetler also said students espe
cially don’t think they will catch the
disease.
“Sometimes college students feel
that they are somehow immune to
these things,” she said. “The num
ber of HIV-affected people under
the age of 25 is increasing, so it’s a
group we’re concerned with.”
Although the death of his uncle
was unexpected and caused great
distress for his family, Zentmyer
said some people need this kind of
exposure in order to understand
that everyone is equally susceptible
to HIV.
“People think they’re invincible,
especially young people, until they
have certain experiences,” he said.
Zentmyer added that sometimes
in order for people to realize the se
riousness of an issue, it has to affect
someone close to them, as with car
accidents and drug overdoses.
“It’s too bad that it takes some
thing like that to make people
aware,” he said.
Family stress
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during the holidays or at any other
time of the year.
“We play up the holidays as a
time for families to be together,”
Thomas said. “It’s a hard time for
individuals whose families didn’t
work — abusive or dysfunctional
families.”
Financial problems can also be a
strain on the holidays, Thomas
said, with a lot of pressure to buy
and provide, something many fam
ilies can’t do. And for working par
ents, conflicts between full-time
jobs and arranging activities for
children while school is out can
also be frustrating.
“It’s important to get out,” said
Sandra Otsyula, site leader of the
Eugene Family Resource Center.
“The worst thing for everyone is to
be stuck in the house. That’s a
recipe for friction.”
Making use of community activi
ties for children — such as the Eu
gene family calendar, the public li
brary or the Eugene Parks and
Recreation Program — can alleviate
stress for both parents and children.
Without the stimulus of school,
kids need to get out, Otsyula said,
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so bundle them up and take them
outdoors.
The Eugene Family Resource
Center, located at Patterson Ele
mentary School, 1510 W. 15th Ave.,
also offers activities for families
during the break in addition to its
regularly scheduled parenting
classes and activities. During
Christmas break, the center will of
fer sandwich lunches open to the
community from 11:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. from Dec. 20 to 22 and
from Dec. 26 to 29. It also offers a
family night every Wednesday
from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Regardless of financial or family
circumstances, one of the most im
portant tips for the holidays is to sim
plify and take time for yourself, said
Steve Allanketner, executive director
of and psychologist at Options, a pri
vate, non-profit counseling center.
Not overwhelming oneself with mul
titudes of family events, social plans
and travel can be one of the easiest
ways to simplify.
“People need to take time for
themselves and not get so caught
up in the family network that they
don’t take care of themselves,” Al
lanketner said. “Also, the holidays
are a good time to practice modera
tion in drinking and partying.”
By simplifying plans and using
activities and support for families,
experiencing that holiday feeling
may be a little easier, Thomas said.
“Spend time with your family
and focus on the little things,”
Thomas said. “Be really gentle with
each other.”
Elections
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and the 25 electoral votes needed to
claim the White House.
Gore’s advisers believe he needs
a court victory and a speedy reduc
tion of Bush’s lead to keep public
patience with a 23-day standoff
that the vice president said could
linger until the Electoral College
meets Dec. 18.
His lawyers filed an urgent plea
with the Florida Supreme Court
asking the seven justices, all with
Democratic ties, to start hand
counting ballots while Sauls de
cides whether the re-counts could
be added to Gore’s totals. “There is
no reason to delay counting ballots
even one day,” the brief read.
Summing up Gore’s urgency,
both legally and politically, his
lawyers told the court: “We’re get
ting close to the end.”
The vice president’s allies were
just as emphatic about a Florida
legislative committee’s recommen
dation that a special session be
called to choose a slate of electors,
presumably Bush supporters.
“What the hell is going on here?”
Senate Democratic leader Tom
Rossin asked in frustration.
Bush’s brother, Florida Gov. Jeb
Bush, said lawmakers may need to
intercede if the results are still un
certain Dec. 12, the day states must
choose their electors. “Clearly, the
U.S. Constitution delegates the au
thority of the selection of the elec
tors to the Legislature,” he said.
“That is as clear as can be.”
Not so, said Gore’s lawyers.
They filed papers with the U.S.
Supreme Court arguing that the
Legislature would be on shaky
ground if it appointed its own slate.
Both sides were submitting briefs
in advance of Friday’s Supreme
Court oral arguments in Washing
ton.
Gore’s running mate, Sen. Joseph
Lieberman, accused Jeb Bush of
helping his brother with a power
grab.
“It threatens to put us into a con
stitutional crisis,” Lieberman said.
Until now, only Bush’s team had
talked of stakes so high in an effort
to force Gore to concede. Democ
rats employed the heated rhetoric
Thursday to portray Bush as a po
litical puppeteer pulling every
available string to maintain his mi
nuscule lead.
Bush brushed off questions
about the Legislature, saying, “I
won three counts, and I think it’s
time” to end the election.