2The Daily Tar HeelFriday, February 15, 1991
County may lose permission to conduct anonymous ADDS tests
By CHERYL A. HERNDON
Staff Writer
The Orange County Health Depart
ment could lose its ability to test people
anonymously for the HIV virus if it is
not one of the 1 6 sites chosen in the state
to retain its policy of anonymous test
ing. The N.C. Health Services Commis
sion approved a proposal Tuesday that
would reduce the number of locations
where people could get tested for the
virus without giving their names.
The commission voted 6-5 to cut the
-testing sites with guaranteed anonym
ity from 100 to a minimum of 16
statewide, effective Sept. I. Now all
100 of the state's health departments
provide the service upon request.
The commission's decision marked
: an end to the process that began last
December, when the state Department
of Environment, Health and Natural
Resources proposed changes in the
current AIDS testing policy.
Under the adopted proposal. State
Health Director Ron Levine will monitor
the success of confidential not
anonymous testing every six months.
In 1993 Levine will make a recom
mendation for the fate of the 1 6 or more
remaining anonymous testing sites.
Based on his recommendations,
anonymous testing in North Carolina
could be eliminated by 1994.
Levine said he supported the pro
posal, and he felt anonymous testing for
AIDS had become less necessary.
"I think anonymous AIDS testing
has been important adjunct to our pro
gram since the epidemic began in de
tecting infections in individuals ... but I
feel the situation has changed greatly,"
he said.
Anonymous testing is not necessary
to protect individuals who may be in
fected for two reasons, Levine said.
"First of all, the state has passed anti
discrimination legislation that makes it
unlawful to discriminate against indi
viduals with AIDS," Levine said.
"In 1994, the act becomes fully
implemented. Secondly, the Public
Health Department has demonstrated
that they will not permit this information
to get out to individuals that have no
right to it. There are very few but logical
exceptions."
In the next four years more people
would favor elimination of anonymous
testing, Levine said.
"With our compassionate care, we
are overcoming their inappropriate
feelings of the health department," he
said. "We are there to help these people.
We plan to institute a special treatment
service that would periodically reex
amine people in order to detect failing
immunity to the virus early.
"The service would be able to provide
medicine to start helping them, but we've
got to be able to reach these people. We
Aldermen back tax on sales by mail
By KRIS DONAHUE
Staff Writer
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen
adopted a resolution to support federal
legislation requiring that mail-order
firms collect sales taxes on interstate
mail-order sales.
The resolution, requested by Mayor
Eleanor Kinnaird, passed by a 5-2 vote
Tuesday night.
Kinnaird said she was concerned by
the cost of disposing of the large num
ber of mail-order catalogs that Carrboro
presidents received each year.
"At the end of a year, I have 54
pounds of catalogs," Kinnaird said.
"You have to raise property taxes to put
;it into a landfill or to recycle it even
recycling costs money."
Mail-order sales also affect local
merchants, who are discriminated
against by having to collect a sales tax
that mail-order companies do not,
Kinnaird said.
If Congress passes the sales tax leg
islation, the money generated would be
collected statewide and allocated back
to the municipalities, Kinnaird said.
The board requested in its resolution
that the money be earmarked for the
municipalities in each state.
Alderman Randy Marshall, who
voted against the resolution, said he
was concerned about whether the sales
tax would actually serve its intended
purpose.
"The catalog companies are going to
continue to print their catalogs, and I'm
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would come back to us," Marshall said.
People who frequently order from
mail-order companies might be more
adversely affected by the sales tax than
by an increase in their property taxes,
Marshall said.
"I just don't have a reading as to how
this would affect the average citizen,"
he said.
Alderman Hilliard Caldwell, who
also voted against the resolution, said
he was concerned about the effect the
sales tax would have on mail-order
companies.
"I would want to have some discus
sions with at least one mail-order house
that is local," Caldwell said. "I have not
seen where other municipalities are
jumping on this bandwagon."
The resolution will be sent to Rep.
David Price, D-N.C; Senators Jesse
Helms and Terry Sanford; the Chapel
HillCarrboro Chamber of Commerce;
and the Carrboro Business Association.
The board requests in the resolution
that the N.C. congressional delegation
support the enactment of the sales tax
legislation.
For the Record
In the Feb. 1 3 Daily Tar Heel article,
"Speaker warns of deteriorating race
relations," Christina Davis-McCoy, a
previous director of North Carolinians
Against Racist and Religious Violence,
was approached by a police officer and
told of herrelative's death. The officer's
information turned out to be incorrect.
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want to do everything in our power to
demonstrate that we are their friend."
A request had been submitted to the
General Assembly asking for funds to
support the program, Levine said.
Anonymous testing has many prob
lems, including the possibility that test
takers would not return to get the results
of their tests, Levine said.
"Many people who are anonymously
tested for the AIDS virus never come
back for the results," he said.
Brinkley Sugg, HIV counselor for
the Orange County Health Department,
said anonymous testing was essential.
"I think the whole issue of AIDS
scares people," Sugg said. "Anonymous
testing makes them feel more confident
coming into the health department."
If people had participated in illegal
acts in North Carolina, such as homo
sexual behavior or drug use, they would
be less likely to take tests if they had to
give their names, Sugg said
"They would possibly have to deal
with the ramifications of doing illegal
acts," Sugg said.
The primary reason for supporting
anonymous testing was to encourage
people to be tested and to protect them
in the process, Sugg said.
Jerry Salak, an AIDS educator for
the Durham-based AIDS Service Project
(TASP), said that he was very disap
pointed with the decision made Tuesday,
and that he felt it was not in the best
interest of public health.
Orange County would probably be
affected by the decision and would not
be one of the sites allowed to retain
anonymous testing, Salak said.
"Orange County does not have that
many people compared to other coun
ties," he said. "Eighty percent of the
AIDS testing done in North Carolina is
done in 12 sites."
Durham and Wake counties were
both probable sites to retain anonymous
testing because of the large populations
and large amounts of testing done in the
areas, Salak said.
Salak said he had doubts with respect
to the proposed special treatment service
Levine described.
'The State Department is not in the
business of providing services," Salak
said. "They are in the business of disease
control."
Under the current state budget crunch,
there would be no money coming in the
future to fund the program, Salak said.
Anonymous testing did not prevent
people from getting help, Salak said.
The state had only followed up on 50
percent of the people who had given
their names confidentially and who had
been tested for AIDS, Salak said.
The proposal would have serious
retributions, Salak said.
"Fewer people will come in and be
treated, and more people will get AIDS
and die," Salak said.
FRIDAY
8:30 a.m. The North Carolina Health Careers
Access Program is holding a medical issues science
seminar today in 107 Berryhill Hall forethnic.minority
andor disadvantaged students who wish to pursue a
career in the health profession. The seminar will last
until 1 :30 p jn.
NOON: The Lesbian Lunch will be today and
every Friday in the Union (see schedule for room.)
UCPPS will hold a Careering Ahead Workshop
for freshmen through juniors in Hanes 209.
1 p.m. "Introduction to Structural Equations
III" by Gary Gaddy and Walt Davis, IRSS will be
today in Manning 02 until 3 p.m. This is the last of a
series of three.
5:30 Spanish Conversation Free!! Vuelve la
tertulia!! La Sociedad Hispanica Carol inesa invites
everyone who wants to practice Spanish to La Tertu I ia
at He's Not Here, Franklin Street. Venga y hable
espanol con nosotros.
7 p.m. "Gothic" is the free movie tonight in the
Union.
7:30 William H. Williman, Duke professor of
Christian ministry, will be speaking in Toy Lounge,
4th floor Dey Hall, on the topic, "In the World: Holy
and Separate? Involved and Redeeming?" Re
freshments will be served at 6:45. FOCUS, the graduate
chapter of Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, is
sponsoring the talk.
The Carolina Song & Dance Association presents
a contra-dance tonight in Durham. Please bring a pair
of soft-soled shoes to change into and a $5 donation.
Call 967-2761 or 967-9948 for directions or more
information. Beginner instruction available.
8 p.m. The Black Cultural Center presents Soul
Express in concert, "Jazz It Up In Style" tonight in
Memorial Hall. Admission is $3.
Malikah Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X, will
be in Hanes Auditorium tonight.
9 p.m. The Transactors, Inc., professional improv
troupe, will perform in the Cabaret tonight. Tickets
are $2 for UNC students and $4 for the public at the
Union Box Office.
9:30 "Gothic" is the free movie tonight in the
Union.
SATURDAY
10 a.m. Malcolm X Conference is to be held until
3 p.m. in the Union. It is titled "The Legacy Con
tinues." Malikah Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X,
will speak.
NOON: Teach-in For Peace is a series of lec
tures, discussions, and workshops in Murphey Hall
co-sponsored with: OrangeDurham Coalition for
Peace in the Middle East, UNC Ad Hoc Committee
for Peace in the Middle East, and St. Anthony Hall.
The schedule of events is as follows: ...
12-4 p.m. Foreign Policy Issues
5-8 pan. Domestic Issues
8-9 p.m. Peace Workshops
The DTH Campus Calendar is a daily listing of University-related
activities sponsored by academic departments, student services and
student organizations officially recognized by the Division of Student
Affairs. To appear in Campus Calendar, announcements must be
submitted on the Campus Calendar form by NOON one business day
before the announcement is to run. Saturday and Sunday events are
printed in Friday's calendar and must be submitted on the Wednes
day before the announcement is to run. Forms and a drop box are
located outside the DTH office, 104 Union. Items of Interest lists
ongoing events from the same campus organizations and follows the
same deadline schedule as Campus Calendar. Please use the same
form.
9-10 p.m. Candlelight Vigil from Murphey Hall to
McCorkle Place in mourning of a month of war.
SUNDAY
The Horace Williams House is a "community
cultural center" at 610 Rosemary Street It is open
from 1-5 p.m. on Sundays and is free of charge. On
exhibit until Feb. 20 is Sculpture by Cary and Rand
Esser. Call 942-78 1 8 for more information.
Reggae with Roily Gray and Sunfire tonight and
every Sunday about 9:30, $ 1 cover. Colonel Chutney s,
300 W. Rosemary Street.
ATTENTION SENIORS!!!!!
Anyone interested in
helping the Senior Class
with the phonathon for
the Class Gift please call
the senior office at 962-
1991 or come to the training session today from 1 :30
2 p.m. in Union 211. There are prizes and a post
calling party for all volunteers.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Applications for Attorney General can be picked
up in Union Suite D and are due back Monday, Feb.
18.
The HUMAN RIGHTS WEEK committee will
have applications for co-chairs for 1991 available on
Monday, Feb. 18. No experience is necessary; you
need only have a desire, some initiative and some
ideas for addressing the domestic and international
abuse of human rights. Applications are due by 4:30
Friday, March 1 at the Y.
Annual Award Winners Show: Kachergis Award
Betsy Townes, Mark Robinson, Sharp Award
. Ashley Zepeda, Julian Award Alyssa Wood; Feb.
15-28, Glass Gallery, Hanes Art Center. Opening
Feb. 18 at 4:30 p.m.
The Horace Williams House would like to invite
you for a visit. This community cultural center is
known to have superb art exhibits and concerts. It is
open Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
Sundays 1 to 5 p.m, always free of charge! It is located
at 610 Rosemary Street, 942-7818.
The Office of Leadership Development is
looking for students with significant leadership expe
rience and an interest in working with student orga
nizations to serve as peer leadership consultants.
Applications are available at the office in Steele 0 1 or
at the Union desk. They are due Feb. 22.
Malcolm X: The Legacy Continues: The Cur
rent Issues Committee of Carolina Union Activities
Board will be sponsoring a one-day conference to
morrow, Feb. 16, in the Union, commemorating the
life of Malcolm X from 10-4 p.m. This project is in
conjunction with the Network for Minority Issues.
Campus Y.
Classes to improve reading ability and study
habits begin Feb. 18 at the Learning Skills Center,
Phillips Annex. Freshmen classes are Monday or
Wednesday. 9 a.m, 10 a.m. or 1 p.m: upperclassmcn
classes in humanitiessocial science and science classes
are Tuesday orThursday,9:30a.m. Register in Phillips
Annex 204 for these eight-week sessions.
CLASS OF 38 SUMMER STUDY ABROAD
FELLOWSHIP APPLICATIONS are now avail
able at the International Center. Three fellowships of
$2600 each are awarded for students interested in an
independent study project abroad that is tied to his
personal and career aspirations. Deadline is March 1 .
For more information stop by the International Center
or call 962-5661.
The Tar Heel Recycling Program announces that
today's mobile drop is between Connor and Alexander
dorms for newspapers, glass and aluminum.
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