2 TheC!ompass Wednesday, April29. 1992
Lasn Jon»% SMUor
Enfl9ld,NC
In my opmioa MksTyson was vwxneriL ifeei Ms.
Washinglon was just upsat because she cfdnt gel
anyMng out of tw deal Msaning. she prabeny
thought MkeTyson wouM^ve hersomeMng ishe
stopt witti Nrl Whan she found out he was just out
foragoodtimekshstetitashewas betrayed soshe
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MtaryEBurcaw
BtzabelhCay.NC
ifeeithat Mr. Tyson was rif^tly convicted
of the chaiges agairet him; although I do
not beieve that he was ^ only gtAy
party. In my opinioa Ms. Washin^on
should not be regaided as a helprfess
victim. Howsvar.Mr.Tysondeservestobe
punished far his pait ^ the matter.*
Talk of ECSU:
Fkatos kf Jmms Smu
Do you feel that Mike Tyson is really guilty of rape?
Deiwin Overton, Senior
Neptune NJ ;
*No. Mite Tyson is not guS^ of ra^. The
reason why i feel Hte ^is is tftat he has;
enou^ money to buy any woman he
wants—why would he ha^e to take sex
from women?"
Usa Burnett, Senior
NewYork,NY
tto. IthirritMkeTysonvwas not guilty ofthe
rapechargas,beckisethegiriknewexactiy
what she was gett^ into beforefnnd.
Even though she said no. I fe^ that she
didn’t mean it because no matter what, she
could hawefougtiti)ack insteadofgiving in.
Also, i she didn't want anytiting to happen
between them, she shouldn’t have goneto
he room dt three in the morning.*
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Guest CoLmix
Student ‘gambled with life and lost
(ECSU student's name withheld)
I will so(m die.
It' shard tosay,evenhardertowrite.It's
a realization I had not anticipated but
must now accept
You see, I have been diagnosed HFV
positive.
like most of you I thou^t it could
never tuq[)pen to me. But it has.
I know die statistics: peof^ diagnosed
witt) the HIV virus only live between
seven and ten years. My life is no longer
infinite. Few cases of (KOf^livii^ in that
ten plus range have even been docu
mented.
Ihaven'tlosthope MaybeGod willii^
s(xneone will oHne up with a cure. I've
found it quite sad and kmdy to be left
without hope, but it is for this reason that
I've decided to write this cohmrn to you,
my feOow ECSU students.
R^t now I am sittii^ in and I
look and led fine. There are approxi-
matdy 35 others just in tins dass. I locdc
around, and I wonder how many others
of my classmates share my secret, my
horror.
In my heart I pra^ I'm ttie only one, but
I don't reaUy If^w thisy since every 13
secMxls someone is beii^ exposed to a
disease that only leaves behind corpses.
AIDS has no conscience, and it leaves no
survivors No CMie to date can say,'I'm a
survivor. I beat AIDS."
1 am tryii^ to adjust, but KtHe thii^
tiiat (HK£ would have had no significance
now affect me. Like woukl the person
sittii^ next to me have taken that piece of
gum? Would they have given n»e that
pencil or would I be alienated, stared at
and talked ^XNit?
I would like to bdkve diat throu^
education most of us know ttwt AIDS
can't be contracted by beii^ human or
decent
lay alone.
When things are goii^ great and I fed
on tq? (rf die world, sadness soars in and
reminds me diat Ufie holds for me only
pain, disease, and eventually, death. I see
mysdf in bed with tubes in my nose, my
arms, nurses comity in slidii^ on dieir
gloves and masks beftne they appit)ad\
my bed.
But I still mu^ hope. You see that's
really all I have left
No kwiger realistically do I hope for a
fmufy, the big house, 25 kids and two
cars. Instead, I'm trying to if j
really want to spend the next two years
tryingtograduate.Imean,reaDy—^what's
the point? Shouki I qxmd die remainder
of my life doing things I've always
dreamed of, like ^ii^ to Greece, pAioto-
graphii^alivevokano,viewii^tl«birdi
(rfadf^hin?
You see at this point, lifie^s small won
ders are more af^iealing than college de
grees. Shmt term goals are what I'm con-
centratii^ »i. Compfetii^ this
with gpod grades and one more friend
dian I had yesterday are my primary
concerns.
If my unfortunate situation can make a
difference in one of your lives, tiien I
guessdieendreallywiUjusdfydiemeans.
Sex is great; it's somethii^ diat should be
treasured and k>i^ remembered. But
unsafesexcanbe£ataLThemonKntisTK>t
thatimportantTnBtme.Yesyforacoupie
of days after that casual sexual encounter,
you see no signsofa venereal disease so
yew diink. I'm OK. This is a common
nusconception.Takeitfiiomme.I^n^3led
with lifie aivi I lost.
Asyoungadults»wehavealoogvwiyto
^ toward understanding and amtrol-
Kng this disease, but we can definitely
start with protecting oursdves. What if
I'm the person dtat you slept with
mcmth, CMT even yesteiday?
You must take the timetoprotect)^'
sdf, because you never know who is in-
fiected.
Since ECSU's own infirmary only dis-
tributescondomson Fridays txtweenfiv?
and six, availability of life saving devices
aren't always there, but maybe ournew
SGA president and staff can address Ais
vital Ksue.
My fdlow Vikii^ peof^ (rfte**
the impwtance of messs^ps given by dy'
ing individuals; however, please lake to
heart v^iat I am saying: Unsafe sex is
deadty.
The vision of growii^rfdissoineti'®8
I dcm't spent my time thinkii^ about
aitymote. Day to day Hving and short
termgoalsarcmyonlyfuturtrvealways
liked fieelii^apart of groupsandciow'dsi
is(^tion and londiness have never bee»
my fortes. Hovrever, my path has be®
charted,andlmusttiavd this road alofit
It is my sincere and heartfd t wish ft**
none of you win have to share flus
widime.
My future as a student here at ECSU U
uncatain, but yours doesn't have
Please be carefiiL