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tllie P€Nt)UlUM Serving the Elon College community Volume XIV, No. 24 Thursday, April 14, 1988 Elon College, NC 300 to participate in Special Olympics by Angela Meadows Staff Writer The 1988 Special Olympics, held by Burlington and Alamance County, needs volunteers to help on Friday, May 6, at the Burl ington Athletic Stadium. The Olympics will be from 8:00 a.m. to 2;30 p.m. There will be a bus^ by Cheryl Kern Staff Writer Elon will start a new Writing iCenter this fall. The purpose of the |cenier will be to act as a drof)-in Iplace for writers who would like feedback and encouragement. The new facility will serve the Elon College community; students, Jiculty, staff, and the town’s peo ple. By focusing on developing writers, it will not only be a center br tutorial work, but a place where poetry readings and creative provided - leaving the Alumni Qym at 7:30 a.m. The Special Olympics is a series of athletic events involving the developmentally disabled. The Olympics provides the disabled with an opportunity to participate in athletic and competitive sports. writing workshops can take place. The center will be staffed by specially trained students and faculty. The tutors will suggest strategies and resources that will suit the writers’ needs and will pro vide the feedback that will help the writer. The center, located in Mooney 206, will open at the start of each semester. It will be opened to anyone interested in its services on weekdays and on some week-nights This event encourages them and they feel self satisfaction to be able to interact with similar han dicaps. The Olympics also allows them to meet and interact with the community and college. There will be three-hundred participants in the Special Olym pics ranging from 16 to 65 years and will close the last day before exam week. Writers of all abilities will be able to make use of the center. Primarily, the Writing Center will function as a place to discover and develop the potential writer in each person. The center aims to develop the creative talents of the Elon Col lege Community. For more information, contact Barbara Gordon, Director of Writing (ext. 2123) or Michael Gaf- figan (ext. 2110). of age. The Olympics needs four- hundred volunteers. The Athletic Director of the Burlington Recreation Department, Herold Owen, said “The Burlington community and Elon College have been a tremendous help in the past, I hope the support will continue.” Three-hundred of the volunteers will have a chance to work one-on-one with a participant- helping them through events, attending entertaining clinics, and sharing lunch with them. The other volunteers are needed to help run events, clinics, and serve lunch. 1.5 million have AIDS by Kathy Meadows Editor This is the first in a series of articles on AIDS. Carol Ann was a typical 19-year old college sophomore. She was an honor student, a member of Alpha Delta sorority, first chair flutist in the concert band, head cheerleader. She also dated the quarterback of the football team. Everything seemed perfect in Carol Ann’s life until she was diagnosed as having AIDS. According to the 1987 Surgeon General’s Report, an estimated 1.5 million people in the United States have Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). AIDS was first reported in the spring of 1981, ac cording to Morbidity And Mortali ty Weekly Report. However, pa tients with diagnoses meeting the definition of AIDS were seen before then. . But what is AIDS? AIDS is a virus that attacks a person’s im mune system which damages the ability to fight off other diseases. In other words, the person’s abili ty^ fight off germs makes him/her more suseptable to bacterial or other viral infections which may cause life-threatening illnesses like cancer or pneumonia. Each participant will compete in two events. In between and after events they will attend clinics. The clinics are for enter tainment and they involve cheerleading and soccer games. The volunteers are needed to sup port and guide the participants through the activities. This will be an experience of a life time. Volunteers will share a special part of someone's life and know that they have helped to make it special. Developmental ly disabled people are enjoyable see Olympics pg. 5 in USA virus Once the AIDS virus enters the blood stream, it attacks white blood cells called T-Lymphocytes. An tibodies are produced which can be detected in a blood test from two weeks to three months after infec tion. But, other than a blood test, how does a person know that he/she might have AIDS? The fact is that he/she may not suspect anything. The Sui^eon General’s Report says that the majority of infected an tibody positive individuals who carry the AIDS virus show no symptoms and may not actually come down with the disease for years, if ever. However, “Approximately half of the persons who develop one life- threatening disease in the AIDS syndrome will die within a year/’ said Dr. Robert J. Bigger of the Na tional Institute of Health. When AIDS first surfaced, it was thought to be a homosexual disease. However, this stereotype is no longer accurate. According to the U.S. News and World Report, some 51,000 people have become infected with the AIDS virus see AIDS pg. 5 INSIDE Greek Week photo essay: see pages 6 & 7 Elon Community Orchestra review: see page 10 Pull harder: Sisters of Alpha Sigma Alpha competed in the Greek Week tug-of-war competition this past Saturdi^ afternoon. See photo essay p.6 & 7. Photo by Kathy Meadows Writing center to open this fall
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