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Vol. 42 No. 4
November 1988
AIDS in the Black Community
(The following infor
mation is excerpted fro m
a pamphlet of the same
name currently available
from the NC Department
of Human Resources
Division of Health
Services.)
Anyone can get AIDS
if he or she is not careful
when having sex with
another person, or if he or
she is shooting drugs and
sharing needles or
"works". Children can be
bom with AIDS from their
infected mother. Straights
can get it as well as gays
and bisexuals.
While Blacks make up
only 12 percent of the
population in the United
Stales, 25 pcrceni of all
persons with AIDS in the
United States are Black. In
other words, one out of
every four persons who
have AIDS in the United
States are Black. Almost
one half of the persons
with AIDS in North
Carolina are Black.
Almost one half of the
persons with Aids in
North Carolina are Black.
Furthermore, in the United
States, one out of every
two women and six out of
every 10 children who
have AIDS are BLACK.
If current trends contin
ue, more than a quarter of
a million people in the
United States will have
contracted full-blown
AIDS by 1991. That
means that, by 1991,
67,000 Blacks could have
full-blown AIDS. And the
only way to stop this from
happening is to change
our sexual behavior and
drug-using habits.
Here are some simple
steps you can take to
reduce your chances of
becoming infected with
the AIDS virus:
1. Not having sex and
not shooting drugs are the
surest ways to protect
yourself. If you are sexu
ally active, reduce your
number of sex partners.
The more partners you
have, the greater your
chances of coming into
contact with someone who
is infected with the AIDS
virus. Having just one sex
partner is safest.
2. Whether straight,
gay or bisexual, always
protect yourself by using a
latex condom during sexu
al intercourse.
3. Do not shoot drugs.
If you do, seek help, and
by all means DO NOT
SHARE NEEDLES.
4. Keep your body's
defense system strong by
eating the right foods and
by not abusing any kind of
drugs or alcohol. Drugs
weaken the body's defense
system.
5. If you have been
sexually active and plan to
have children, you and
your partner may want to
be tested to determine if
either of you is carrying
the AIDS virus.
The following are the
warning signs for AIDS:
-Always feeling tired,
light-headed and head
achy, and this tiredness is
not due to physical activi
ty-
-An unexplained
weight loss of more than
10 pounds, which lasts
more than a month.
* -Diarrhea for a long
period of time with no
clear reason.
-Fevers or night sweats
which last for several
weeks.
-Swollen lymph glands
(lumps) either in the neck,
armpits or groin.
-A whitish coating on
the tongue known as
thrush. This condition
may be accompanied by a
sore throat.
-New or slowly enlarg
ing purplish lumps or
blotches on top or beneath
the skin or inside the
mouth, anus, nose or
underneath the eyelids.
-A persistent heavy or
dry cough that is not from
smoking and that has last
ed too long to be a cold or
flu. Fever and shortness of
breath may also be pre
sent
It is important to note
that any of these signs
may be evidenced by
someone who is NOT car
rying the AIDS virus.
However, a physician
should be consulted when
ever any of these symp
toms is present.
For more information
about AIDS contact your
local health department or
call the National AIDS
Hotline at 1-800-342-
AIDS.
Students
Awarded
Scholarships
by James E. Raynor
Two students were the
recipients of Fall Incentive
Scholarships awarded by
the Fayetteville Alumni
and Epsilon Beta chapters
of Kappa Alpha Psi
Fraternity, Inc. The
deserving students are:
Reginald Buckman, a
sophomore majoring in
Speech and Theatre
from Lilesville, North
Carolina; and Tammy
Conner, a junior Biology
and Chemistry major
from Fayetteville, North
Carolina. The purpose
of these scholarships is to
reward students for aca
demic excellence and
achievement and to in
spire others to work hard
er to increase their grade
point averages.
An awards ceremony
was held in front of
the Student Center.
Chancellor Vic Hackley
was a distinguished guest.
He lauded the fraternity's
efforts and indeed was so
pleased with Kappa Alpha
Psi’s participation in the
program that he personally
agreed to double the
amount of the awards.
Presenting the awards was
James E. Raynor,
President of Epsilon Beta
chapter and Director of
the Scholarship Program.
He was assisted by Jeffrey
McLeod, Vice-President
of the chapter. Also in
attendance was Dr. Betty
Lovelace, Director of the
Student Center.
Students, Not States, Pick Up Tab
monitors the nation's state
(CPS) -- The Reagan
administration roared into
power 8 years ago with a
daring college funding
idea:
If the federal govern
ment cut the amount of
money it dedicated to
higher education, state
governments would take
up the slack.
Now, as many state
legislatures are drawing
up their last college bud
get measures of the
Reagan era, some of the
nation's education money
watchers say they aren't
sure the theory worked.
While still critical of
the idea, the money
watchers say that, on the
average, state funding of
higher education has prob
ably stayed "about the
same" during the era while
federal support — especial
ly direct grants to col
leges, libraries and stu
dents - dropped.
State aid to students, at
least, buys about as much
college as it did in 1980,
estimates Gwen Pruyne,
managing editor of "The
Grapevine," an Illinois
State University newslet
ter that tracks state higher
ed appropriations around
the country.
But students, not states,
generally have had to pay
for it.
"States get money from
legislation or from
tuition," she noted. "Many
states have increased
tuition."
While at the era's start
an in-state student's tuition
typically might have cov
ered 10-15 percent of the
cost of actually educating
the student, now in some
states it must cover 20-30
percent of the cost.
Tuition nationwide, the
American Council on
Education estimated in
January, has gone up an
average of 40 percent
since Ae beginning of the
decade.
"Many states have used
tuition increases or other
means that force the stu
dent to bear the cost of
higher education," added
Brenda Erickson of the
National Conference on
State Legislatures, which
governments.
"Many states," she
reported, "are not in a
position to help (state col
leges) as much as they'd
like to."
Erickson, however,
does believe the Reagan
administration has suc
ceeded in shifting the bur
den of funding state col
leges from the federal
government to the states,
and that most states "are
keeping even" in their
funding.
But wanting states to
assume part of the federal
role, argues Jerry
Roschwalb of the National
Association of State
Colleges and Land-Grant
Universities, is "a myopic
view" in the first place.
What happens, he asks,
when a state pays for edu
cating people who leave
the state after graduation?
When it comes to
"picking up the tab for
national medical research
done in the local medical
school," he contended,
"there's no reason why the
people of (any 1 state)
should be taxed to support
it."
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Class Elections Held
by Richard Sumpter
On August 31, 1988 elections were held in the
Seabrook Auditorium to elect class officers for the
1988-89 school year. Successful candidates and their
offices are as follows:
Senior Class Officers
President
Bradford Bannerman
Vice-Pres.
Kenneth Nelson
Secretary
Theresa Sawyer
Treasurer
La Shavete Sellers
Parliamentarian
Eric Tweed
Junior Class Officers
President
Odis Bellinger
Vice-Pres.
Gina Doggette
Secretary
Kirby Wallace
Treasurer
Earl Purvis
Parliamentarian
Samuel Richardson
Sophomore Class Officers
President
Mia Jones
Vice-Pres.
Tanzania Cooley
Secretary
Syntheris Nettles
Treasurer
Andreka Miller
Parliamentarian
Cheryl Washington
Freshman Class Officers
President
Richard Sumpter
Vice-Pres.
Reasa Davidson
Secretary
Sophia Moore
Treasurer
Brenda Cooper
Parliamentarian
Karsten Ray
The lovely class queens were also elected at this
and they are:
Miss Senior
Najma Hogan
Miss Junior
Sharon Walker
Miss Sophomore
Nicolette Sledge
Miss Freshman
Renita Murray
Best wishes to these newly elected officials for a pro
ductive school year.
Kappa Delta Pi To Host Inductions
purpose room of the
Rudolph Jones Student
Center. All members of
by Shaye Wilmers
The Omicron Beta
Chapter of Kappa Delta
Pi, an international honor
society for education, will
hold its fall induction cer
emonies on Friday,
November 18, 1988 at
7:00 p.m. The ceremonies
will be held in the multi-
Kappa Delta Pi as well as
the new initiates are en
couraged to attend with
their families and friends.
Dr. Bertha Miller, Dean of
the School of Education,
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