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I SHERIFF VOLUME 94, ISSUE 23 // APRIL 18, 2008 Guilford college // www.gujlfordian.com // G r e e n s & o r o , N c Dan Miller/Guilfordian JOURNALIST BOB WOODWARO CONCLUDES 00 BRYAN SERIES Congress passes $50 billion bill to combat international HIV By Jake Blumgart Senior Writer Early this month Congress approved a bill that will extend the President's Emergency Program for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) another five years — and triple the budget from $15 billion to $50 billion. The money will help combat the spread of AIDS abroad. "For our country to be healthy, for the eradication of these diseases to take place, we must have a global approach," said Nancy Pelosi, speak er of the house. "Disease knows no borders and boundaries (...) There is a moral imperative to fight this epidemic." Supported by both major parties and the President, the bill passed by 308 votes to 116; it is expected to do equally well in the Senate. Money to fight malaria and tuberculosis is included in the package as well. "This is the biggest achieve ment of the last eight years of the Bush administration," said Harper Bokum-Fauth, AIDS activist and International Studies major. "Only the United States is capable of doing something like this." The original PEPFAR five-year plan (PEPFAR 1) focused $15 billion on 15 predominantly sub-Saharan African nations where, according to the United Nations, two-thirds of the world's HIV-positive population resides. Haiti and Vietnam were the only two non-African countries pro vided for. PEPFAR 1 proved controversial because it required that one-third of the funds be allocated to promoting abstinence-only education, a tactic that the medical community has condemned for years as ineffective. PEPFAR 2 strikes the abstinence- only requirement from the bill, although if recipient nations spend less then 50 percent of their fund ing for sexual-transmission preven tion on abstinence-based programs they must defend that choice to See "PEPFAR" on page 5 By Deena Zaru Senior Writer Watergate legend, jour nalist and author Bob Woodward spoke at War Memorial Auditorium on April 13 as the final event of Guilford College's 2007-08 Bryan Series. Woodward also held a student session in the Community Center from 1 to 2 p.m. that day, which was attended by about 20 members of the community, many of which were Politick Science and English majors. "The way he talked to the students, he came across as really wanting to con nect with them," said Brian Ewing, staff writer for the Greensboro News and Record. "Anything to get more young people involved in journalism is great." "It was a really amazing experience to be able to hear from him. In the session he treated us as contempo raries and didn't dumb it down," said junior Padraic Lehane, a staff writer for the Guilfordian. "I thought he was pretty straightforward about a lot of stuff and as honest as he could be, even though I didn't necessarily always agree with him." Most recently. Woodward has authored three books on the Bush Administration's handling of the war in Iraq: Bush at War, Plan of Attack, and State of Denial. His fourth See "Bob Woodward" on page 3 Shannon Binns/Green Press Initiative Students protest Lowe’s use of cypress mulch By Simon Kelly Staff Writer The corporate headquarters of Lowe's Home Improvement stands outside of Mooresville, N.C. like a series of stark beige boxes when viewed from the distance. With its lengthy one lane drive, helipad, and guard booths standing sentry over the main entrance, the place has an air of invulnerability. Guilford students joined with the Gulf Restoration Network to protest unsustainable mulch. See "Lowe's Protest" on page 2
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