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Thursday, July 27, 2000
AMA Investigation Shows Dr. Dre Not Doctor After All
A six month investigation
concluded that Dr. Dre had
no formal medical training
or health care experience.
Amber DuFave
Staff Riter
The American Medical Association
released on Tuesday the results of a
lengthy investigation into rapper Andre
“Dr. Dre” Young, proving that “Dr.” Dre
is not a doctor, after all.
“For the past twelve years, Andre
Young has been falsely labeling himself
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a doctor," said Lionel Coates, an AMA
spokesman. “We wish to put an end to
the deception once and for all.”
The AMA report concludes that Dr.
Dre has completed no coursework in
medicine, and has earned no doctoral
degree, thus invalidating his claim that
he is a “doctor.”
When reached for comment, Dr.
Dre’s publicist, Big Mabel called the
report a white man’s ploy to bring the
successful rapper down.
“He got all the education he needs on
the streets,” Mabel said. “He tells it like
it is, and that’s why his fans know he’s
straight up."
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disagree.
“He is in no position to offer medical
advice to anyone,” Dr. Patrick Sisqo, a
professor at John’s Hopkins Medical
School asserted. “He simply has no
training and I would advise anyone to
take his words with a grain of salt”
But the AMA has found that Dr. Dre
has continually promoted the use of
marijuana, an illegal drug whose med
ical benefits are a heated debate in the
health care field.
“I think it’s very irresponsible for him
to advocate marijuana use when he has
no research to back it up,” said Dr.
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“Though he might have ‘street
smarts,’ he does not have any formal
medical training and I, for one, did not
go to school for ten years to be upstaged
by a rapper.”
Others are concerned about his ref
erences to lewd sexual acts, claiming it
promotes promiscuity.
“Kids think, ‘Hey, he’s a doctor. He
knows what he’s saying,’ when in reali
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People Opposed to Offensive Products.
“I’m happy that this report will put
the speculation as to Dre’s educational
history to rest, and I urge all parents to
bum any of his works.”
AIDS
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While some visitors had expected the
city to reflect its high AIDS rate, many
were suprised at what they found, Garba
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“Some people were disappointed
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city looked just like any other western
city like Washington, D.C, or New
York,” he said. “That was the first shock
we had, because we didn’t expect that
city to be so beautiful.”
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ference in which scientists could
exchange AIDS and HIV findings influ
ences a continuing international dia
logue concerning research.
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Nelson Mandela spoke during the clos
ing ceremony, reaffirming why scientists
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roughly $75 per ton,” Tipton said.
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But Dr. Dre is not the only self-pro
claimed doctor that is being investigated
by the AMA.
“We currendy have ongoing investi
gations into the licensing status of Dr.
Julius Irving, Dr. Pepper and Dr. Laura
Schlessinger,” Coates said.
“But I’m afraid I cannot comment on
who is a fraud and who is not before the
inquiries are completed.”
The sudden interest in celebrities’
medical accreditation is a direct result of
an investigative report first aired on the
CBS news magazine ‘6O Minutes.’”
“We were honesdy shocked and
appalled by the results we uncovered,”
said ‘6O Minutes’ babe Leslie Stahl. “We
were there to fight not only for a vacci
nations for HIV and AIDS, but also for
the continued search for a cure.
However, Garba said it was a South
African Supreme Court judge who was
infected with HIV who impressed him
most.
“He gave a nice talk about the func
tion of HIV and a real insight into what
is really going on from the point of view
of those who are really feeling it - the
patients, themselves,” Garba said.
One of the presentations given by
Garba concerned those whose partners
are infected with HIV, but who have
themselves remained uninfected despite
living normal, mostly unprotected lives
with their partner.
“The focus is really to find out what is
responsible for the resistance of these
individuals to HIV,” Garba said. “We
found that in 20 percent of (those unin
fected) that they contained a Cytotoxic
contracts and reductions in the trash
contract will result in the University
paying only a few extra dollars to com
post its waste, Tipton said.
“What we are saving in trash pick-up
we are transferring to compost,” she
said.
For their part, Craig said Brooks
Contractors will be keeping price in
mind in providing their service.
“We try to keep our cost lower than
what landfills charge,” Craig said
Although Lenoir is currently the only
dining hall at the University that will be
receiving the composting service, offi
cials said efforts to expand the com
posting operation campus wide will be
made,
“Its safe to say we want to expand
(this effort) to other food service areas,”
Tipton said.
The University Editor can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu.
up his mind,” said Pete Andrews, facul
ty chair through most of McCoy’s term.
“He listened to everybody, then took
time to think everything through.”
Though UNC experienced numer
ous changes during his term, including
the retirement of Provost Dick
Richardson, the proposed tuition
increase and budget revisions, McCoy
thinks the University is in good shape.
“Change is inevitable,” he said. “We
had some very good people leave us,
but their positions were filled with good
people.”
McCoy wished Moeser well, and said
his own role was busier than he had
imagined.
“Chancellor-elect Moeser knows uni
versities well, wishes to get different
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were inundated with phone calls min
utes after the showing. It’s a real prob
lem in the United States, but the real
question is: why do celebrities feel the
need to falsely claim a doctoral degree?"
Psychologist James Monroe might
have an answer.
“Celebrities feel very vulnerable and
are filled with self-hate,” he said. “By
claiming to be something productive to
society, like a doctor, it helps them get
up in the morning and face their pitiful
existence.
“I think that instead of castigating
these people, we should feel for them.”
Amber DuFaye cannot be reached.
T-cell that accounts for the cellular
immunity to HIV.”
Garba said he was impressed with the
conference and everything he encoun
tered.
“We met a lot of people, he said. “The
conference assembled the top scientists
in the world working in the HIV field.”
This year’s conference was held
under the theme “Break the Silence.”
Officials chose this theme to focus on
the pressing need to break down preju
dices and barriers throughout the world
concerning AIDS.
The first conference, entitled the
World AIDS Conference, was held in
1985 in Atlanta, Ga. It was at this con
ference where the first blood screening
for HIV was introduced to the North
American and European countries.
The University Editor can be reached
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said the budget for the system will be
gleaned from the donation, but a rough
estimate of the cost of its implementa
tion was not yet available.
Still, the June donation and its
announcement drew critics who called
the scholarship selective and elitist, ben
efiting few.
“Well, we teach critical thinking at
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Gless said he hoped the scholarship
and its recipients will demonstrate a
commitment to community service,
diversity and cooperation.
“What we’re aiming for is a scholar
ship that awards merit,” he said. “That
is not confined to elitist groups.”
The University Editor can be reached
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viewpoints on an issue and is decisive
when he has to be,” McCoy said.
Prior to becoming interim chancellor,
McCoy served as UNC-system vice
president of finance for three years. He
also worked for Bell South Corp. for 35
years and served as a helicopter pilot in
the U.S. Marine Corps, serving at Camp
Lejeune, N.C., and aboard several air
craft carriers.
Following his retirement, McCoy
plans to vacation at his mountain home
in Highlands. He will return to Chapel
Hill and resume his involvement in
Franklin Street Partners and other busi
ness interests sometime in the fall.
The University Editor can be reached
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