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AIDS polic; By JENNIFER GRODIN Staff writer pi Six students laid down and symbolically died at 2 p.m. Friday in the middle of Green Street as part of an sa AIDS rally sponsored by Carolina Aids Research and m the Gay and Lesbian Student Association. cc "Act up, fight back, stop AIDS! History will recall H (President Ronald) Reagan and (Vice President) George Bush did nothing at all! Forty-thousand dead A from AIDS, where was George?" the students pi chanted, holding signs and marching in front of the nc Rnccpll Hnnsp At the end of the rally they held a "die-in" to pro- to test the government's AIDS policy and the presidential candidates' failure to address the issue of Acquired p< Immune Deficiency Syndrome. h( "What the government would like us to do is lay sa down and die. And that is exactly what we're going ro do," said Patrick Barresi, graduate health education student and coordinator of the rally. to Some students then laid down in the street while th others drew chalk lines around them. They continued chanting, "Silence equals death. We will not be te: silent." The rally had three purposes, Barresi said. "We Gi want to remind leaders that AIDS is a very serious pro- ag blem. We want to remember those people who have A died of AIDS, and we want to commit ourselves and Bi recommit ourselves to the fight against AIDS." se "It's an interesting fact, " Barresi said, "that not until seven years after the first case died from the sh disease (did) Ronald Reagan mentioned the words A AIDS in public." Reagan closed his eyes, and every bill that crossed ly his desk was vetoed, Barresi said. "No money for de AIDS, no money for health care, no money for educa- th tion. 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I * * * * J paid for by the committee ! ** ** *** y decried Funding for further research and education was the imary concern of the protestors. "The fact is that scientific researchers have been lying for the past seven years that they need more oney for research. There is something that can be acjmplished," said Wayne Johnson, a School of Public ealth alumnus. "It is not true that there are no treatments for IDS," English professor Amita Aviram said. "Those omising treatments are precisely the ones that are at being funded." The reason AIDS was ignored for so long is related i the public's perception of the disease, Barresi said. "It might have been that from the first, public's :rception of the disease was that it is only a disease of amosexuals, bisexuals, and I.V. drug users," Barresi id. "As long as the fags and junkies are dying, it's okay ignore the disease. Well, I disagree, and I suspect at many of you disagree," he said. But some of the onlookers did not share the prostors' or Barresi's views. "I don't know if they're trying to talk against eorge Bush or if they're really trying to protest ;ainst the spread of AIDS. We all know why and how IDS is spread. It's got nothing to do with George ash," said Simon Grant, a mechanical engineering nior. But Bush or Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis ould allocate more money to research a cure for IDS if he is elected, Barresi said. "The Surgeon General stated that it will be extremeunlikely to find a cure for AIDS within the next ;cade or within the next century," Grant said. 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IUJVVI for Student Leadership and Nonviolent Alternatives" after the late Robert Gaudino, a political science professor at Williams College. Lounge Conti ministration's budget ? not studei should fund the Spur," Hill said, legitimate, but since only students 1 why not use student activity fees?" 1 "I would not say that student acti be used to fund the Spur," said Pa assistant to the president.J'Years ago Pests Continued Warner said he stands by complaints he made in a letter published in The Gamecock Friday about the pest problem in Douglas. In a letter to the editor published in The Gamecock Monday, Douglas' second-floor resident adviser Tim Mobley criticized Warner for going to the newspaper before reporting the problem to dorm officials. Warner said the pest problem shouldn't exist in the first place and THEN BECOMIN r ' Wf . on the right mear earning a BSN, v Clifton, N] 07015 ARMYNUR WHEN IN SOUTHERN ( isee them on the might even vote think they're pec re wrong. Dead i JnH VXv:^fe.;-. i from page 1 After Kulick and Yaskulka successfully completed The Gaudino Project in 1987, they founded the non-profit CCS on private funding in order to continue their workshops. Kulick, a 1986 graduate of Williams, is on a Southeastern tour promoting familiar themes of student leadership Kulick admits a unilateral nonviolent policy has not garnered much nued from page 1 at activities fees ? ed ? and as a resu "Their concern is alcohol guidelineswill use the facility, wquld look into po? E-Till said. He said he felt m< ivity fees should not Spur, itrick Smith, special "But," Hill said, ' when the Spur clos- surprised once we g from page 1 added Housing Services has promised to spray his room immediately. Meanwhile, resident advisers said they have not noticed a significant problem with pests. "We have the occasional report of pests, but it has been better in Bates House and probably in Bates West," Bates Area manager Bob Holdeman said. 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It of the university tightening up the - Jerry Brewer said the administration ssibly subsidizing the Spur." ast students supported funding of the "I think everyone will be pleasantly et underway." mice, but one was a pet mouse that got loose," he said. "If students have a problem with their room, be it a bulb burned out, if they see a roach on the floor, or anything, the first step is to notify the area office," Harman said. "Whether it is through the R.A. or directly, let them know the nature of the problem. We do have trained people on campus to correct any problems." ESTO HE ARMY. * H ? .Jgfl l^Hjf ? I my officer. If you're ;, P.O. Box 7713, .MY. OUCAHBL "UDIOS TOUR | I flHi Hp' l HT 2| jseI Ipjsfe ^ >$%% ' ^pp