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AIDS Test
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He said students taking the
test place a fiber cotton pad in
their mouths, bite down on the
pad and hold it there five sec
onds. i
Students then place the pad in a
tube, which is placed in a bad and
sealed.
The pad absorbs secretions
from their gums, Williams said,
and that’s what is used to test for
HIV antibodies.
The test is “short, quick and
easy, and it involves no blood,”
Williams said.
Williams said the testing used
to involve taking blood, but now
IX1V XlVUilll UliU
Wellness Center
has found a non
invasive way to
do the testing.
“For one,
whenever
they’re testing
outside a labo
ratory first of
all, it’s easier, and then it’s less
messy and less time consuming,”
Williams said. “You don’t have
Graduate assistants
and other students
will perform the
noninvasive OraSure
test for HIV-AIDS.
to worry about the bloods and ac
tual how long it takes to get it,
and things like that.”
Williams said this is the first
a;_ ai_ : _
111HV UllO
semester the cen
ter is doing the
testing.
The testing is
connected with
World AIDS Day,
which is Dec. 1
worldwide.
Rpppiisp that
day falls on a Sunday, Williams
said, the center will have a pro
gram on Monday, Dec. 2, to com
memorate World AIDS Day.
Two or three speakers from dif
ferent campus organizations will
speak at the program.
Following the program, at
around 6 p.m., Williams said,
many of the student organiza
tions, University 101 classes and
Greeks who participated in the
Health and Wellness Center’s
Quilt Panel Project will walk to
the steps of the Capitol for a can
dle-lighting vigil.
For the Quilt Panel Project, stu
dent organizations were given
materials to place in a quilt. The
quilt will contain information
about AIDS, as well as “things
that they want to say about AIDS
that their organization has actu
ally put together, or their
University 101 class... expressing
what they want to say or what
they want to do on World AIDS
Day,” Williams said.
The quilt patches will be com
piled to form one large quilt,
which the walkers will take to the
Capitol, Williams said.
About 30 organizations have
signed up for the quilt project, and
Williams said it is not too late for
more student organizations to
sign up.
The deadline to pick up pack
ets is Nov. 25.
For more information about
the HIV-AIDS testing or the Quilt
Panel Project, contact Maurice
Williams at 777-1835 or Marcous
Gardner, a program director at
the Health and Wellness Center,
at 777-7618.
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restaurants and specialists,” ac
cording to the Nov. 5 edition, in
which the winners were an
nounced after four weeks of vot
ing.
“We went to great lengths to
make sure there was no ballot
stuffing, and I believe this is the
most votes we have ever re
ceived,” Singmaster said.
The paper recognizes the
readers’ choices as the best in
Columbia, varying from the sex
iest woman in Columbia, which
went to Alice McIntyre, to the
scariest local politician, which
U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond was
awarded.
Singmaster said that while
USC programs are commonly
represented in the annual edi
tion, they are usually athletics
programs, and “it is nice to see
WUSC get the recognition.”
Free Times is available in
newsstands around Columbia
and campus.
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Hunger
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floor and ate with their hands.
They were allowed only rice
and water.
Guest servers, who helped
hand out meals, included
Sondra Weiss of the Office of
Community Service; Corinna
McLeod of the English
Department; Hal French of
the Religious Studies
Department; and Ankit Patel,
student body president.
Patel said he was serving
to support Oxfam Carolina.
“I’ve been participating in
the program for a few years,”
he said. “It’s a great program
for education on hunger is
sues.”
Endia Sowers, a first-year
English student, volunteered
to work at the banquet, which
she called a “really good
idea.”
“I think it’s important
for people to see what
other people go
through.”
ENDIA SOWERS
FIRST-YEAR ENGUSH STUDENT
“I think it’s important for peo
ple to see what other people go
through,” Sowers said.
Sarah Ross, a third-year ac
counting student and treasurer of
Oxfam Carolina said: “Many peo
ple think that the problem is that
there are not enough resources in
the world to feed everyone. If all
the food were distributed equal
ly, every person would get
enough.” f
Kurtz said Oxfam Carolina
works to accomplish the goals of
Oxfam America.
“One of the goals of Oxfam is to
educate about the problem of
hunger,” Kurtz said. “The Hunger
Banquet is intended to educate
USC students.”
The banquet was also intended
to raise money for Oxfam
America, which will receive all
proceeds from the banquet and
Oxfam Carolina’s upcoming Day
of Fast.
Oxfam America is the national
branch of Oxfam International, a
worldwide organization dedicat
ed to the elimination of world
hunger through education and di
rect intervention.
Students interested in getting
involved with Oxfam Carolina
should visit the Office of
Community Service in the Russell
House or contact Maura Kurtz at
uschunger@yahoo.com.
Sowers said it’s easy to get in
volved at USC. “I saw a flier and
went down to the Office of
Community Service and signed
up for as much as I could,” she
said.
Ultimately, Kurtz said, USC
students can make a difference in
the struggle against world
hunger.
“Hunger and homelessness is a
very tangible problem,” she said.
“There are so many agencies in
Columbia, and just by giving a lit
tle money or volunteering a little
bit of time, you can change so
many lives and make a tangible
difference.”
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BRIEFLY
Seminary Day will be
held Thursday at USC
The USC Career Center, along
with the Chaplain’s Association
and the USC Department of
Religious Studies, is co-sponsor
ing Seminary Day on Thursday
from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Russell
House Ballroom.
Students interested in attend
ing seminary after gradation can
speak with representatives from
the following seminaries:
Campbell University Divinity
School, Candler School of
Theology at Emory University,
Columbia Biblical Seminary,
Duke Divinity School at Duke
University, Earlham School of
Religion, George W. Truett
Theological Seminary at Baylor
University, Gordon-Conwell
Theological Seminary at
Charlotte, Lutheran Theological
Southern Seminary, McAfee
School of Theology at Mercer
University, Pittsburgh
Theological Seminary, Reformed
Theological Seminary, Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary,
Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary, Trinity Lutheran
Seminary, Union Theological
Seminary and Presbyterian
School of Christian Education,
Wake Forest University Divinity
School and the Washington
Theological Union.
For more information, contact
Vicki Hamby at the Career Center
at 777-7280.
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bleeding from your nipples
• kidney disease
• irregular or scanty menstrual periods
• high blood pressure
• migraine headaches
• asthma
• epilepsy (convulsions or seizures)
• diabetes or a family history of diabetes
• a history of depression
• if you are taking any prescription or over-the-counter medications
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What if I want to become pregnant after using DEPO-PROVERA Contraceptive
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Because DEPO-PROVERA is a long-acting birth control method it takes some time after your Iasi
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about two thirds of those who become pregnant will do so in about 12 months; about 83% oi
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pregnant win do so in about 18 months after their last injection. The length of time you use
What are the risks of using DEPO-PROVERA Contraceptive injection?
Urregutor Menstrual Bleeding
The side effect reported most frequently by women who use DEPO-PROVERA for
contraception is a change >n their normal menstrua! cycle During the first year of using
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bleeding after 2 years of use The reason that your penods stop is because DEPO-PROVERA
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Studies of women who have used different forms of contraception found that women who used
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breast ovary, uterus, cervix, or liver. However women under 35 years of age wnose first exposure
to DEPO-PRO/ERA was within the previous A to 5 years may have a slightly increased risk of
developing breast cancer similar to that seen with ora! contraceptives. You should discuss this with
your health-care provider
Beeaus^DfPO^ROVERA is such an effective contraceptive method, the nsk of accidental
pregnancy for women who get their shots regularly (every 3 months [13 ’weeks]) «s very low.
While there hare been reports of an increased risk of low birth weight and neonatal infant death
or other health problems in infants conceived close to the tune of injection, such pregnancies are
uncommon. If you think you may have become pregnant while using DEPO-PROVEKA for
contraceptioa see your health-care provider as soon as possible.
SAflerg* Reactions
Some women using DEPO-PROVERA Contraceptive Injection have reported severe and
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Symptoms include the sudden qAset of hives or sweSng and itching of the skio. breathing
difficulties, and a drop in blood pressure.
6. Other Risks
Women who use hormone-based contraceptives may have an increased nsk of Wood clots or
stroke. Also, if a contraceptive method fails, there is a' possibiity that the fertilized egg wi8 begin
to develop outside of the uterus (ectopic pregnancy) White these events are rare, you should
tell your health-care provider if you have any of the problems listed to the nextsection.
What symptoms may signal problems while using DEPO-PROVERA
Contraceptive Injection?
Call your health-care provider immediately if any of these problems occur following an injection
of DEPO-PROVERA:
• sharp chest pain, coughing up of Wood, or^sudden shortness of breath (indicating a posable dot
in the lung)
• sudden severe headache or vomiting, dizziness or fainting, problems with your eyesight or
speech, weakness, or numbness m an arm or leg (indicating a possible stroke)
• severe pain or swelling in the calf (mcficatmg a possible dot in the teg)
• unusually heavy vaginal Weeding
• severe pain or tenderness m the lower abdominal area
• persistent pain, pus. or Weedng at the injection site _ _
What are the possible side effects of DEPO-PROVERA Contraceptive Injection?
/.Wfefght Gain
You may expenence a weight gam while you are usmg DEPO-PROVERA About two thirds of
the women who used DEPO-PROVERA m clinical trials reported a weight gam of about 5 pounds
during the first year of use You may continue to gain weight after the first year Women in one
large study who used DEPO-PROvERA for 2 years gained an average total of 8.1 pounds over
those 2 years, or approximately 4 pounds per year. Women who continued for 4 years gained an
average total of 13.8 pounds over those 4 years, or approximately 35 pounds per year. Women
who continued for 6 years gamed an average total of 16.5 pounds over those 6 years, or
2.75 pounds per year.
In a clinical study of over 3,900 women who used DEPO-PRO/ERA for up to 7 years, some
women reported the following effects that may or may not have been related to their use of
DEPO-PROVERA Irregular menstrual Weeding, amenorrhea, headache, nervousness, abdominal
cramps, dizziness, weakness or fatigue, decreased sexual desire, leg cramps, nausea vagmal
discharge or irritation, breast swelling and tenderness, bloating, swelling of the hands or feet,
backache, depression, insomnia, acne, pelvic pain, no hair growth or excessive hair toss. rash, hot
flashes, and jomt pain. Other problems were reported by very few of the women in the clinical
trials, but some of these could be serious. These indude corwiistons, jatxxlice. unnary tract
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thrombosis, pulmonary embolus, breast cancer, or cervical cancer. If these or any other problems
occur during your use of DEPO-PROVERA, discuss them with your health-care provider
Should any precautions be followed during use of DEPO-PROVERA
Contraceptive Injection?
I.Missed Periods
During the time you are using DEPO-PROVERA for contraception, you may stop a penod. or your
periods may stop completely, If you have been receiving your DEPO-PROVERA^ injections
regularly every 3 months (13 weeks), then you are probably not pregnant. However, if you think
that you may be pregnant, see your health-care provider
^Laboratory Test Interactions
If you are scheduled for any laboratory tests, teii your health-care provider that you are using
DfcPO-PROVERA for contraception Certan blood tests are affected by hormones such as
depo-provera.
3 Drug Interactions
Cytadren (aminoglutethim.de) is an anticancer drug that may significantly decrease the
effectiveness of DtPO-PROVERA if the two daws are given during the same time.
4. Nursing Mothers
Although DEPO-PROVERA can be passed to the nursing infant in the breast milk, no harmful
effects have been found m these children. DEPO-PROVERA does not prevent the breasts from
producing milk so it can be used by nursing mothers. However to rmrrnwe the amount of
DEPO-PROVERA than is passed to the infant in the first weeks after birth, you should wait until
6 weeks after childbirth before you start using DEPO -PROVERA for contraception
How often do I get my shot of DEPO-PROVERA Contraceptive injection?
The recommended dose of DEPO PROVERA is 150 mg every 3 months (13 weeks) given in a
singe intramuscular injection in the buttock or upper arm. To make sure that you ane not pregnant
at the time of the first injection, it is essential that the injection be given ONLY during the first
5 days of a normal menstrual period. If used following the delivery of a child, the first irSection of
DEPO-PROVERA MUST be given within 5 days after childbirth rf you are not breast-feedng or
6 weeks after childbirth if you are exclusively breast-feeding. If you wait longer than 3 months
(13 weeks) between injections, or longer than 6 weeks after dewvery. your health-care provider
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