The Ranger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, February 7, 1986 Page: 8 of 12
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February 7, 1986/The Ranger/8
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AIDS less contagious
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Tricia Buchhorn
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CAMPUS BEAT
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“We plan to use the philosophical statements of
classical philosophers in the logic exercises,
thereby reinforcing the theories.”
Dr. Richard Oliver
to have a sticker on hertruck's windshild. Parking stickers cost $5
when bought after Jan. 1 and are valid until Aug. 31.
Snagged
Tricia Sturrock watches as her front-seat companion, Mark Turner,
retrieves the ticket which campus police gave Sturrock for failing
People here need not be concern-
ed about being infected by acquired
commonly, through blood or its
components.”
Murillo added, “Because this is a
the newspaper.
“I took classes during the day to
technology,” Mady said.
He became a full-time instructor
here in the fall of 1982.•
have resulted in death.”
In view of all the publicity concer-
ning AIDS, Murillo said she has up-
to-date information available to
students, faculty and staff.
The number of cases of sexually
transmitted diseases has gone
down, the nurse said.
“People are more careful in their
sexual activities because of the im-
plications of AIDS.”
In campus cases requiring a test to
identify the Human T-Lymphotropic
Virus, Type III, the virus causing
AIDS, Murillo refers the patient to
the Community Clinic, formerly the
come
to his or her home to begin the ac-
creditation process.
Option 2: Independent study and
A $15 fee will cover the cost of
training materials and a certificate,
in addition to enrollment fees here
for option 3. •
„ By Cathy Leigh
Staff Writer
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Dr. Richard Oliver became chair-
man of the philosophy department
Jan. 13.
The position had been vacated at
the end of the 1985 spring term by
Dr. Richard K Schoenig.
Oliver had been acting chairman
since that time.
“My long-range goals are to
preserve many of the outstanding
features which are in place due to
prior department leadership, to
create an environment which will
encourage our faculty to deliver
outstanding services to students
and to increase department enroll-
ment,” Oliver said.
Oliver said he inherited a fortunate
“Touching an AIDS
patient or being in
the same room with
him will not put you
at risk.”
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San Antonio Free Clinic, 210 W.
Olmos.
“Even though the HTLV-III virus is
found, the patient may only be a car-
rier,” Murillo said.
American College Health Associa-
tion information says, “The virus is
fragile and will not survive on en-
vironmental surfaces, in the at-
mosphere, on personal articles or
on eating utensils.”
Discussion groups and support
groups are available at the Com-
munity Clinic for all sexual transmit-
ted diseases. *
Nursing department gives
three-credit examinations
New child development
program may established
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Michael Mady's dog sees where he cannot.
computer school in Oklahoma, after
my time at Tech to receive computer
training.
“I became involved with com-
puters because of my interest in
mathematics.”
He explained, “I minored in
mathematics at Tech and found that
working with computers enabled me
to use what I had learned in school
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“SAC has approximately 500 nur-
sing students this semester,” he
said. “This is the largest enrollment
in the nursing schools in the city.”
About 10 percent of the nursing
students are male.
“Students in the nursing program
tend to be in their late 20s or early
30s and dedicated to definite career
goals,” Gonzalez said.
A two-year program enables the
student to receive an associate’s
degree and prepare for the state
exam.
Most students have arranged for
employment six months prior to
graduating.
Those students interested in the
credit (challenge) exam should call
nursing education at 733-2365 for
information.*
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Oliver said he expects the course
to be a requirement in the cur-
riculum for students earning a two-
year degree in the fall. This will on-
ly affect new students registering at
that time.
A textbook for the course has not
been selected. Oliver said the
philosophy department will confer
with the philosophy department at
Southwest Texas State University in
San Marcos before selecting a text in
order to keep the course at both col-
leges consistent.
Oliver said this course is ideal for
anyone desiring a less in-depth ex-
posure to philosophy.*
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• future.”
I Paschal urged the audience to
• broadcast facts about AIDS to fami-
> ly and friends to help stop the
« spread of misinformation and fear.
• There is only one case on record of
• a nurse getting infected from a nee-
' die puncture after giving an AIDS pa-
• tient a shot and not disposing of the
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The nursing department offers a
credit, or challenge, examination to
any student who has previous
courses or experience in the nursing
or health care field.
Challenge exams for different
courses are scheduled beginning the
week of Feb. 17 through the week of
April 14.
“A student may gain up to three
semesters of credit by successfully
completing the exam,” Dr. Hector H.
Gonzalez, chairman of nursing, said.
Taking the exam saves time, Gon-
zalez said.
Some students prefer to take the
courses to better prepare for the
state examinations for the registered
nurse.
Gonzalez also discussed the nurs-
ing program here.
„,“Just because I cannot see where
I am going does not mean I cannot
go,” this college’s only blind instruc-
tor said.
Michael Mady, data processing in-
"sfructor, said the only difference bet-
~ ween his teaching methods and
Mother teachers’ is that his is done
^-verbally.
“There is no blackboard work,” he
quipped.
The office of handicapped student
services purchased a VERT, a voice
•synthesizer, that could be connected
to his computer to help him do his
job, Mady, 43, said.
“I also have a personal Braille
; printer hooked up to my computer
; that helps me when I make up a test.
; After I type out the test on my com-
; puter, I make the Braille printout to
; check for spelling mistakes,” Mady
; said.
; 'A1J of the textbooks for his classes
; are tape recorded, and he uses the
I recordings to make out the
: assignments, Mady said.
“In class, the students do not
. Jknow what to say at first. They just
...have not been around blind people
enough. I have never had any real
.problems with the students, other
.than their sense of hesitancy at first.
“If the students are having dif-
ficulties understanding some of the
--material, I will have a volunteer stu-
dent write on the blackboard while
dictate the information to help
- them comprehend the material more
easily,” Mady said.
“I like to see students’ progress. To
be able to share with students what
I know and see them reach success,
knowing that I had some part of it,
is what keeps me interested in
Jgjaching.
L.J/My colleages are a great bunch of
, people; the students here are top-
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^,;,“My wife of 5*/2 years stands
behind me. The people I work with
; By Teresa Potter
; Staff Writer
• Acquired immune deficiency syn-
• drome is not as contagious in its
“ final stages as it is in the incubating
t .Stage, a Metropolitan Health District
spokesman said last week in a
I Seminar.
• XZBill Paschal of the Metropolitan
• Health District spoke to 170 staff and
J students Jan. 29 on “What Our Cam-
► pus Community Should Know About
: aids.”. ;
“In the final stage of the disease,
« the AIDS virus has destroyed all the
• T-4 cells, thereby destroying
• themselves. These cells do not
• regenerate. That is how the immune
■ system is destroyed,” Paschal said.
; ^‘The only AIDS virus in the body
• at the end is in the brain cells which
; are not transmitted sexually or in
; the blood.”
; The disease is usually transmitted
near
even though all day homes must be this college’s family day home pro-
J viders courses, receive college credit
and be eligible to apply for the ac-
• Limit sexual contacts and use
condoms.
•Avoid the exchange of body fluids,
such as semen.
• Be aware of ways the virus may be
transmitted, such as virus from the
saliva of some infected people, open-
I might have a negative test result but mouthed kissing, oral sex, tears.
----- •Casual contacts and hugs have
not proven dangerous.
• Articles such as toothbrushes or
razors should not be shared.
• Drug users should limit drug use;
not exchange needles.
• Infants have developed AIDS from
infected mothers.
• High-risk population should avoid
pregnancy until more is learned.*
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Elizabeth Culbertson, chairman of viders to attend group training ses-
child development, traveled to sions on a monthly basis beginning
Phoenix, Ariz., earlier this week to in February and ending in July 1986.
participate in a training conference Assessment takes place after the pro-
by the Child Development Associa- vider has completed training and
tion for a credentialing process for feels ready to have a validator
family day homes.
A family day home is child care
provided for children of working
; pr AIDS-related virus, Paschal said.
; Xhe most common signs of the il-
' frtess are Kaposi’s sarcoma, a form
I of skin cancer; Candida albicans, a
; fungus that cakes the mouth and
: throat; apd herpes of the mouth,
; genitals and anus.
Z ^Paschal said the single most im-
' gortant thing for health care person-
nel to remember with an AIDS pa-
ll Sent is to be sure and wash one’s
- Hands.
- H^The high-risk groups include
- homosexual and bisexual males, in-
ll t-r-avenous drug abusers, prostitutes
H and heterosexual contact with the
I above, Paschal said.
■ --Paschal said the presence of the
I Human T-Lymphotropic Virus, Type
; HI, can now 1 ’
• §uids making it easier for blood
; banks and plasma centers to detect
; infected supplies.
• ^Paschal said, “The HTLV-III test
; pjay show a false positive. The blood
these family day homes.
about mathematics.” The accreditation process, im-
Made began teaching here part plemented by the city, is voluntary, tion allows the provider to enroll in
time in the evening in January 1981
after applying for a job advertised in registered with the city and have
minimum standards to meet.
Those wishing to participate in the creditation process,
refresh myself on new computer accreditation have three options for
training:
Option 1: Training through
workshops. This option allows pro-
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needle properly, Paschal said. In all
other cases of AIDS in health care
technicians, the recipient belonged
to a high-risk group.
“AIDS is spread only through the
interchange of body fluids. Touching
an AIDS patient or being in the same
room with him will not put you at
risk,” Paschal said.
“A germ must enter the
bloodstream to infect,” Paschal said.
“The AIDS virus does not survive on
by people with AIDS-related complex personal articles, eating utensils or
’ ’ ’ in the air,” he said.
Paschal said cleaning surfaces and
utensils with a bleach solution of
one part bleach to 10 parts water is
a good precaution. j
Paschal said no treatment has yet immune deficiency syndrome while
attending classes, the campus nurse
said Monday.
“AIDS is a blood-born disease and
is not spread through casual con-
tact,” Jo Ann Murillo, the nurse,
said.
Information provided by the
American College Health Association
said, “The disease is spread by sex-
been found to restore successfully
the immune system of an AIDS pa-
tient. The patient is treated for secon-
dary illnesses.
Center for Disease Control
statistics show although the case-
fatality rate is decreasing, the
number of cases diagnosed is in-
creasing rapidly, Paschal said.
“There are 16,000 diagnosed cases uaj contact, needle sharing, or less
now compared to two in 1979,” 1 -1 1 1 1 1
Paschal said.
The U.S. Public Health Service
be detected in body recommends high-risk people to use
these preventive measures:
• Do not donate blood or plasma,
sperm, body organs or other tissues.
• Let the physician and dentist
know if you are in the high-risk
; may show present characteristics of population.
; having the virus, but it may be some
: <2her virus in the system.
I “One may believe he is free from
: all danger because of a false negative
I result at an early stage. The test may
I show positive, and yet one may
H never develop related diseases. One
also make my job a whole heck of a
lot easier,” Mady added.
“If a person wants to do
something, he can generally suc-
ceed. Both people sighted and those
without their sight must work for
anything that is worth having. If you
work hard enough, you can achieve
it,” Mady said.
Twenty years ago, it was hard for
a blind person to get a job, he ex-
plained. Places just were not willing
to take the chance. They were too
scared to hire blind people.
“People who are blind are
discriminated against a lot less now.
As the years pass, it will become
more acceptable by most companies
to hire the blind. But I do not see a
time when there will be no
discrimination,” Mady said.
Mady has been blind since age 11
after a basketball accident when he
was 10 years old.
He recalls his high school years.
“I went to Lubbock Monterey High
School. Friends and other students
would h61p me by reading the infor-
mation from the textbooks to me,”
Mady said.
He said he had very few textbooks
in Braille because of their great ex-
pense, but he also was able to learn
the material in textbooks by listen-
ing to tape recordings of them.
“A few people thought I should not
go to college after high school, but
I did receive encouragement from
my parents and friends to continue
my education.
“Following high school, I went to
Texas Tech University and received
my bachelor of arts degree in
sociology there,” Mady said.
Texas Tech did not have a program
for blind students at that time.
“I was assisted by one of the
sororities who took it upon
themselves to read to blind students
each semester. The teachers also
helped me by giving me all of my
tests verbally,” Mady said.
“I went to Lear Segler Institute, a
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parents in the home of a family day review. This option allows in-
care provider. dividuals to go through the training
Approximately 6,000 children, materials at their own pace, having
ranging from infants to elementary periodic meetings with trainers,
school-aged children receive care in beginning in February and ending in
August 1986.
Option 3: College credit. This op-
Disease not prevalent here, Murillo says
campus concern, it is important that
the correct information is given.”
The Metropolitan Health District
has no documented cases of AIDS in
the 15-to-25 age group in San An-
tonio, Murillo said.
“Since 1981, Bexar County has
documented 86 cases, and of those
victims, 50 have died,” Murillo said.
Since the first reported case in
1981, the Public IJealth Services has
received reports of more than 12,000,
according to information from the
American College Health
Association.
“About 50 percent of the cases
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situation because there are no inter- “We plan to use the philosophical
nal problems in the department. The statements of classical philosophers
only problems are external, Oliver in the logic exercises, thereby rein-
said. forcing the theories in the minds of
The philosophy department will of- the students,” Oliver said.
fer a new course this fall, Oliver said. A course must be reviewed and ap-
The new course, Philosophy and proved by the Coordinating Board,
Critical Thinking, will combine in- Texas College and University System,
troduction to logic, critical thinking Oliver said, before it can be added to
and philosophy. , a college curriculum for credit.
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