Brown and White Vol. 100 no. 29

              aids does not discriminate says hiv-positive speaker mock studs wins state award see quilt page 4 by jim walls news writer emotion and compassion accompanied wednesday's unveiling of the names project aids quilt which will on display through tomor row at lower grace hall the quilt which is made up of over 22,000 individual panels each measuring three-by-slx feet is an inter national memorial listing the names of those who have died of aids four hundred andelghty^lghtofthesecol orfui panels filled the stands and floor of lower grace hall each one sewn together by the friends and family of a person who has died of aids lehigh president peter names quilt arrives b*w photo by robgutman speakers headline lehigh's opening ceremonies llkins spoke to the crowd of several hundred who at tended the ceremony keep the love alive ... that's what we're here for to day we must not lose the love that binds us together llklns said the quilt is a brilliant inspired concept be cause it makes it all personal hehertown mayor donald zimpfer congressman paul mchale and bethlehem mayor and lehigh alumnus ken smith also attended the event i've never been more proud of lehigh than i am today smith said educa tion and public awareness of aids is something that each of us must be aware of none of us are immune for those with aids we must otter compassion understand ing and love smith also made a proc lamation that on feb 10 through 13 he will ask the citizens to remember those who have died of aids and will recognize the ongoing fight against aids beth-awhe<iuthrtej 94 9^vo £ moving account of her aunt's battle with aids when she died there was no wake no service rtdtombstone/'girthriesaid guthrle went on to call aids thepainthat divided a decade and the quilt her aunt's only tombstone coverage of the show and a cumulative report to the american cancer society the program was judged on preliminary re search on the target market the youth/young adult category in this case attitudes on smoking and how probable it would be to have a program to make students more aware shultz said shultz said it was also judged on other aspects the organizers plans for increased awareness and participation and advertising and promotion are all considered see zamora page 6 aids as a result of donating blood to the red cross as part of a high school blood drive he said he was sitting in english class when the girl next to him asked him if he was ready for the test not having stud ied zamora said he jumped at he chance to participate in the blood drive as a way to get out of class soon after the red cross sent him a letter stating that a factor in his blood screening had tested posi tive zamora ignored repeated let ters from the red cross before finally going to his private doctor for a blood test and learning that he had htv the virus that causes aids forsix months i had the thought that i could be htv positive in the back of my mind he said my by jennifer montemurro editor in chief he is a college student he is looking forward to his 2 1st birthday at the end of the month he is hiv-positive peter zamora shared his experi ences since learning he carried the aids virus at the age of 17 with a standing room only crowd in packard laboratory auditorium thursday night i approach the podium with mixed emotioas he said part of me wants to scream part of me wants lo laugh part of me wants to cry part of me wants to go to a comer and ask god to take me away because the thought of living with aids is a hell of a lot more scary than the thought of dying zamora discovered that he had see studs page 4 by annabel lukins news writer the lehigh version of the television show studs held nov 25 to raise money for the lehigh valley chapter of the american cancer society won the statewide great american smokeout program activities award and is currently in competition for the national title according to paul shultz 93 president of lehigh s marketing club the program was designed to promote awareness of the great american smokeout in order to compete shultz said the club sent video vol 100 no 29 the brown and white friday february 12 1993 smoking banned in university center lehigh university after considerable debate stu dent senate voted to prohibit all smoking in the university center tuesday until now students were per mitted to smoke in designated areas of the lehigh cafe but according to jodie goodman 93 of the campus improvement committee making the u.c completely smoke-free is the best decision that could have been made the committee decided last year that smokers had a right to smoke goodman said but this privilege has been abused students were permitted to smoke in the back five booths of the cafe but this did not stop the entire area from becoming smoke-filled jordan barnett 93 senate trea surer said this is the only option idon'tsee a better solution we should ban smoking until better ventilation is put in barnett said some senate members were un easy about the decision and said the standing policy should be more strictly enforced before the deci sion is etched in stone by lori mccarthy news writer see senate page 6 i think rat her than try to change it we should execute the policy since it was the best thing we came up with said glenn mackenzie 94 senate vice president senate president ken hoexter 93 will explain senate's decision at next week's forum meeting which will discuss campus-wide smoking policy the forum meet ing is open to all students the senate also discussed the status of pass fail faculty has sug gested upperclassmen be prohib ited from taking classes numbered 0-99 primarily freshman-level classes pass-fail hoexter said this new policy will foster the ideals of the pass-fail format the idea is to take something more challenging not a freshman level course that you're planning on cutting every time he said the senators discussed meeting with dean koski the new men's soccer coach about his attitudes toward fraternities rumors allege that players will be benched if they pledge after the meeting hoexter gluria rt bower university libraries fairchild/martindale libr nq.ooba television violence mirror of society or instigator of crime ? page 7