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              THE MAROON V0L.72 N0.23 Loyola University New Orleans FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1994 ESTABLISHED 1922 AIDS: A look at LU's policy By EMILY DREW and CHRIS RAPHAEL Staff writers □ By the year 2000, 40 million Americans will have HIV. What is Loyola doing about it? Loyola could be doing more to educate its students about AIDS and prevent the spread of HIV, say students and local health officials. According to Planned Parenthood, Tulane Health Center and the NO/AIDS task force, the university's policies leave many students ill-equipped to face the challenges that AIDS presents in today's society. Particularly, disagreement surrounds the school's refusal to distribute condoms in the student health office (or sell them in the bookstore), and its failure to disclose statistics on the number of HI Vinfected students on campus. "Loyola has a vested interest to students' lives," said Angela Shiloh-Cryer, Director of Education at NO/AIDS Task Force. Some students are similarly troubled by what they see as a dwindling AIDS Peer Education Program (APEP), and the nonchalant attitude of students on campus toward AIDS. "Everything I have learned about HIV has been away from campus," said Richard Gavina, music business junior. "Loyola is barely doing anything." "HIV is part of New Orleans," said Counseling and Career Development Director Chris Flynn. "There are infected people on this campus." Although statistics are not available, Flynncalled thenumberof Loyolagraduates who have died from AIDS this year a "scary" figure. "Are we doing enough?" he asked. "No." Testing Any student wishing to get an HIV test may do so through the Student Health Office located on the bottom floor of the Danna Center. According to Sister Beth Lieux, Student Health Services nurse, blood samples are taken at the office and then transported to Roche Biomedical Laboratories on Elmwood Ave. This procedure is completely anonymous. When the samples are delivered to Roche, an Elisa test checks for certain antibodies that may appear in HIV-infected persons. The test is run twice; if both tests are negative, the report is sent back to Student Health, Lieux said. If the Elisa test turns up positive, a second and more accurate test, the Westem Blot, is run. The Western Blot test costs an extra $35 to $40, and students are toldof the additional cost beforehand,  Lieux explained.  According to Nancy Cline, the coor-  dinator of health services at Planned Par-  enthood Louisiana, the problem with the  Elisa test is that it can falsely give posi-  7 6  tive results. Therefore, the Western Blot is used in conjunction to verify the resuits."Both are anti-body tests," Cline said. "They are not looking for the HIV, they *Loyola's outside lab will only run the Western Blot test if the elisa comes up positive. **lnformation not available. The year in review: the stakes are high By JENNY JOHNSON News Editor It seems the owners of the Queen of New Orleans were playing with a full deck when they approached the Rev. James C. Carter, S J., to bless the riverboat casino. Carter said he participated in the event with the hope of keeping the industry honest. Loyola has placed a number of bets on the table throughout the past school year with student's money and not always with success. Maybe the university could have used a little Carter blessing of its own. The year opened with a little "redecorating": several crepe myrtle trees nearf Marquette Hall were removed because droppings from the trees were destroying the painting on Jesuit-owned cars. Despite the uproar from many students and faculty. Carter decided to cut his losses from the depreciating value of the cars and put in palm trees. Meanwhile, 719 incoming freshman enrolled eager to take their chances with higher education. This was an increase in freshmen enrollment from past years, and it came as a surprise to many, seeing that the odds showed a national decline in students attending private institutions. Former Student Government Association President Erika Schwarz, first-year law student, look a gamble of her own and appointed her boyfriend, Andre Dupont, as director of finance. NEWS ANALYSIS  But the odds were against her. The Court of Review ousted Dupont after discovering he did not receive the necessary two-thirds vote from congress to approve the appointment. It seemed the odds were also against Residential Life throughout the year. A fire in the Biever Hall computer room in December caused extensive damage to both the room itself and the computers. The master keys for Biever Hall were lost for approximately three months before Cyrus Robinson found them near the comer of Miller Hall. Marriott seems to have pleased its customers with the addition of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and the newly renovated Orleans Room, but even Marriott didn't stay out of the games. Students often see the concierge playing a relaxing game of solitaire. Loyola was involved in a numberof law suits this year. In November, a Louisiana Supreme Court cleared the university of libel charges surrounding comments allegedly made by anchor Bill Elder on WWL-TV, which Loyola owned at the time. The plaintiffs, Martha Sassone and Joseph Montgomery By JOHN VANDOVER The Black Student Union unveiled a new mural at its grand opening this semester. Vogue leaves campus after turbulent year By TINA BERGERON Staff writer When Vogue Cleaners in the Danna Center closed last week, it came as a surprise to many students, but not to Loyola officials or Vogue owner Frank DiMarco. Vogue and Loyola ended their eight-month affiliation shortly before Easter. DiMarco said that he decided to close the store because he had trouble finding dependable student workers . "Unless you can give students dependable service, there's no sense in being there," DiMarco said. The lack of workers led to customer complaints about the cleaners not being open regularly, he said. But Tim Bainett, director of the Danna Center, said that while customer complaints were an issue in Vogue's closing, DiMarco's outstanding debts to Loyola were also an issue. "We asked him to pay or leave, and he still has to pay," Barnett said. DiMarco owes four months rent, as well as the costof renovating the space. DiMarco said his rent was $200 per month. NO MAROON The Maroon will not be published next Friday because of finals. Publication will resume next semester. „ See AIDS Pg. 3 See VOGUE Pg. 5 See REVIEW Pg. 6 «iw.i:«,v-' .Tra policies around town Loyola Tulane NO/AIDS Task Force P. Parenthood HIV testing Yes Yes Yes Yes offered? 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