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,•• / c^ Health Centre doors may close by ErinhVlYl HendersonricndCTSOn stafTbystaff by providing health care and health educa- birth control from a pharmacy. Last year theth( Administration is looking for ways to tion. She also said the nurses in the Health health centre earned more than SI 1,000 from replace Humber's Health Centres which last Centre provide students with personalized students buying birth control. year served more than 18,500 students, faculty counselling. "A pinsician's otTice would notJ:ie able to and staff. The college is considering the idea of fol- sell birth control pills. Fhe pharmaceutical "We have requested proposals from a num- lowing a health services format similar to York companies sell to sexual health clinics because ber of companies that do provide health servic- University and Seneca College. Both schools they know they're non-profit... For us to be es. It will depend on the quality of those have walk-in clinics that are run by outside given this really good price, we have to get responses to what services they can provide at businesses, complete with medical doctors and them at the clinic price. And we have to be what cost," said John Mason, director of the possibility of having an on-campus pharma- functioning as a sexual health clinic. And 1 Ancillary Services and Customer Relations, and cy. The new Health Centre may even be open think that's non-profit, it's not a doctor's chair of the Gordon Wragg Centre Renewal to the public. office," said Jones. Project. It has already been determined that a new Mason said the reason for looking into a new The North Campus Health Centre served facility would charge for third party assess- Health Centre operated as a separate business 14,299 students last year and the Lakeshore ments - an> medical request made by anyone was to see if "there's any options in order to branch served 4,492. There is some concern other than the patient or the doctor. For reduce the cost to the college iind the cost to the that privatizing Humber's health services will example, the Nursing and ECE programs Council of Student Affairs." do more harm than good. would have to pa\ tor their updated records CurrentK. the Health Centre receives "I think students don't have enough infor- and as much as $45 for their tuberculosis $60,000 from the college and $82,000 from mation about this, and 1 don't think they're vaccines. With the current Health Centre it is SAC. 1 hey also raise about $25,000 from some going to accept this," said Muhammad Virk, free. services students pay for, and the bulk of that "! SAC president. don't think that students will It is also not clear how much the new facili- comes from birth control pills. get all the services that they have now." ty would charge for birth control pills. A new Health Centre would rely upon OH IP Marg Anne Jones, head nurse at the Health Currently a month "s supply is $8, because of payments and operate like a doctor's office, Centre, told the Nov. 29 meeting of the deductions received from pharmaceutical com- which would remove it from the college's budg- Renewal Committee that the current Health panies. A doctor's office tends not to stock et, yet students would be expected to pay for the Centre meets the needs of students, faculty, and drugs for resale and therefore patients must buy services they use. • t<t4<t«.««.««< »<«,«*< ( i t ,* * t ' i t *.** <.<•<•< Photo of the week CRASH puts the pedal down on food drive Huntber takes part in helping Toronto's less fortunate by Lindsay Roberterson of the food contributed comes from and Melanie Justason large corporations and the other 22 With files from Laura Slimmon per cent comes from community Go through those cupboards and food drives. help someone in need this holiday The items most in demand are season by donating to Humber's non-perishable food items, which annual food drive. include peanut butter, powdered The school food drive began milk, canned fruit, vegetables, rice, Nov. 24 and will run until Dec. 17. beans, and baby formula. SAC vice-president Chuck She said that the need is constant Decker and the CRASH committee all year and doesn't increase over is getting the college involved in the holiday season but the needy do this year's food drive. get more depressed without pres- "The annual food drive w&s ents or turkey. kicked off at last week's screening Arasanayagam said the families of The Phantom Menace," he said. who receive the items are chosen if "Most people brought food dona- they meet specific criteria, usually tions, which was really good." based on income and family size. CRASH was formed last sum- Decker said last year there was a mer, when Caps, Residence, Christmas wish tree for cash dona- Athletics, SAC, and Humber decid- tions but said it was really hard to ed to come together to form one get people out for it. "Call of the Angels" organization. "We will accept money dona- This year they have set up four tions and if any money does come by Andre Nutbean, first-year Photogrophy student bins around the North campus for in it will go towards the (Toronto non-perishable food item donations Star) Santa fund," he said. from students and staff. Decker said the Santa fund is Decker said the bins can be really good because The Toronto Red Ribbon photo exhibit found in Caps, the athletics build- Star picks up all the administration ing, the SAC office, and the resi- charges so all the proceeds go dence building. directly to help out the people who kick starts World Decker wants to encourage stu- need it most. AIDS dents to bring not only "Hopefully there will be a good Day canned By jenn Mossey from Africa. You could learn of their struggles and goods but also toys and clothing. response," he said. "Give, and achievements in their battle with AIDS and HIV. It He added that donations will be make someone's Christmas a little The Red Ribbon Campaign held a photo exhibi- was also the reminder that the AIDS epidemic is far collected and will go towards the brighter." tion to increase AIDS awareness and to raise money from over. Daily Bread Food Bank. The goal of the Toronto food for those suffering from HIV and AIDS. Penny Savoie, the assistant campaign manager Humber College is just one of an bank is to end the need for food The exhibition began Nov. 25 and ran until said, "It was an early morning event to jog people's estimated, 1500 food drives run- banks, Arasanayagam said, but Wednesday, Dec. I, which was World AIDS Day, at memory that it was World AIDS Day and that they ning in the Greater Toronto Area there is no goal for the number of BCE Place downtown. should be thinking about it." this holiday season, according to items they receive. Two journalists from the Toronto Star, Andrew Money raised from the exhibition is equally dis- Daily Bread Food Bank public edu- "We don't set goals. We just Stawicki and Bill Schiller, travelled to Africa to cap- tributed between Fife House, a Toronto housing and cator Devi Arasanayagam. hope to get as much as possible," lure the fear, despair, courage, and hope of those with support unit for those with AIDS, and CANFAR, She said there is a major need. she said. AIDS and HIV. which supports AIDS research. Roughly 130,000 people in Toronto The holiday food drive is called Red Ribbon had access to these pictures and cre- The Red Ribbon Campaign has been running for are fed a month and 40 per cent of the Winter Harvest food drive ated the exhibition to focus attention on World AIDS nine years to raise money and to promote awareness the hungry are children, she pointed instead of the Christmas food drive Day," she said. of AIDS and HIV. This year they have raised out. due to the ethnic diversity in the Tiie exhibit focused on the lives of the people $82,000. Arasanayagam said 72 per cent city. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. December 9, 1999 Drinking and driving don'^t mix bi/ Erin Henderson said she no longer takes things for alcohol, to help her through her journalism, "doing Oprah's job."" Sarah Lashbrook is cam- granted. She wants people to be pain, and said she rarely left her "It's reali) nice \o be going lo paigning against drunk careful driving this holiday season house without drinking first. school tor subjects that I like and driving after a deadly car and not get behind the wheel if "If 1 did something dumb or if lo have something that \ou"ve accident nearly eight years ago they've been drinking. somebody stared at me 1 wouldn't looked forward lo tor so long left her a paraplegic, killed her "People have to realize the think that it was because of the actually start happening, and father and permanently injured main thing is Christmas, not chair or because of my disability I knowing that I'm going to be her mother, leaving her with brain drinking and driving. You see would jusl kind of fool myself and working as a broadcaster next damage.

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