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The Grizzly, September 21, 1993 Ursinus College Digital Commons @ Ursinus College Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper Newspapers 9-21-1993 The Grizzly, September 21, 1993 Jen Diamond Ursinus College Melissa Chido Ursinus College Erika Compton Ursinus College Mark Leiser Ursinus College Craig Faucher Ursinus College See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews Part of the Cultural History Commons, Higher Education Commons, Liberal Studies Commons, Social History Commons, and the United States History Commons Click here to let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Diamond, Jen; Chido, Melissa; Compton, Erika; Leiser, Mark; Faucher, Craig; Welsh, Jim; Davenport, Amy K.; Cordes, Matt; Epler, Tom; Gil, Victor; Richter, Richard P.; Kozlowski, Tyree; Rychling, Aaron; Rhile, Ian; Fenstermacher, Heidi; Reynolds, Halyna; Baccino, Nick; Rubin, Harley David; and Grunden, Jay, "The Grizzly, September 21, 1993" (1993). Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper. 318. https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/318 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Newspapers at Digital Commons @ Ursinus College. It has been accepted for inclusion in Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Ursinus College. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Authors Jen Diamond, Melissa Chido, Erika Compton, Mark Leiser, Craig Faucher, Jim Welsh, Amy K. Davenport, Matt Cordes, Tom Epler, Victor Gil, Richard P. Richter, Tyree Kozlowski, Aaron Rychling, Ian Rhile, Heidi Fenstermacher, Halyna Reynolds, Nick Baccino, Harley David Rubin, and Jay Grunden This book is available at Digital Commons @ Ursinus College: https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/318 ThueSconegeGrizz l1 We do not rememher days, Volume 16 Number 1 We remember moments - Cesare Pavese 1993 Israel and Pill Reach The Quilt: To Remember, To Educate, Peace Agreement To Celebrate BY MARK LEISER Clinton also called the pact "a BY MELISSA CHIDO & ERIKA Of the Grizzly courageous and historic peace COMYfON accord, the first step in replacing News Editors When the Israeli government and war with peace and giving the the Palestine Liberation children ofthe Middle East a change Ursinus College will be presenting Organi:lJltion agreed to formally to grow up to a normal life. " a display of the NAMES Project recognized each other last week, it There are many problems to AIDS Memorial Quilt on Thursday, marked a historic turning point in consider for the future, however. Septmeber 23 through Sunday, the long-running Arab-Israeli An unidentified United Nations September 26 . U rsinus will be dispute. The conflict came one step official in Ga:lJl warns that the PLO receiving seventeen 12' by 12' quilt closer to an end after a ceremony at is taking the accord to mean more blocks. the White House was held to sign a than it really does. He claims, Typicall y these displays have been landmark accord on Palestinean self "People believe - because that's held in school gymnasiums, rule in Israeli-occupied West Bank what the PLO is telling them - that convention centers, sports arenas, and Ga:lJl Strip. it means an Israeli withdrawal from fairgrounds, and places of worship. Although the accord itself was the Ga:lJl Strip, " when all it really Ursinus College is fortunate to have the main reason for optimism, is is a redeployment. He claims the Quilt being displayed and another key component was the that after the "initial honeymoon" Berman Museum of Art due to the presence of both PLO chairman of peace, things will go back to quality of the museum and its Yasir Arafat and Israeli Prime their old ways. conditions which suit the Minister Yitzhak: Rabin. This would There is also the concern the reuqirements needed to display the only seal the accord and also validate Palestinians will continue to be Quilt. their commitments to make the plan highly dependent on Israel for The Quilt is being brought here work. financing, jobs, trade, electricity, due to the hard work by Tristan United States President Bill and water. English and Kimberly Taylor, as Clinton remarked, "We are living So although this is considered well as many other faculty and in truly revolutionary times." one of the most incredible students. Perhaps an understatement, breakthroughs in the Middle East September is being referred to as considering he was about to partake peace in recent history, experts say AIDS Awareness Month, with the in an encounter between an Israeli that only time will tell whether all displaying of the Quilt being the leader and the head of an the efforts and controversy involved culiminating event. The entire Elena Monica speaks out about living with organi:lJltion the, just last week, in reaching this accord will wind program is being referred to as The the HIV virus. considered each other to be up being beneficial. Quilt: To Remember, To Educate, terrorists. To Celebrate. Instead of feeling sorry for HIV and AIDS. The panel experts The Quilt is of immense herself, Monica has turned her answered questions from the proportions, both physically and diagnosis into a positive experience. audience and advised them where emotionally. An individuals life She is speaking to the public about to go if they needed any help. does not need to be personally living with HIV, focusing on AIDS The Opening Ceremony will take affected by HIV or AIDS to education for the heterosexual appreciate the Quilt. The last time place on Thursday, September 23, community, the group currently the Quilt was seen in its entirety was at 11: 30 AM. The ceremony will experiencing the highest HIV during the summer of 1992 when it be a symbolic unfolding of the infection rate. Monica feels that if was displayed in Washington D.C. Quilt blocks and a reading of the she can inform just one person of The Quilt was spread over an area of names represented in the display. the danger of HIV and AIDS, then ten football fields. Among the names being read aloud she has gained strentgh from her In addition to the Quilt display, are Ryan White and Freddy illness. She views her diagnosis as several speakers have been scheduled Mercury, whose Quilts will be a wake-up call to make changes to appear on campus to enhance displayed here. within herslef and teach others. The Quilt: To Remember, To At 8:00 PM on Thursday, She has also turned her energy Educate, and To Celebrate. September 23, Jeanne White will toward deep meditation, strict Education is the largest part of AIDS speak to the audience in Olin vitamin and mineral programs and Awareness Month. Auditorium. White lost her son other unconventional therapies. The first speaker to come to Ryan, a hemophiliac, to AIDS after lnstead of accepting the doctors Ursinus was Elena Monica, a high a 5 112 year battle to give him the diagnosis as a death sentence, she fashion model. Monica contracted "normaI" life he wanted. Thrustby decided to look for an alternative. the HIV virus from her boyfriend, fate into the role of educator of the On Wednesday, September 14, a an intravenous drug abuser. She ~~ ~ .:~ ."::~:.>,» panel discussion was formed to was 26 years old when she was discuss public health agencies and Arafat seen clearly happy with the outcome diagnosed and told she only had 6 Continued on page 2 of recent events. years to live. distribute information concerning 1 Russian TV Crew Filming at Ursinus Help Wanted: Global Perspectives BY ERIKA COMPTON focus on the different industries in *EXTRA INCOME '93* BY MARK LEISER News Editor which small businesses succeed and Of the Grizzly how. Levenko also examined ethics Earn $200 - $500 weekly mailing On Thursday, September 16, of small business, a nd also what it's 1993 travel brochures. For more INTERNATIONAL Russianjoumalist Andrei Levenko like to teach in a small private information send a self-addressed --History was made last week when Yasir Arafat, chairman of the was on campus to film a portion of institution. stamped envelope to: Palestine Liberation Organization, and yitzhak Rabin, the Prime his documentary on small business Oleg Migunov conducted Travel Inc Minister of Israel, signed an accord recognizing each other. taking a in the United States. The goal of interviews of several professors and P.O. Box 2530 giant step toward peace in the Middle East. this film is to help the Russian students. Two of them included Miami, FL 33261 community understand how Lucia Murphy, assistant professor --The fighting between Bosnian Government forces and Croatian business happens and succeeds in a of economics and business units continues in Sarajevo, Bosnia, and Herzegovina. Last week, relatively free economy. administration, and Barry Bowers, Bosnians advanced in heavy fighting along a new front 20 ttill.es Levenko, whose focus is on associate professor of economics ATTENTION: northwestofthecityofMostar. SourcessaythatBosnianforceskilled international programming, and his and business administration. as many as 38 Croatian civilians in the process. three man production crew work Murphy, who teaches marketing, On Tuesday, October for Ostankino-TV, the largest remarked that many U rsinus --A Russian jetliner with 52 passengers on board was hijacked and private production company in graduates are doing very well after 5, 1993, the First forced to land in Norway. Three Iranian hijackers armed with Russia. Levenko was assisted by leaving the Ursinus economics Annual Study Abroad grenades and other explosives wound up surrendering and asking for 1967 Ursinus graduate Alan Botto. program. "The inclusion of the asylum. He is a producer/director for the computer in classwork is one Session for freshman United States Information Agency's contribution we feel we've made to and sophomores will NATIONAL Foreign Broadcast Support office. their success," said Murphy. be held in Olin 104 at -The American envirobmental movement suffered a setback last The documentary will consist of The Russian TV crew also week due to a recenttrade pactwithMexico and Canada.
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