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The Educated Choice I VOLUMEXLVI. NUMBER46. MONDAY,MARCH 31, 2003 PUBLISHEDTWICE WEEKLY NYPIRG Slams Legislators Coming to the Aid of AIDS "It is preventable and treatable, but BYREGINA GLICK still millions are dying," Steigbigel Statesman Staff said; echoing former President Bill New York legislators' offices across the Clinton's take on the issue. HIV is state were flooded with calls during a "phone most widespread in the continent of slam" organized by the New York Public Africa and fastest growing in East Interest ~ese&chGroup on Tuesday. Asia, which, Steigbigel said, is due The calls were part of NYPIRG's efforts largely to the lack of preventative to block tuition increases and funding cuts to measures. the New York State public university system. "By 2010, there are expected to be NYPIRG members set up a table in front as many children 'orphaned' by AIDS of the Union and offered passersby the use of in Africa as there are school-aged their cell phones to call the offices of Governor children in the U.S.," Steigbigel said. George E. Pataki, State Assembly Speaker The HIV virus was identified in Sheldon Silver, Senate Majority Leader 1981 by Michael S. Gottlieb. It is an Joseph Bruno, Assemblyman Ron RNA retrovirus, which allows it .to

Canestrari, chair of theAssemb1y7shigher covvA, its ugenetic seauence from RNA Dr. Roy Steigbigel conducts HIV/AIDS research' at the University Hospital. education committee,'and Senators to DN. The HIV virus inserts itself Kenneth LaValle and John Flanagan, BYMANSOOR KHAN where the world is today with HIVI into the host individual's gellome, Suffolk County's senators. Statesman Editor AIDS research. where it will use the cell's Callers were given typed handouts In 2002, 3.1 million deaths were By the end of 2002, he said, theie machinery to reproduce itself. with suggested messages to leave for the caused*by AIDS. were 42 million people with HIV According to Steigbigel, this politicians, such as "[~ataki's]proposal "Compare that to the five worldwidl, and five million of those makes it especially hard to fight, to raise tuition, cut financial aid, and cut anthrax deaths [in 2OOZ?'I," said Dr. were new cases. The disease is still because conventional drugs~cannotget funds for colleges and universities is bad Roy Steigbigel, who gave a lecture growing, and Steigbigel, who conducts rid of a virus embedded in the DNA. public policy." at Stony-Brook entitled "HIV & research in the Infectious Diseases The life cycle of AIDSIHIV starts Pataki has proposed raising SUNY AIDS: An'Update." Division of the Department of with a primary infection, which causes tuition by $1,200, cutting the Tuition Steigbigel gave a brief overview Medicne, feels that the epidemic could fever rashes diarrhea headaches, Assistance Program by one-third, reducing of the disease's history .and discussed be stopped. the SUNY operating budget by 15 percent and downsizing the Educational Opportunity Program. Stony Brook Community Protests Helen Ho, one of two project coordinators for the Stony Brook chapter of NYPIRG, said the individuals in the "Operation Iraqi Freedom" offices they had contacted were "pretty courteous," except for one. BYMARC NEWMAN take part in a march from the Stony Brook "Bruno's office is hanging up on people, Statesman Editor campus to NY State Assemblyman Steve which is pretty unusual," Ho said. "We As students took in some sun or some Englebright's office in East Setauket. want to tie up their phone lines and make much-needed sleep over spring break, a slew "We've had a great showing here, them mad and upset." of news rolled in Wednesday night. considering many students have just gotten NYPIRG chapters in universities Operation Iraqi Freedom had besm, and back from spring break or haven't even come throughout the .state participated in the many Stony Brook students, faculty, and back yet," said Victor Rosado, Vice President phone slam. Melissa Morahan, the second members of the surrounding community of the Social Justice Alliance, one of project coordinator, said that, in all, 4,000 organized Monday'morning, March 24, near sponsoring groups. "Our goal is to link all calls were made to politicians' offices the SAC Loop to demonstrate their opposition the members of themti-war community." StatesmanlJefiey Javidfar statewide on Tuesday. to war. The sign on one man's back read Amrding to initial estimates offeredby Antiwar protests at Stony Brook University a "Some politicians said they hadn't seen "Hitler would be proud of Bush." Another some group organizers, over 200 attended the date back to mid-October. S or heardfrom students, so [the phone slam] sign read "Make Love, Not War." protest. But Douglas Little, Deputy Chief of was our opportunity to let them hear from All of the groups sponsoring this event University Police, put the number closer to Index a us," Morahan said. fell under the umbrella of "SB Coalition 150. 0Gcer ~astelli,one of a handful of w Both Morahan and Ho said that Against War." The Muslim Students officers overseeing the event, said "Things April Fool's ...... 1,6,16 Tuesday's was the first of many phone slams Association, Students for Peace and are very peaceful here, and people have a AIDS Lecture...... 3,9 $ Antiwar Protests 3,13 P that NYPIRG had planned. . NYPIRG Humanity and the Social Justice Alliance right to speak out." ...... ;j chapters around the state, including the one sponsored hours of speeches from various Jacob Levich, Manager of University NYPIRG Phone Slam...... 3 3. group members and members of the Long Web Content, is the man most credited for College News ...... 5 at Stony Brook, will be organizing future Y call-ins as part of their ongoing "No Island community. - Entertainment...... 9 Tuition Hike" campaign. At 3 p.m., the crowd was encouraged to Continued on Paae 13 ALS Symposium Pics ...... 14 8 CCITGH Do You Want OUR MONEY?

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The California State university In the meantime, university officials System is tightening security for its will double check which employees have new administrative software system access to the database so administrators after state officials voiced concerns canmake sure it's limited to appropriate about a problem that gave staff staff members. Those employees will members access to confidential sign another confidentiality agreement. student information, including "This is to really reiterate to our Social Security numbers. employees that you have secure Administrators at Cal State have information and you need to be careful known about the problem for about with it," Bentley-Adler said. a year and have made employees with The new software, called the access to the database software sign Common Management System, is agreements promising to keep student designed to replace the outdated information confidential. But after a computer systems that are on Cal California State University is spending as much as $662 million to bolster the state audit released earlier this month State's 23 campuses with one system. security for its software system to keep stu"dent information confidential. criticized the new software for its An audit prepared by the California security problems and cost, officials Bureau of State Audits found that the feature in'the Peoplesoft software But Bentley-Adler said7that the announced on Thursday that they Common Management System,. apparently allows employees access software's implementation would would take extra steps to secure the which was projected to cost $440- to the confidential information of not be delayed. The extra information in the database. million, could cost as much as $662- other employees and students precautions should prevent any Cal State officials plan to have million to get going. PeopleSoft beyond what is needed to do their problems with security without PeopleSoft, the company that created officials have challenged the audit's jobs," ihe audit states. costing Cal State any significant the software, update the database criticisms and say the original cost. The poor review has prompted state amount of money, she said. system so that students' birth dates and estimate is correct. legislators and faculty members to "We dont have any problems that the first five digits of their social The audit also criticized the criticize the implementation of the I am aware of at all," she said. "We security numbers are blocked out. That security holes in the software. "The Common Management System, with wanted to stop the problems before fix should take about two months, said lack'of security around a search some calling for it to be postponed. they started." Citrus College Instructor Suspended After Encouraging Students to Write Antiwar Letters BYLAWRENCE BIEMILLER she had given extra credit 'for all are to our education." Kahn delivered the foreign languages, sent a The Chronicle of Higher Education assignments turned in, "regardless of letters to Scott in person. memorandum to Kahn. Citrus College has put a part-time viewpoints expressed." She also said At another point, Stevens said, the He then met with her students during instructor on administrative leave after the college's administration had acted instructor had asked students to fill out a scheduled session of the class and studentssaid she had offered them extra "without a fair investigation" and postcards about the importance of adjunct discussed the allegations with them. credit for writing and sending letters without affording her "the protections instructors. He said that the postcards did He said Lee had apologized on to President Bush that opposed going of due process." not carry addresses, and that she had said behalf of the college to Kahn's to war with Iraq. Subsequently, one of her students, she would address them herself. students, and would work with any of Officials of the community college, ' Christopher J. Stevens, went to Through the California Republican them who have questions.about their near Los Angeles, said a dean had met administrators with a classmate to Party, he got in touch with the grades in the class. with students in the class, who said they complain about what he said was Kahn's Foundation for Individual Rights in Lee said that Kahn had been put on "were clear in'their understanding that "political agenda." Education, a nonprofit advocacy administrative leave, and that another they would only receive credit if they In addition to the extra-credit letters organization based in Philadelphia. Thor instructor had been hired to complete the wrote 'protest' letters." to President Bush, Stevens said in an L. Halvorssen, FIRE'S executive course. In her statement, Kahn said: But the instructor, Rosalyn Kahn, interview, Kahn had also offered extra director, wrote to the college's president, "Forcing others to falsely espouse beliefs said in a statement released through her credit to students if they wrote letters to Louis E. Zellers, about the allegations. they do not hold is inconsistent with my lawyer last week that "a terrible wrong" Jack Scott, a state-senator. Stevens said In the meantime, Steven's initial practices as an instructor. I would not, had been done to her. She called the the assignment was to write letters "about complaint bore fruit. Samuel Lee, and did not, penalize students who students' allegations "untrue" and said how important adjunct faculty members associate dean for language arts and expressed views contrary to my own.'' Oil Tycoon Pledges $55 Million to Okla. S BYWELCH SUGGS underwrite construction will contribute whatever is "Boone's enthusiasm for The Chron~cleof H~gherEducation costs at Lewis Field. The not generate.d by interest OSU and his generosity have One of Texas's best- overall $86-million project from the trust to get the $15- helped to put legs under known oil tycoons has will add luxury sky boxes million, according to Harry some important dreams," announced that he will give and raise the stadium's Birdwell, Oklahoma State's Birdwell said in a statement. $55-million to Oklahoma seating capacity to 53,000. athletics director. David J. Schmidly, the State University, his alma Pickens also said that he will Pickens built a "wildcat" university's president, said, mater. The donations from T. bequeath $35-million to the oil company, ~esapetroleum, "He understands that the Boone Pickens Jr. will be university, to support into one of the country's significance of OSU's used mostly to refurbish the "several academic and largest independentproducers, participation in the Big 12 football team's facilities and athletic projects." . and came to fame in the 1980s .Conference goes beyond to support academic An Oklahoma St ate as a corporate raider in the athletics, and his gift lifts the scholarships. The gift, to be news release says the Texas oil patch. He became Cowboys to the next level in made in several stages, is the stadium trust will appreciate known as a ~hareholder~rightsconference competition." university's largest from a by $15-million, with tfie advocate, but he lost control Pickens had previously courtesy of ww google CO~er single donor. proceeds benefiting a of ahis company amid given Oklahoma State $4.5- Boone Pickens, Jr., founder of ,rw Pickens will establish a universitywide general- plunging natural-gas prices million. The school of Mesa will donate $20-million trust to scholarship fund. Pickens and a shareholder revolt. geology is named after him. millions to alma mater OSU. Mop-Heads To War or Not to War Who Cares When There's Cheese? BY MANSOORKHAN My own family has a policy of devouring four Seriously Where Are My Pants? to five slices of good hearty cheese a day. Whether With all this hullabaloo about a war, we forget in the form of a sandwich, on top of Tostitos, on about the important things in life, like cheese. fruit or just plain out of the wrapper, we get in There are all types of cheese: American cheese, our daily intake of zesty curdled milk. It doesn't Monterey Jackchee~e~pepperjackcheese,Muenster surprise me that my parents are currently not cheese, cottage cheese, Brie cheese, goat cheese, divorced, my siblings and I all go to college and feta cheese, the cheese with the holes in it and some none of us have spent any time in jail. other types of cheese. I am convinced that if we parachute canisters What I'm trying to say here is that when you of cheese into the strongholds of Iraq, like maybe have cheese, war isn't as much of an issue. Do you Baghdad and the some other place where there are think that the famished citizens of Iraq would be a lots of important Iraqi people, we can put a discontented with their dictatbr and annoyed with definitive end to this war. Americans if they could have all the cheese they Iraqis have spent too much time without a hint could eat? I don't think so. of flavor in their turkey sandwiches. How would I havebeen researching the v-hole issue of cheese you feel if your masterpiece of a deli sandwich to contentment ratio, and I 'find that states in which had turkey, lettuce, tomatoes and mayonnaise, but cheese consumption is at least three slices per day, no cheese? Personally, I can undersland where the level of economic and social stability is at least 3 they are coming from. Without cheese, I would percent higher than in those states tKat eat less than probably challenge an international superpower three slices. Statisticslike that just can't be coincidental. to war, too. 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Antibodies are illustrated and titled X. from several NYC schaol districts. produced, but the virus still replicates Many people shunned the Slang at a rapid rate. album when it hit the'record stores in t Prolessi~alOevelopment anbNew Teaoher Suppod +&eat Health Benefits and Pension "There are 10to the tenth virions 1996, mainly because it abandoned the + Opportunities lor Career Advancemenk - + Assistance with Housing being produced each day [during the arena rock for some more subtly and t Salary up to $60,729 lor those wlh previous lull-time teaching experience inactive phase]," Steigbigel said. often darker musical contexts. 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There are some truly wonderful songs, it about 15 other drugs currently in sounded out of place in the musical development, some of them at climate at the time. Stony Brook. Where was the band to go from date@ in your email. Steigbigel said that HIV drugs, there? They had fallen flat the most prominent of which is AZT, commercially when they tried to [ ] Manhattan Job Fairrrhe New Yorker Hotel - Monday, April 14,2003 at 4:00 pm have many side effects Individuals reinvent their sound, and their return [ ] BrooklynIStaten Island Job FadBrooklyn Marriott Hotel -Tuesday, Aprll 29, 2003 at 4:00 pm with the virus must take a to the familiar fell on deaf ears. Well, [ ] C~tpldeSURR schools Job Fa~r/rhePennsylvania Hotel - Thursday, May 8,2003 at 4:00 pm combination of these drugs, apparently they learned a lesson from Please pnnt clearly or e-mall the requested mnfumat~on: depending on their lifestyles. "I have a friend who is currently infected with HIV," said Stony Brook junior Adrianna Guller. "And she takes several different drugs for Home Phone Number 0 E-ma11Address . treatment. I think it would be amazing if science could create a State Cert~fied(check one): I I NY State [ 1 Other (please specify I vaccine instead." Currently, there are two types of vaccines being researched: Effective date of certlflcat~on: therapeutic and protective. Therapeutic vaccines assist the Make A Difference... We look forward to meeting you! immune system's preexisting WWW.TEACWNY.COM- memory of, and defenses against, An Affirmat~veAct~on /Equal Opporlun~tyEmployer HIV after an individual has already both incidents, and recorded X. contracted the virus. Protective This album is the perfect example vaccines immunize a person and of how to update your sound without prevent infection. totally chasing away what got you all the same, and it really sets the tone ad At Stony Brook, Steibigel said, there in the first place. The trademark for the rest of the album, which REWIND p scientists are researching a DNA wall of guitars is there, along with includes rockers like "You're So F vaccine which injects DNA directly the powerful background vocals. Beautiful" and more mellow gems like NICK DRAKE - Bryter Later (1970) into the muscle cells. But mixed in are the elements of "Long Long Way To Go." Okay, everyone knows Nick Drake, Steigbigel could not say exactly R&B and soul that turned people off The rock world seems to have whether you've realized it or not, from when a vaccine would be ready. "[It when presented in full force on Slang. written off Def Leppard, relegating that Volkswagen ad that features his song f could be] eight to 10 years. But we Here, Def Leppard tricks you, them to the basement with other, "Pink Moon." But that track is chicken $ could have a breakthrough any day." enamoring you with the song before lesser, rock bands that emerged feed when compared to his entire body Steigbigel graduated from the you realize all the styles it contains. during the 1980s. This is a shame, of work. Bryter Later, his second album, University of Rochester School Of The album's single, "Now," is because I have seen few bands that finds Drake at his most upbeat, bhcked '3C Medicine, and is a Professor of a nice opener and--being the single- deliver as well and as consistently by jazz legends The Fairport Convention. Medicine, Pathology, Microbiology -should attract some radio play. as Def Leppard. And in the world of There is not a bad song on this collection 5 music, what more could you ask for of introspective folk. If you like et and Pharmacology at Stony Brook Th.en again, it might not, considering W University. An eminent microbiologist, that today's radio stations wouldn't than that? Go to the store, pick it up something a little more mellow or have and blast it from the nearest stereo. been looking to delve into the work of "N Steigbigel is nationally and know what to play if their lives 3 internationally known for his research depended on it. But it's a good track You won't be disappointed. Drake, this is the place to start. 8 We've been around longer than the Stony Brook campus. Be part of University Tradition.

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