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LOUI S Newgrant SGA candidates debate, Speaker says will fund comprOOllse• counseling revea platform issues is essential BY BECKY R OSNER for patients, NeuJs Editor for peace in Student Government Association families candidates for president and vice president pmticipated in a debate on Middle I~ ast Thursday at 2 p.m. in the SGA The program offers free chambers of the Iv1illennium Student BY WILL MELTON Center, which was hosted by The sem.ces to to those with OUTent. Moderator of the debate, Jason neuromuscular diseases Granger, editor-in-chief of The Students, faculty, staff and Current, started the event out by members of the community were given an opportunity to attend a talk BY EUGENE CLARK stating the basic rules of tbe debate and introducing each of the candidates about the efforts to establish peace in StaffWritm· participating. Ground rules of the the Palestinian and Israeli conflict It event included time limits that is an issue that affects the entire UM-St Louis received a grant of Granger supplied for each question world. $285,000 to assist people affected and prohibiting the use of foul Most people in the States only hear with neuromuscular diseases. The language. about it on the daily news. However, grant will go toward counseling of The candidate for comptroller, the issue carne to UM-St. Louis on patients and their families. Aaron Golchert, junior, busines , was Thursday as Julia Chaitin, assistant Casey Ulrich) The Cfln~ . The counseling program is called not able to attend the debate at the last professor of conflict resolution and Student Government Assodation candidates for president Charles Stadtlander, Kenyatta Thacker, ''Counseling Services for Individuals minute, so the event started out with peace studies at Nova Southeastern and Scott Bopp, attend a pre-election debate on Thursday. Students were able to question the Affected with Neuromuscular vice presidential candidates Erin University, delivered a talk entitled candidates about their plans for the SGA. Diseases." The coordinator of the Abraham, junior, sociology, and "Israel & Palestine: Grassroots Peace program, and also a professor in the Melinda McNabb, senior, business experiences from UM-St. Louis. asked why she is qualified for the leadership experiences when Efforts." College of Education, is Rocco management. Granger then asked the first question position. answering the same question. She is a Chaitin brings a unique Cottone. Vice president candidates began to start off the questioning. '1 have attended a lot of leadership board member of the Associated perspective to the topic, as she has Neuromuscular diseases affect the with their opening statements. McNabb emphasized her conferences and worked very hard at Students of the University of Missouri been an Israeli citizen since moving uscles in different ways. ALS, or Abraham and McNabb both started leadership experience as president of acquiring leadership skills and starting and is involved with S.H-O.T.S. and there in 1972. Her youngest child just u Gehrig's disease, and spinal out by thanking the sponsor and Zeta Tau Alpha sorority and other new prognuns," McNabb said. Mosaics. entered service in the Israeli army two uscular atrophy are motor neuron - --------- --- - - weeks ago. naming some of their leadership organizations on and off campus when Abraham also spoke about her see SGA DEBATE, page 3 iseases. With ALS, the patient has "So when I speak. about the ouble speaking and swallowing. Palestinian-Israeli oonflict, it's a topic hey may experience muscle that I study, but it's also my life," ·tiffness or twitching as ongoing HELPING HANDs Chaitin said. ymptoms. Yossi Beilin, Israeli, and Yasser During the course of the illness, Abd-Rabbo, Palestinian, "Decided he muscles atrophy so much that the that enough was enough and started atient needs to be confined a work on a ~ plan:' Chaitin said. heelchair. Some patients experience That plan became the Geneva ss of mobility in most of their body. Accords. ~e average life expectancy is three Their main tenet holds that peace ears, though much depends on the requires compromise. The main ideas ge of onset. of this compromise are that there One of the things that make needs to be a two-state status. In other euromuscular diseases so words, Palestine deserves its own iightening is that doctors are puzzled state, as both peoples have a right to y the cause and there is no cure, statehood. ccording to www.jcnmcLcom. "Both peoples need peace security There are many reasons why the and stability," Chaitin said. "Relations ew counseling program at UM-St. are based on cooperation--learning ..ouis is so necessary. together as good neighbors." "Neuromuscular diseases are very Members of the lThtl-St Louis derserved. People with community agree that this is an euromuscular diseases are normal important topic for the entire world ople in extraordinary and not just the region directly . cumstances," Jennifer McAfee, affected. raduate assistant in the College of "I think that at this time in history ucation and doctoral student, said. the peace process between Palestine Generally, when a patient is and Israel is of crucial importance," iagnosed with an illness such as Kevin Born, campus minister with the pression, they can receive Catholic Newman Center, said. "In a surance to cover therapy and time when violence seems to be used edication. The new program at the as the remedy to every situation, this niversity understands this hardship compromise approach seems to be d gives neuromuscular sufferers held before the public eye as a trial ee counseling. run to see if peace can really work" . "It is hard for patients with ALS Associate professor of history d their families to get insurance," Gerda Ray maintains that we have to cAfee said. take into account the historical With the new program, students context of current events. dying psychology Can not only "The U.S. is at war in the Middle derstand the symptoms and Mike Sherwin! The Current East A central conflict in the Middle ·atments of depression, but they can Jen Noel, junior, international bUSiness, is handed rocks by D'Andre Braddix (not shown) during "The Big Event" on Saturday East is that between Israel arid o learn firsthand what happens to morning at St. Vincent Park. Volunteers were unloading rocks from a bulldozer and lining them along a drainage ditch. Palestine," Ray said. "Just recently in pIe affected with ALS or spinal Falloujah, four U.S. military uscular dystrophy. McAfee states contractors were brutally murdered in other reason why the counseling retaliation for Israel's assassination of ogram on campus is so important. a Hamas leader. We need to "Neuromuscular diseases are "The·Big Event" puts students to work understand the historical context of pics that are rarely covered in current events." With UM-St Louis Matt ychological training," McAfee Ruengert, students serving in Iraq, and near id. Over 30 volunteers from junior, Falloujah, it is an issue that strikes The grant received by the close to home. biology, niversity to help counsel VMSL worked Saturday · The accords establish borders and ividuals with neuromuscular lays out rocks call for an end to Israeli occupation of eases is alleviating much of the at St. Vincent County Park along the the territories in the West Bank, Gaza s that gocs along with having one top of a Strip and East Jerusalem. these diseases. drainage Additionally, Jerusalem would be a Thanks to program coordinator BY COURTNEY HABERER shared capital. runoff at co Cottone, many sufferers from Staff \x/riter "[It] basically sets out a plan of St. Vincent :.B can save a lot of money on action; it deals with all the .unseling. The program is also Park at "The Big Event" began at Texas A&M problems ... In Israel it got a very ing to help psychology students 7335 St. University in 1982. It is a one-day service project lukewarm exposure in the media. I in experience in dealing with such Charles fully organized by students. Currently, over 45 think that it got much more exposure vastating diseases. Rock colleges, universities and high schools participate Road. in the U.S. and in Europe," Chaitin every year. said. "After it got some exposure here TIlls year, the UM-St. Louis Big Event took it picked up some exposure there. But NDEX place on Saturday in St. Vmcent County Park. The most people don't tend to see it as event was held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. All UM-St something serious." _!!!!i-'!.~~~~.-- - ... -- -------..- .. ---- ----.?- However, there are currently many Louis students, faculty, staff and community Rogan were successful in gaining tbese donations. criminology, has a strong dedication to community 3 grass-roots organizations taking the members were encouraged to attend. Also in charge of getting donations was Martha service. initiative to help foster peace in the All who wished to participate met at lOam. for DeBuhr. "1 have always been involved in service," region.