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Features News Sports Find out how the Frogs See if the female member Find out about TCU's match up with the Utah Utes of the Black Eyed Peas solo / youngest student and why for Thursday's game effort will leave a bad taste / he's here studying music ; i PAGE 6. in your mouth PAGE 4, nd NEXT WEEK. 4 T 2 CU pe Wednesday October 4, 2006 Vol. 104 Issue 25 s, Patter- DAILY SK rr the sur- EST 1902 SMU last A WWW.DAILYSKIFF.COM gs came weir own na Soon- Health Center not to follow federal HIV advice 1, in this seem to By SARAILEYNN FRANKLIN SUCCess,” Services, to implement it only done HIV tests upon request and comply with the Centers for Disease Staff Reporter If the recommendation is enacted Hallam said the Health Center does will continue to do so, she said Control and Prevention recommenda v have to Even though HIV cases are increas: by Texas law, the consent form need- not initiate HIV tests “It's not something that is going tions, hospitals, clinics and doctors’ ing nationally, the university will not ed to test for HIV will no longer be They must be requested and to be arbitrarily done,” Hallam said offices will include HIV testing for Salt Lake be following a new federal recom mandatory, said Mark Wilson, Tarrant approved by the patient's doctor, “Here at the Health Center, we never people in the 13 to 64 age range as tah Utes, r Frogs to mendation to routinely test people County Public Health Department's Crawley said, never run tests that are not ordered part of all routine blood exams that a confer ages 13 to 64. program manager for Adult Health Hallam said in her 22 years of by the doctor test blood sugar, kidney function and The federal government now rec Services, Health Center employment, TCU has In the past, HIV was considered hemoglobin count, not just specific ommends routine HIV testing for Laura Crawley, assistant dean a separate infection from all other cases such as pregnancy #16 million to 22 million HIV tests are people ages 13 to 64 without requir of Campus Life for health promo- STDs, and therefore, a patient con Doctors in the United States per ing pretest counseling or signing a tion, said the recommendation was performed annually in the United States, sent form was required for a phy form 16 million to 22 million annual patient consent form, but TCI will announced Sept, 22 sician to administer an HIV test HIV tests, according to the Washing #25 percent of infected Americans continue to give HIV tests only upon It's just a government guide unknowingly carry the disease. Wilson said ton Post article request, said Marilyn Hallam, the line, not a mandate,” Crawley said, According to a Sept. 22 Washing Kathleen Baldwin, director of assistant to the director of Health explaining why TCU does not have According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ton Post article, if medical providers See AIDS, page 2 = = BLESS ME WITH A KISS ass of 2008 plans to raise t an indi wy A in both Berret $53,000 for February build ndividual lude fin By RACHEL MCDANIEL Stall Reporter all of his I'he class of 2008 aims to Sybesma raise $53,000 by Dec. 1 for we eam is FrogHouse, the junior class Hon, Habitat for Humanity project, which provides a new volun est 1 have y said. “I teer-built home for a family ¢ together in need “itis just I'he $53,000 is the stan dard fee required by Habitat ‘Thursday, for Humanity for the build (¢ advan said Melissa Bovd, associate His teams director of the TCL Lead ership Center I'he money hea State will pay for everything from will have land to needed materials, she said swim in a ip of that, Habitat for Humanity imbing to ROBYN SHEPHEARD / Stat! Photographer requires a minimum 50 per Two pugs take part in the 2nd Annual Blessing of the Animals in front of Robert Carr Chapel on Tuesday evening cent down payment at least ves 60 days before construction TEPHEN SPILLMAN / Staff Photographer begins; the other 50 per £ 5, leans on studs inside her family’s future house in Fort Alice Kazabukeye cent is due 30 days after the Worth, a Habitat for Humanity project for students, The class o f 2008 will TABC meeting draws a small crowd down payment Boyd said start building a new Froghouse the third week of February Fhe entire down payment for By MORGAN BLUNK FrogHouse will be paid on here are also fundrais FrogHouse had to raise to clear the rift between students and TABC at Start Reporte r Dec, 1, since students aren't ing events scheduled dur $51,500 last vear feam a campus crime prevention event in the Student If college students and Texas Alcohol and on campus to raise funds ing Junior Week, which takes members raised $30,000 Center sponsored by TCU Police. But there Beverage Commission investigators have a during winter break, Boyd place in mid-October, Rafl and the office of Student were only nine people at the gathering mutual disdain for each other, it's because said said, The biggest event they Affairs paid for the remain In a thick Southern accent, with no cowboy they only meet when their two worlds col FrogHouse Executive have planned is a percent der. Bovd said if the team hat but a badge and gun in tow, Welsh told the lide, a TABC agent told faculty and students Director Alison Raff, a junior age night on Oct. 16 at Pot fails to raise the money this group what TABC is, why it exists, the laws it Tuesday movement science major, belly Sandwich Works, where vear, it would be covered by enforces and why he thinks there's bad blood TABC Agent David Welsh said he had hoped said she has no doubt the the restaurant will donate 50 the office of Student Affairs between students and TABC agents $53,000 will be raised by percent of its proceeds to again “The student body sees us as a bunch of Dec. } the FrogHouse We can't tail or the fam ogres, and we see students as a bunch of “We'll make fund ily doesn't get a home,” Boyd spoiled brats,” Welsh said, “That's because “As children we it," she said Fhat's going said the only interaction we have with students is ‘It's going to be all had houses to be a big thing Construction will begin writing them tickets.” hard to do it, but and security, But for us to do the third week in Febru I'he event was advertised in a campuswide ¢ I think that peo these people getting the word ary. Building, which could mail sent by Pam Christian, TCU crime preven ple are going to out about that take eight to nine weeks to tion officer, who said she brings someone in to don’t have that, realize that this Raff said complete depending on the talk biannually is a good cause, We're just giving FrogHous weather, will take place on ‘Once a semester, | have a speaker come and they are them the same is the class gift Fridays and Saturdays as part of our crime watch,” Christian said going to want that we had.” from the class Last veuar FrogHouse “1 also had TABC come out at the beginning TCU ATHLETICS to do whatever of 2008 opened three weeks later of the year to talk to fraternities and sorori Rachel Fosdahl nd Midland, they can.” junior vear than planned due to several ties,’ I'he project is Junior English is almost the rain-based postponements Welsh said he would've liked to have led by a group major end of our time but the family of eight is seen more students in attendance and ask of juniors who at TCH said now living in its four-bed ing questions. He even included a cartoon shes meet every Sun FrogHouse team room house of Santa Claus being arrested for posses day night as part of a class member Rachel Fosdahl I'he location for this vear's sion of illegal drugs in his sleigh to lighten 5th out of in the School of Education “Now is the time for us to FrogHouse is not vet final the mood, h a time of MORGAN BLUNK ytaft Reporter Students receive three hours branch out into the commu ized, but, Fosdah!l said Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission agent David Welsh ‘(The Santa clip) would've been a lot more his means, of class credit for their work nity ideally it will be close to speaks about the authority of TABC and the laws about funny if more people were here,” Welsh on the project Fosdahl, a junior English campus underage drinking Tuesday in the Student Center said, ed through FrogHouse team members major, said she wanted to be d finished sent letters to corporations a part of FrogHouse because vith a time and businesses in the Dallas she enjoys helping people JUNIOR WEEK FROG- New program offers information on aging Fort Worth area and to par ‘It's intense, but it's a lot HOUSE ACTIVITIES: vas hoping ents of the junior class asking of fun,” she said. “It's really O minutes, By VICTORIA PUENTE and communi The center is not expected to for donations, Raff said. They rewarding to be able to see *Oct.