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Hoop Eagles storm into No classes th n Southern Conference; will be held on Monday, January 18 in observance of the ■f '92* win three straight See story, page 6 mm Martin Luther King Holiday Liked By Many, Action Ads 9 Lite in Hell... 4 Cussed By Some, Comics 8 Opinions 4 Features 3 Sports 5-6 ...Read By Them All \ Tuesday, January 12,1993 George-Anne Vol.65 No. 37 Celebrating 65 years as Georgia Southern's Official a 912/681-5246 . NEWS BRIEFS Students will receive new ID cards this quarter Health center Arizona plans first King New identification cards 'scream GSU1 Holiday Celebration expands PHOENIX (AP)-Arizona By Selena E. McKinnon hopes to put two decades of Assistant News Editor Because images are saved on frustration, boycotts and Students can look forward to disk, replacing a lost card will not AIDS testing embarrassment behind it new identification cards during require having another picture this year as it celebrates its early spring registration. taken. first official Martin Luther The decision to replace the "You could call, and we would By Kim St. Hilaire King holiday. I.D. cards came after intramu- bring your image up on the com- News Editor Arizona voters approved ral stickers on the cards jammed puter and have the card waiting With the number of AIDS the holiday in November, Cash to Card machines. for you," explained Palfy. cases on the rise in America, makingNew Hampshire the "This is a different style of The cost for a replacement will doctors and educators have only state without a holiday card," stated Licensing and remain the same. tried to emphasize not only the The front of the card will be a honoring King. New Hamp- Marketing Coordinator Connie These jubilant GSU football fans will grace the front side importance of safe sex, but picture of GSU students at a foot- shire does celebrate a civil Lipsey. "It's like a credit card of the new student Ids. the importance of testing rights day, and its legisla- rather than the plastic lami- ball game. the HIV virus. In accordt. ture this year will consider nated card we have now." Gold foil holograms of the Eagle "Hopefully, it will be some- "In the long run, we're sav- with this goal, GSU has ex adding King's name to that Pictures for the new cards mascot and the Eagle Express logo thing that will keep students ing money. It costs 64 cents to panded its HIV testing services, holiday. will be taken on a video camera will also appear on the front. , interested," she stated. make the current cards, while so that they are offered Mond ay The biggest celebrations connected to a computer. The "We were looking for something Graduate students, faculty the new ones will only cost 36 through Friday between 8 a.m. will be in Phoenix, where computer will process the im- that screamed GSU," commented and staff located in Savannah cents," Palfy stated. and 5 p.m., Health Educator thousands are expected to age and save it on disk. A ther- Palfy. will not be receiving new cards. Palfy added that the new sys- Whitney Himes said. attend a city-sponsored mal printer will emboss the A computerized image of the "It would cost an additional tem has an advantage. It's pro- ; ; Last May, GSU's health cen- prayer breakfast on Friday. card. student, a bar code, and a mag- $7,000 to add another video gram allows the design of the ter began offering anonymous The traditional march from "It will take only four sec- netic strip for future dorm access camera," explained Palfy. card to be changed to meet any 'HIV testing. Himes explained downtown to the state Capi- onds to produce a card. Now, will appear on the back. "There's no way I could justify future needs. that a number code is used in tol on Jan. 18, the actual students wait up to an hour," Lipsey commented that the that." "Also, students will no longer place of the students' names. holiday, also is expected to stated Tom Palfy, Director of front of the card will be changed Costs for the new equipment be able to add false dates of : In addition, only the medi- draw thousands. Food Services. periodically. totaled $13,000. birth into their I.D.'s," he stated. cal staff has access to the stu- Marches, rallies, prayer dents' results - they are not vigils and concerts are 'Tools for life' center opens reported on their medical planned by cities, churches records. and schools throughout Ari- ;>■:<■: Last:year, the testing was zona. New GSU center will help the handicapped conducted only on Thursdays Georgia Secretary of Senate by: appointment. ^Although Himes said the center saw a retires after quarter century By Enoch W. Autry Those involved in the open- rush of students before spring Assistant News Editor ATLANTA (AP) - After ing have been attending work- quarter of 1992 ended, the staff 25 years of bailing out sena- On a rainy last Friday after- shops in Atlanta to understand was not large enough to accom- tors and lieutenant gover- noon, the opening of the new the responsibilities of the cen- modate daily testing until now. nors mired in their own par- Tools for Life Center drew about ter, according to Shelar. "Now that we're offering it liamentary procedure, 50 umbrella-clad people of nurs- The center's staff is every day of the week, we're Hamilton McWhorter is bail- ing, faculty and concerned GSU representive of the disabled per- hoping that we'll start to see ing out himself. student body. sons that will receive help by the numbers double and triple," The short, stocky secre- The center will offer people having Ray Williams who is deaf Himes said. tary of the Senate, who has from 27 Southeast Georgia coun- and Martin Holzman who is in Z She also stated that the cen- guided the chamber's 56 ties with hearing, vision or mo- a wheelchair from a spinal cord ter really wants to push the members through votes on bility problems devices needed injury as co-coordinators and HIV testing service to the stu- thousands of bills, resolu- to make life more livable. secretary Linda Polk who is dents. She feels that the stu- tions and amendments is 'This is the kind of thing hearing impaired. dents in high risk groups for retiring. For those individuals that feel contracting the virus are not McWhorter, a spry 79, that Georgia Southern that the program is not worth being tested. will tally his last vote Mon- is supposed to do and the funding, Shelar said, "The "Oftentimes people say, 'Oh, day when the Senate con- should do." old thing has been that we [GSU] if I had HIV, I wouldn't want to firms the appointment of his don't have enough people to use know' because they're so afraid successor. President Nicholas Henry wheelchairs or people who are of the social stigma and all that's "He will be missed more blind to spend all that money to associated with AIDS," Himes than anyone else I can re- "This is the kind of thing that accommodate them, but if we said. member leaving this Capi- Georgia Southern is supposed put that concern first then they High risk categories include tol in the 30 years I've been to do and should do," said Presi- will come." iv drugusers, homosexuals and here," Gov. Zell Miller said dent Nicholas Henry as he cut Shelar added that there are heterosexuals who are not of his longtime friend. the ribbon to the center. four students presently on cam- monogomous. McWhorter stood at the Dr. Dawn Shelar, Coordina- pus along with several with Many of the students who head of the Senate chamber tor of GSU's Therapeutic Recre- hearing disablities. have gone in for HIV testing with Miller during the ation Program, said she felt "re- Himes said she would charac- governor's 17-year reign as ally wonderful and really good" The center will be setting up terize as "the types who lead lieutenant governor. The about the chance to assist dis- an advisory board that will have pretty healthy lifestyles and re- two also served side by side abled persons in neighboring representatives from the 27 ally are assertive in areas of as senators duringthe 1961- counties. counties because they are more health ... so that it would only 62 term. "Now we can get started or- aware of their problems than be natural that they would c i Jesse Jackson says Georgia dering all of the equipment (for the center, Shelar said. in and have the HIV test done." law should be repealed the center)," Shelar said. Although there is no known In addition, Shelar men- ATLANTA (AP) - Jesse The requisition of a state cure for the disease, it is impor- tioned that there is a possibility Jackson said Saturday grant was made in June 1992 tant for people in high risk cat- Director of GSU's Therapeutic Recreation Program, Dawn Shelar, that a transportation system can Georgia's majority vote law and the project was funded in egories to be tested in order to (left) and President Nicholas Henry prepare to cut the ceremonial be set up to visit all of the coun- that enabled Paul Coverdell July by a four-year continua- help stop the spread of the dis- openning ribbon.