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ESTABLISHED 1920 A daily independent student press serving THE BG NEWS the campus and surrounding community Monday October 22,2007 Volume 102, Issue 44 Disabled students WWWBGNEWSCOM Colds common as Duel for the district temperatures fall adapt on campus Students can protect By Jasslca Hylton "I've had so many themselves from getting Reporter sick as winter approaches problems with by washing their hands When most students wake up in the morning, they often think and avoiding shared of hitting the snooze button or professors. Like, drinks | Pag* 3 perhaps how they will need to I'll tell them what's run to get to class on time. Most students' thoughts are Monkey attack not about how they will get to wrong, I'll say I'm cited in death of their wheelchair or about the having problems New Delhi official physical accessibility of a build- ing. Instead, these are typical with hallucinations, A government worker thoughts of disabled students. died after falling from his Being a college student is often a challenge for any indi- and they just, balcony yesterday when vidual, but living with a disabil- he was approached by ity and being a college student they don't take it wild monkeys | Page 11 at the same time heightens that challenge. seriously." What classes to take, grades, Don't forget about future careers and friend- Megan Ginter | NAMI president ships are typical issues that the the devastation average student encounters. they have a physical or mental Columnist David Busch Physically disabled students disability. have to consider how they will NAMI is intended to be a reminds people of the get to class. place of support for students little-publicized genocide Those who suffer from men- who suffer from a mental ill- in Darfur and gives ideas tal illness sometimes have (o ness. of ways to help | Page 4 find the emotional strength to "I was diagnosed with even get out of bed. Schizoaffective Disorder, and I With the added pressure of went back to school and when I Reverend Chicos social acceptance, students got involved with NAMI, just all gets reviewed with disabilities may some- the support it just really boost- times feel isolated. ed my confidence," said Megan See what our food The University has two main Ginter, president of NAMI. "To columnist has to say organizations for those with be around somebody else who about the new disabilities: National Alliance was having similar problems, on Mental Illness (NAMI) and that really helped, too." restaurant downtown: Finding Intelligent Greatness Schizoaffective Disorder reastMigwrtmreooy. Uniquely Residing in Everyone is a diagnosis of a condition blogspotoxn Buehrer affirms Recent poll: (FIGURE). where an individual has signs These organizations help to of schizophrenia and a mood bring students with common disorder. Soccer gets first ground together. overtime win Christian stance Latta in lead FIGURE focuses on bringing See DISABILITY I Page 2 out one's potential, whether The BG women's team By Tim Sampson was victorious over and By Tim Sampson Dava Harrara City Editor Miami l-O yesterday, The BG News but fell to Ball State With 15 daysuntil voters go to the polls, State Friday|Pagt4 School prayer and the Ten Commandments Rep. Bob Latta is claiming a substantial lead University offers have become the newest battle lines in an in the Republican congressional primary. Falcons find big increasingly hostile race for the U.S. House of Latta announced on Friday the results running success Representatives. of an opinion poll that has him 19 percent- State Sen. Steve Buehrer, R-Delta, held a age points ahead of his nearest rival for the oral test for HIV BG beat Kent 31-20 after press conference on Friday to denounce a Republican nomination, State Sen. Steve switching its passing- recent direct mail ad put out by his chief rival Buehrer, R-Delta. Both are running in the The OraQuick test gets results in 30 minutes dominated strategy to in the Republican 5th District congressional 5th District special election to replace the primary, Bob Latta, R-Bowling Green. late U.S. Representative Paul Gillmor. include running plays The print ad said Buehrer opposes prayer The poll, conducted by Public Opinion By India Huntar HIV TEST RESULTS \fmf and posting the Ten Commandments in Strategies on behalf of the Latta campaign, Reporter public schools, saying, "He doesn't share our surveyed 300 likely Republican primary vot- ■ Between Sept. 8. 2006 and values!" ers from across the district and found 40 A quick swab of the mouth can June 8.2007. the Wellness The ad cites information from the voter percent were likely to vote for Latta, com- tell a person if he or she has Connection tested approxi- advocacy group Project Vote Smart to back pared to 21 percent who said they would HIV. mately 271 people for HIV these accusations. vote for Buehrer. HIV, the human immu- including University stu- The Montana-based Project Vote Smart Other candidates polled considerably nodeficiency virus, is the dents, faculty, staff and BG issues opinion surveys to political candidates lower. Four percent said they would vote for virus that causes Acquired community members. in races across the country and compiles the Fred Pieper, an electrical powerline worker Immunodeficiency Syndrome, ■ Average age of those test- results into a central database. from Paulding, Ohio. One percent said they according to Physician-in- ed was 21.91. and 85.9 per- Buehrer said Latta is challenging his reputa- would vote for Bowling Green teacher Mark Chief Dr. Glenn Egelman. cent were under the age tion as a social conservative by distorting his Hollenbaugh, and less than I percent said The OraQuick test, which of 25 (more than half of all they would vote for business consultant answers on a 2002 Project Vote Smart survey. is the method of testing the HIV infections worldwide The senator said he merely skipped ques- Mike Smitley from Van VVert, Ohio. University Health Center uses, occur in those between 15 tions on the survey related to prayer in school Of those surveyed, 31 percent said they is conducted by taking an oral and 24 years old). and the Ten Commandments and that his were still undecided. swab that tests for antibodies. 59.8 percent of those record in the Ohio General Assembly proves "We're very pleased with the numbers." Students can receive results ■ that he supports these issues. said Latta. "We've had a great campaign and approximately 30 minutes tested were female. "Ill stand before God and my children that it's clear we're being effective." after the test. ■ 39.3 percent of those tested "It'spainless.takeslittletime were male. and you can get fast results," ■ 0.8 percent of those tested See BUEHRER | Page 2 See LATTA | Page 2 Egelman said. identified as "other" gender. Grad student Lisa Scott said ■ 50 percent of those tested she thinks HIV testing is a were Caucasian/White. FIFTH DISTRICT REPUBLICAN PRIMARY POLL good resource for University ■ 42.6 percent of those tested students to be able to take con- were African American/ trol of their lifestyle. Black. 21% Stava Buahrar • \ 4% Frad Plapar ^» <1% Mika Smitley "Getting tested is an easy ■ 3.3 percent of those tested way to ensure you're physi- were Native American/ cally healthy. It protects your Alaskan Native. confidentiality and it's free," ■ 2.5 percent of those tested were Asian American/ 51% Undacidad 40% Bob Latta Scott said. Pacific Islander. STEPHEN RUBLE First-year grad student ■ 1.6 percent of those tested Senior Pamela Klueck agrees the HIV Philosophy, Computer Science test is beneficial for students. were Hispanic/Latino/ "People should have access Chicano. "I would like to see him to this service to know about ■ Of those people tested, the debate Al Gore and then their health and to prevent the average number of sexual partners each had had in I would decide." spread of HIV," Klueck said. It is important for people to the past year was 3.48. |Paga4 find out if they have HIV so ■ 21.3 percent of the people I they do not infect someone tested had had five or more else. If people know they have partners m the last year. the virus, they can avoid pass- ■ 54.9 percent had had five ing it on to another person. or more partners in their Egelman said. lifetime. Explaining the value and ■ 70.5 percent of those test- TODAY importance of students being ed had never been tested Mostly Sunny tested, Egelman said many for HIV before. 3 High: 75, Low: 52 people have misconceptions ■ For June, July and August about getting the virus. 2007, 54 people have been "HIV is not something you tested so far. can tell about someone by sim- Source: The Wellness ply looking at them. Anyone Connection and Global can have the virus and not Youth Partners Preventinq Margin of Error: ♦/- 5 66% TOMORROW HIV A.M.