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THE CLUSTER, MARCH 6, 1989-PAGE 3
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AIDS questionnaire yeilds informative results
The Student Government
Association conducted a question
naire about AIDS and sexually
transmitted diseases Feb. 20.
The questionnaire shows that of
those who answered it. 23 percent
know a person with AIDS. There
is also a small percentage who are
uninformed about how AIDS is
transmitted.
Below is the list of the questions
that were on the questionnaire as
well as the results of the poll.
Where Do Mercer Students
Stand?
Please mark (a) True, (b) False, (c)
Don't know
1. Chy lamydia is the most common
sexually transmitted disease (STD)
in the U.S.
True, however, 70% of the
students have not heard of it,
much less know that it is the most
common.
2. Most STDs can cause sterility
and birth defects.
True, most were aware of that;
31% was not.
3. Males often develop pelvic in
flammatory disease (PID) as a com
plication from many STDs.
False. It is strictly a female
disease but 70% thought that
males do contract it.
4. AIDS can be transmitted by
sharing food, utensils, or plates.
False. Only 12% think AIDS can
be transmitted those ways.
5. There have been no proven cases
of people getting AIDS from
doorknobs, telephones, or toilet
seats.
True. Still, 18% think AIDS can
be transmitted those ways.
6. People who are under the in
fluence of alcohol or drugs during
sex arc less likely to practice safe
sex.
True. 14% got that wrong. The
definition of “safe sex** is ques
tionable, but if you're drunk.
chances are it’s risky.
7. At this lime AIDS is the only
sexually transmissible disease that
is both incurable and fatal.
True. 53% said this statement Is
false.
8. I know someone with an STD.
42% know someone with an STD.
9. I know someone with AIDS.
23% know someone with AIDS.
10. If I discovered that a friends has
AIDS, I would limit my social con
tact with him or her.
49% would limit their social con
tact with a friend that has AIDS.
11. AIDS patients should be
segregated (quarantined).
40% think that AIDS patients
should be segregated or
quarantined.
12. Children infected with the
AIDS virus should be admitted in
the public schools.
35% think that children infected
with the AIDS virus should not be
admitted in public schools. Under
Mercer’s black fraternities
cud resources makes it difficult for
black fraternity s to come up with
the S20.000 up front for their 25
percent contribution, or to draw up
a realistic long term plan for
payment.
There is a piece of land available
for a construction site between the
Pi Kappa Phi and Phi Delta Theta
Lodges. This lapd was surveyed by
Dean Jenkins. Robert Neal and
members of the three black frater
nities soon after the black Green
House was control burned. It was
decided that the lot could hold
either two seperate facilities or one
triplex with 3 seperate chapter
rooms, kitchens and baths, but a
common room in the middle. At
that time all three fraternities
agreed that they did not want to
share a facility, but Carlos
McCloud, member of Alpha Phi
Alpha and Chairman of the Inter
Fraternity council’s housing com
mittee. says that ’‘without a com
bined effort toward a joint faedity
[housing] will not be possible.'*
One suggestion that was brought
up to IFC was for these fraternities
to be allowed to have members liv
ing in their houses like Aoronty
members live in theirs. This could
only be an option, however, if IFC
were to go on the record as saying
that it is alright for these fraternities
to have residential lodges although
others cannot.
Another option for these
homeless fraternities » as that they
be given rooms in the Student
Center. Goergia Suuc University’s
Greeks are housed in this way. The
problem with this, according to
Dean Jenkins, is that ‘we have a
student center built for 1000
students housing 2300 students.**
He says that every inch of space in
the building is already constantly
fought over and there is absolutely
no room that could be given to any
one organization, not to mention
three.
The only other greck social
organization that has no designated
facility is Zcia Phi Beta. They
became active on campus after all
of the sorority houses were assign
ed and ' have never, to Dean
Jenkins' knowledge, pressed for
housing.
When asked his feeling on »he
housing situation. Dean Jenkms
replied that it is a "frustrating issue
to deal with.'*
NOTICE
Deadline for submitting
Graduation Applications for
Degrees to be conferred in
August is April 28, 1989.
Applications are available in
the Office of the Registrar
Room 108 Langdale Hall
13 in Georgia 1,314 cases since relations.
1981; 14,000 since 1981 in the 49% use condoms and 51% either
U.S. in children under 13. don't have sex or do not use con-
13. I use condoms in my sexual doms in their sexual relations.
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