TAKE
      ACTION
      AGAINST
      AIDS
     
    
   
   
    
     
      AIDS
      runs
      out.
      Yet
      the
      needs
      are
      more
      urgent
      than
      ever
     
    

    
     
      before.
      More
      people
      are
      living
      with
      HIV/AIDS,
      commu-
     
     
      nity
      groups
      are
      under-funded,
      research
      is
      inadequate
      and
      treat-
     
     
      ments
      are
      inaccessible.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      O
      n
      March
      31,
      1993,
      all
      federal
      government
      funding
      to
      fight
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Although
      the
      holiday
      season
      is
      supposed
      to
      bea
      joyous
      one,
      none
     
     
      ofus
      should
      ever
      forget
      the
      sorrow
      and
      pain
      many
      families
      will
     
     
      feel
      as
      they
      ring
      in
      the
      new
      year.
      For
      them,
      this
      might
      be
      the
     
     
      last
      year
      they
      spend
      with
      their
      loved
      ones.
      AIDS
      isa
      fact
      of
      life
     
     
      that
      is
      not
      going
      to
      go
      away
      --
      the
      more
      ignorant
      we
      are
      of
      this
     
     
      disease,
      the
      greater
      we
      are
      putting
      ourselves
      at
      risk.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      On
      December
      1,
      people
      from
      all
      walks
      of
      life
      will
      be
      honouring
     
     
      World
      AIDS
      Day.
      Here
      at
      U.P.E.L.,
      a
      ‘5
      Minute
      AIDS
      Test’
      will
     
     
      be
      distributed
      to
      various
      classes
      across
      campus.
      These
      ques-
     
     
      tionnaires
      contain
      personal,
      highly
      descriptive
      questions
      deal-
     
     
      ing
      with
      one’s
      sexual
      practices.
      Allinformation
      given
      is
      to
      be
     
     
      strictly
      anonymous
      so
      no
      one
      will
      know
      whata
      person
      does
      or
     
     
      does
      not
      do.
      The
      results
      of
      these
      questionnaires
      will
      be
      made
     
     
      available
      to
      students
      in
      the
      spring-time.
      Once
      all
      results
      have
     
     
      been
      gathered,
      they
      will
      be
      published
      in
      the
      X-Press.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      facts
      of
      AIDS
      in
      Canada
      can
      no
      longer
      be
      ignored.
      If
      you
     
     
      are
      one
      of
      many
      students
      who
      believe
      that
      it
      ‘‘won’t
      happen
      to
     
     
      you’’,
      then
      here
      are
      some
      facts
      that
      just
      might
      make
      you
     
     
      reconsider:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ..*In
      CANADA,
      1
      in
      10,000
      people
      are
      living
      with
      AIDS
      and
      1
      in
     
     
      1,000
      are
      HIV
      positive
      (1992).
     
    
   
   
    
     
      *In
      NEWFOUNDLAND,
      early
      results
      froma
      study
      of
      pregnant
     
    
   
   
    
     
      woman
      point
      to
      1
      in
      900
      being
      HIV
      positive.
      Thisissixtimes
      ["
     
    
   
   
    
     
      higher
      than
      first
      anticipated
      (1
      992).
     
    
   
   
    
     
      *AIDS
      related
      illnesses
      are
      the
      number
      one
      leading
      cause
      of
     
     
      death
      for
      men
      and
      women
      between
      the
      ages
      of
      24
      and
      44
      in
      both
     
     
      Toronto
      and
      Montreal
      (1992).
     
    
   
   
    
     
      *In
      MONTREAL,
      1
      in616
      women
      gave
      birth
      to
      a
      live
      infant
      who
     
     
      was
      HIV
      positive
      (1990).
     
    
   
   
    
     
      *In
      October
      14,
      1992,
      a
      fourteen
      year
      old
      Canadian
      girl
      died
     
     
      because
      of
      AIDS.
      :
     
    

    
     
      *OnP.E.I.,
      10
      people
      have
      tested
      positive
      for
      the
      AIDS
      virus
      and
     
     
      another
      15
      people
      have
      tested
      positive
      for
      the
      HIV
      virus
      (April
     
     
      1992).
     
    
   
   
    
     
      These
      are
      the
      facts
      one
      must
      face
      every
      time
      they
      go
      to
      bed
      with
     
     
      a
      partner
      without
      the
      right
      protection.
      If
      you
      are
      going
      to
      have
     
     
      sex,
      THEN
      INSIST
      THAT
      ACONDOM
      BEUSED
      It
      just
      might
     
     
      be
      the
      most
      important
      thing
      you
      do.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      December
      1,
      show
      you
      support
      for
      AIDS
      victims
      and
      for
      th,
     
     
      payments
      our
      government
      should
      continue
      to
      provide
      in
      the
     
     
      hopes
      of
      finding
      acure.
      On
      this
      one
      special
      day,
      wearing
      a
      RED
     
     
      RIBBON
      shows
      your
      com-
     
     
      mitmentto
      the
      fight
      against
     
     
      AIDS.
      Thered
      ribbon
      dem-
     
     
      onstrates
      compassion
      for
     
     
      people
      with
      AIDS
      and
      their
     
     
      caretakers;
      and
      support
      for
     
     
      education
      and
      research
     
     
      leading
      to
      effective
      treat-
     
     
      ments,
      vaccines,
      or
      acure.
     
     
      This
      red
      ribbon
      project
      is
      a
     
     
      grass
      roots
      effort
      that
      is
      a
     
     
      direct
      symbol
      of
      hope:
      the
     
     
      hope
      that
      one
      day
      soon
      the
     
     
      AIDS
      epidemic
      will
      be
     
     
      over.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      So
      please
      remember
      to
     
     
      wear
      your
      red
      ribbon
      on
     
     
      December
      1,
      and
      watch
      for
     
     
      announcements
      ona
      guest
     
     
      speaker
      who
      will
      be
      speak-
     
     
      ing
      in
      the
      Pit
      on
      Monday,
     
     
      November
      30.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      OF
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      TO
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      WORTHY
      CAUSE
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