The Register, 2003-11-20

              people should get tested every six months to update their status laviwere said there are four ways people can become infected with hiv/aids hiv/aids is spread by sexual contact through four body fluids vaginal secretion semen breast milk and blood any person that comes in contact with these fluids of an infected person is at risk of getting infected with the virus capel said there are ways to reduce the risk of becoming infected with the virus education is the best preventive meas ure be abstinent and if you are going to have sex always use condoms capel said many people try to support thek rea sons for not using a condom by saying that it interferes with the flow of love but you only have one life taking a chance with htv is like taking a chance at playing russian roulette if a person has sex with out protection you might catch something that you cannot get rid of capel said laviwere feels that students should get tested regularly it is important for people to know thek status you cannot tell that someone has htv or aids by looking at them the only way you can be sure of your status it to get tested laviwere said according to laviwere getting tested is the only way for people to know their sta tus it is very important for not only stu dents but everyone that is sexually active to get tested capel said that's why capel says it's important for people to get tested times higher than white north carolinians continued from page 1 in guilford county there is a problem among african-americans regarding hiv and syphilis infections african-americans are in the top five in the state of north carolina for syphilis and the top 13 in the nation for syphilis test aclministrator glenn capel said correction alicia andrews name was misspelled in a story about black nativity in the nov 13 issue dept n.c a&t's english department recently implemented an english club that has been renamed the frances watkins harper literary society fwhls the goal of the society is to focus on improving the english skills of a&t students the society is open to not only english majors but any students that have an interest in english said associate professor and club advisor patricia bonner in the frances watkins harper literary society students will be able to participate in an organiza tion that will help mold and shape their writing skills and other skills that they can carry with them for the rest of their lives bonner said frances watkins harper was a writer who was born in baltimore on sept 24 1825 she was born to free black parents who died when she was 3-years-old at a young age harper began to write her own poetry and in 1859 her first book forest leaves was published she spoke out for aboli tion and women's rights in 1859 she became the first black american to publish a short story and was the second black woman to have a novel published in the u.s the frances watkins harper literary society held its first ses sion on grammar on nov 17 in the session students completed worksheets focusing on grammar composition and discussed subject verb agreement 65-year-old fish honored new york - the eight designs unveiled wednesday as finalists for a world trade center memorial remem ber the dead with quiet gardens reflect ing pools inscribed names and lights for lost lives all eight designs selected from a pool of 5,200 list the names of those who died in the sept 11 2001 terrorist attacks in new york washington and pennsylvania as wek as the 1993 world trade center bombing they are inscribed on granite waks glass panels and stone columns continued from page 1 jackson's ranch raided san francisco - rome may be the eternal city but san francisco could be home to the eternal fish on tuesday aquarium officials at the steinhart aquarium honored an austrakan lungfish aptly named methuselah after the old testament's millenia-old character methuselah arrived at the aquarium in 1938 as a fuky grown adult that makes it at least 65 years old and the oldest fish in cap tivity aquarium officials said after hav ing researched cokections at the world's other aquariums los ol1yos cakf - a raid on michael jackson's neverland ranch was linked to a chkd molestation akegation against the pop superstar a jackson famky attorney said wednesday we know that a search warrant was execut ed at neverland ranch early yesterday morning and that the warrant stated that it was in response to a complaint of a male chkd 12 years old who claims that there was sexual molestation that took place at neverland ranch attor ney brian oxman who said he had rep resented the jackson famky for 14 years told cbs the early show these briefs have been taken from associated press reports whitley said the department has made a lot of changes in the past few years preparing for this visit and some students were not informed of the changes or simply did not understand the reason behind the change but things worked out for the better i saw students come out of thek comfort zone and do things for the good of the department dress up get to class on time excellent class room behavior when a visit came in and so forth i am very thankful and appreciative of all the faculty staff administration and students who have helped us through the accredita tion process styles said whitley believes that the students did a tremendous job during the visit i think the team was impressed with our student body she said during the visit various team members met with the students of the different con centrations or sequences senior kristen rascoe was a part of the public relations sequence meeting i don't think it went too well she said about the sequence meeting we weren't aware that she would be asking us those types of questions ment problems styles said she said the problem is students some times do their schedules without advisement and it throws off their curriculum because they do not go in the order mapped out by the respective curriculum guides it is now mandatory that all students come by the office to get a curriculum guide and meet with their advisors every third week of the month styles said november 20 2003 tests by karina hardy news reporter/online editor interesting facts about harper harper co-organized the national association of colored women harper received her education at a school for free african americans run by her uncle william watkins the school was located at the present day site of the baltimore convention center news briefs ex-wife of sniper speaks campus news english club renamed after poet bush defends iraq war virginia beach va - the ex wife of convicted sniper mastermind john allen muhammad testified at his sentencing wednesday that he had threatened to kill her three years ago after the couple separated he said ... you have become my enemy and as my enemy i will kill you mildred muhammad told the court the next session will be on creat ing short stories on nov 24 at 6:15 p.m in room 454a in the new classroom building with featured speaker tracey fellers a creative writing professor in the depart later in the academic year the club will hold several seminars on reading writing and analytical thinking for more information contact bonner at 336 334-7771 ext 2003 ment the frances watkins harper society meets on mondays at 7:15 p.m in the new classroom building 8 memorial finalists unveiled 2 london - welcomed to britain with royal pageantry and a smattering of anti-war protesters president bush on wednesday defended the war in iraq saying military strength must at times be used to confront the continuing global danger of terrorism in some cases the measured use of force is all that protects us from a chaotic world ruled by force bush told academics gath ered at banqueting house