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THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1994 • ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 101, ISSUE 119
STDs pose
By JEFF YORK
Staff Writer
Sexually active University students
risk HIV infection, but their risk of con
tracting other sexually transmitted dis
eases is even greater, according to
University health educators.
Human papillomavirus infection (gen
ital warts) and chlamydia are the most
prevalent STDs afflicting students,
according to Fran Bell, a nurse practi
tioner who has dealt with STD cases for
15 of her 20 years with University Health
Services.
“A day doesn’t go by in my practice
when I don’t see those two problems,”
Bell said
Still, it’s the threat of AIDS that
makes many students adopt safe sex
practices.
“The media has alerted me to the
AIDS epidemic, and I’m very scared,” said
Eric Shade, a junior from Charleston,
a greater risk than HIV to the sexually active
S.C. “If I have sex, I wear a condom.”
In a student population approximately
85 percent sexually active, women are
much more likely to contract STDs from
men than vice versa, said Nancy
MacNair, the University’s AIDS educa
tion coordinator.
“It’s not a fair world out there,” she
said. “Women are much more likely to
contract STDs from men than men from
women just because of the physics of sex.”
The consequences of infection can also
be greater for women.
“Women can become infertile as the
result of chlamydia,” MacNair said. “We
don’t want any woman on this campus to
risk being infertile when she should be
able to have a baby.”
Chlamydia symptoms for women
include fever, abdominal pain, heavy
bleeding and excessive discharge, which
usually appear late in the infection. Male
symptoms include burning during urina
tion and clear discharge from the penis.
“Seventy-five percent of women with
chlamydia won’t have any symptoms
until they get into problems like pelvic
inflammatory disease and infertility
issues,” Bell said.
Although men rarely develop penile
cancer from genital warts, MacNair said
90 percent of cervical cancer cases are
related to the infection.
“We are seeing more and more cervical
cancer in young women,” Bell said. “Just
because a woman has human papillo
mavirus does not mean that she will get
cervical cancer, but she has an increased
risk.”
Genital warts on the cervix cause no
pain, so women are unaware of the prob
lem until they are tested.
“It’s such a difficult problem to treat
because once you have the virus, you may
have no evidence of warts,” Bell said.
Please see DISEASE, page 2.
Be Aware of STD Symptoms j
HIV: Symptoms show up several months or years after contact
with the AIDS virus: swollen glands; flu-like feelings; weight i
loss; white spots in mouth; purple bumps on skin.
Chlamydia:
Most women and some men do not have symptoms, but
symptoms may appear within days or months of exposure.
Women: vaginal discharge; bleeding between periods;
abdominal pain, sometimes with fever and nausea. Men:
burning when urinating.
Genital Warts:
Symptoms may show 1-6 months after exposure: small
bumpy warts on sex organs or anus that do not go away.
Warts may be microscopic and not apparent.
Diamond
Dogs shut
out by the
Jackets
Georgia falls to
16-20 on the year
By BRAD SCHRADE
Staff Writer
Georgia Tech’s 8-0 dismantling
of Georgia Wednesday night at
Foley Field was simply a case of
one baseball team overpowering
the other in every aspect of the
game.
Pitching: Tech Junior Brad
Rigby pitched seven innings,
allowing one hit and striking out
eight, to collect his ninth win of
the season. At one point the All-
American retired 11 straight
Georgia batters, en route to his
30th career win. Rigby was
helped by a slick-fielding infield,
which was flawless.
Hitting: The Yellow Jackets
pounded out 13 hits including
three home runs, six doubles and
a triple. Georgia’s only hit came
in the first inning, when short
stop Pete Arenas singled to right
field.
“It’s a typical Georgia Tech
team,” Georgia head coach Steve
Webber said. “Up and down they
produce a lot of runs. It’s a great
lineup, but they have had great
lineups in the past. They’ve
always produced a lot of runs.”
With the loss, Georgia drops to
16-20, 5-7 SEC. Two games into
the toughest stretch of their sea
son, the Bulldogs still have one
unanswered question.
Can they play with the elite
teams in the country?
The numbers say, no.
Georgia was beaten by a com
bined score of 18-6 by Tech and
No. 4 Clemson in games this
week. In games against ranked
JILL REISTER/The Red and Block
Georgia Tech’s Ryan Ritter scrambles back safely to first base in the Yellow Jackets’
8-0 win over the Diamond Dogs.
opponents this year, the Bulldogs
are 3-10 and have been outscored
145 to 72 in that stretch - an
average of 5.6 runs per game.
Georgia now must face No. 13
Tennessee for three games this
weekend at Foley Field. They also
must play Tech twice next week.
The first few innings of
Wednesday’s game were tight
until Tech busted out with a line
up stacked from top to bottom.
Tech struck in the third, when
second baseman Scott McIntyre
hit a home run over the right field
wall.
Tech’s big inning came in the
fourth, when they scored five
runs on four hits. The big blow
came when right fielder Michael
Smith hit a line drive over the left
field wall for a two-run homer.
Then, Georgia starter Chris
Ciaccio became wild, walking two
batters. This set up a two-out
double by McIntyre, which
knocked in two runs.
“The first three innings I was
hitting my spots real well,”
Ciaccio said. “I had some move
ment on my fastball. I had them
swinging at my pitches. The
fourth inning, I got behind some
hitters and they started hitting
the pitches they wanted to hit. I
started throwing a lot of pitches
in one inning. I got a little tired
and things went down hill from
there.”
Ciaccio did not make it out of
the fourth inning as he was
relieved by left-hander Kevin
Zgonc.
In Ciaccio’s last two starts he
has pitched a combined six
innings allowing 17 runs in that*
span. The Junior righthander
pitched Wednesday’s game on
three days rest.
“It probably would have been
nice to get another day’s rest,”
Ciaccio said. “But, you got to do
what you’ve got to do.”
The Jackets added two more in
the seventh, when first baseman
Scott Byers homered and right
fielder Michael Smith doubled in
a run.
W'hile all the talk about the
Tech lineup was focused on ACC
RBI leader Jay Payton and All-
Americans Jason Varitek and
Nomar Garciaparra, the three
went a combined two for twelve at
the plate.
“If you don’t concentrate on our
lineup for nine innings, we have
some guys that can hurt you,”
Georgia Tech head coach Danny
Hall said. “We have a lot of dif
ferent guys producing. It’s fun to
watch and fun to coach.”
Georgia is not the only team
which has been unable to stop the
Yellow Jacket’s potent lineup,
which leads the nation in offen
sive output. Tech averages 10.35
runs per game.
Georgia’s next game is at home
against Tennessee this Friday
with first pitch at 7 p.m. The
game is the first of a three-game
series against Volunteers this
weekend.
Sandy Creek Park
plans for Earth Day
By STACEE DANIEL
Staff Writer
Although environmentalists
say Earthday should be everyday,
the real blowout begins Friday.
Rather than celebrating only
Friday’s observance of Earthday,
an entire week of environmental
ly- conscious events called Green
Fest has been planned.
As part of Green Fest, Sandy
Creek Park will host a celebration
Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with
activities such as animal observa
tion, aquatic ecology, recycling and
composting.
Katie Ford, volunteer coordina
tor at Sandy Creek Park, said
many people have called to find
out about activities happening
during the annual event.
“To me the acknowledgment of
the day is almost a spiritual
thing,” she said.
Only a few activities are on
Friday, and many students said
they thought most people don’t
have as much interest in Earthday
as in the past.
“I think a lot of people don’t
want to admit that there is a prob
lem and that we need to have more
things going on,” said Garth
Potter, a junior from St. Marys.
Other students said they think
people don’t want to take the time
to recycle or don’t know where to
take the things they’ve collected.
“I have a pile of newspapers in
the trunk of my car,” said Ginger
LeVan, a sophomore from
Ringgold. “They’ve been there for a
month because I didn’t know
where to take them.”
David Moore, a junior from
Conyers, gave a broader perspec
tive on Earthday and people’s atti
tudes toward the events.
“There’s been such an increase
already (of activities) throughout
the year,” he said. “There’s so
much already going on that people
get relaxed. They think that
they’re already doing enough.”
But Ford said she hasn’t seen a
decline in environmental interest.
“Not from my standpoint,” she
said. “From my standpoint it has
increased. We’ve got more volun
teers now than in past years.”
She also explained that
Earthday was widely publicized in
1990 to commemorate the 20th
anniversary.
“Now it’s back to what it used to
be in terms of size,” Ford said. “I
don’t know why some people think
there is less interest,” she said. “It
may be a matter of priority or
maybe it doesn’t get enough
press.”
1) EARTH DAY
5) UGA SOUR DAY
April 22,10 a.m.-2 p.m. 613-3631
April 25,10a.m.4 p.m. 742-7282
Sandy Creek Nature Center
Tate Plata, UGA
2) THOSE AMAZING BIRDS
6) ATHENS EARTH FEST
April 23,8 a.m.-tlll 613-3615
April 26, 3-7 p.m. S42-8102
Meet at BHa on S. Milledge
legion Reid, UGA i
3) GARDENING WITH NATURE
7) GROWING PAINS
April 23,8:30-12:45, 2-3 p.m. 542-6156
April 27, 7 p.m. till 542-8060
State Botanical Gardena
Callaway Bldg, State Bot. Gardens
4) HISTORIC DIST. CYCLE TOUR
8) BIKE TO WORK
April 24,9a.m.-6p.nv 542-8102
April 28, Cell for time 542-8102
1 s,art *“ Cl,yH *" April 22-28 |
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Kevin Holloman will travel to Chernobyl this summer.
University student to travel to Ukraine,
will study radioactive fish at Chernobyl
By JACK MORSE
Staff Writer
This August, University stu
dent Kevin Holloman will take a
fishing trip to Chernobyl, the sight
of the former Soviet Union’s nucle
ar meltdown, as part of what he
hopes will be his dissertation for
his doctorate.
“This is one of those once-in-a-
lifetime chances when you can
receive training in a very unique
field opportunity, in this case one
of the most contaminated places
on the planet," said Cham Dallas,
an assistant professor of pharma
cology and toxicology anji one of
Holloman’s major professors.
“It’s not what most sane people
would consider a great opportuni
ty, but to a toxicologist it’s heaven
on earth," he said. “Kevin will get
the opportunity to use toxicologi
cal tools in one of the most tragic
of environmental problems."
Holloman said half of his time
will be spent collecting samples
through fishing and the other time
processing the fish specimens.
The fish will be used to deter
mine the effects of chronic expo
sure to low radiation levels.
Holloman said the DNA in the
fish cells is stained with a fluores
cent dye. Radiation may cause
abnormalities in the DNA, and the
fluorescent dye allows the content
to be tested.
“At some point we hope to par
allel our findings with humans,"
said Susan Fisher, a graduate stu
dent from Mechanicsville, Va.,
who accompanied Holloman on a
previous trip.
Holloman said a main concern
for his safety is that he could
inhale the airborne radioactive
particles, which, as a worst case
scenario, could lead to cancer.
‘It's not what most
sane people would
consider a great
opportunity'
- Cham Dallas
Though the Chernobyl explo
sion occurred in April 1986,
Holloman said radioactive parti
cles remain.
“A 10-kilometer zone around
the site is still well guarded," he
said, but added that a surprising
number of people still live within
30 kilometers of the incident area.
He said there is little equip
ment to protect against radioac
tive contamination at Chernobyl.
“The only decontamination ser
vice is crude at best," Holloman
said. “A lot of the Russian workers
don’t even use it."
Holloman has already been to
Russia twice, once in June 1992
for 10 days with Dallas and once
in August 1993 with a group from
the Savannah River Ecology lab.
“Mainly, the first trip was just
trying to set up contacts and test
ing out a transport system," he
said. The second trip we brought
back samples from contaminated
areas which are still in the process
of being analyzed."
“He gets to do the fun part,"
said Fisher, laughing. “We’ve laid
a lot of the ground work and he
gets to go in and concentrate on
different aspects.”
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