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An independent student newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890
12.02.2019 Vol. 220 No. 064
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World AIDS Day IOWA STATE DAILY Day Without Art is an event hosted by the Global Health and AIDS Coalition during World AIDS Awareness Week.
Student-led group to host World AIDS Awareness Week BY ANNEKE.JOHNSON @iowastatedaily.com
International day brings advocacy to those affected BY MADISON.MASON @iowastatedaily.com Wor ld AIDS Day has been recognized on Dec. 1 since 1988. This day is an international day dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic, caused by the spread of HIV infection. This day is also a day to mourn those who have died of the disease.
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS, is a chronic and life threatening disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV. It can be transferred sexually, during childbirth or through blood. Treatment can slow down the progression of the disease, but currently there is no cure. An estimated 36.7 million people worldwide live with the virus HIV, according to the official World AIDS Day website. According to hiv.gov, approximately 1.1 million people in the U.S. are living with HIV today. About 15 percent of them, or 1 in 7, are unaware they are infected. In addition, there were approximately 38,700 people who became newly infected with HIV in the
United States in 2016. After about five years of substantial declines, the number of annual HIV infections began to level off in 2013, to about 39,000 infections per year. At Iowa State, there is an organization bringing attention to the AIDS pandemic, and that is the Global Health and AIDS Coalition. Madeline Haeffele, the president of Global Health and AIDS Coalition and a senior in kinesiology and health, said this student organization is a club on campus that pushes focus on knowledge and funding within the political arena toward accessible health c a re . A m a j o r a s p e c t o f t h i s
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DESIGN BY MARIA ALBERS World AIDS Day is on December 1. This day is an international day dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic and mourning those who have died of the disease.
In recognition of World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, Iowa State’s Global Health and AIDS Coalition will host World AIDS Awareness Week on campus. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS, is a chronic and life threatening disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV. It can be transferred sexually, during childbirth or through blood. Treatment can slow down the progression of the disease, but currently there is no cure. An estimated 36.7 million people worldwide live with the virus HIV, according to the official World AIDS Day website. The Global Health and AIDS Coalition is a student organization aimed at spreading awareness for HIV/AIDS. On the student organizations database, their page states, “The ISU Global Health & AIDS Coalition is an organization that advocates for policies in the political arena that are favorable toward increased access to medications and healthcare. While keeping politicians accountable to the promises they make, we also educate ourselves and promote awareness on campus about the resource constraints and pervasive disparities in global health.” In addition to World AIDS Awareness Week, the group also hosts the spring HIV/AIDS Monologues and advocates for public and global health programs such as the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. World AIDS Awareness Week will consist of events intended to spread awareness of AIDS.The events include Day With(out) Art, an event to honor artists who have lost their lives to or are currently suffering from AIDS, and a documentary showing.
Students campaign on campus as caucuses near BY LAUREN.RATLIFF @iowastatedaily.com Students volunteering for political campaigns offer their time to candidates in many different ways, but tabling is one of the ways most commonly seen on Iowa State’s campus. Students are often seen tabling in front of Parks Librar y, promoting their candidate and getting their message to Iowa State students. People working for or volunteering with the presidential campaigns of Sen. Kamala Harris, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Bernie
Sanders and businessman Andrew Yang have all had visible presences in recent weeks in front of the library in all kinds of weather. The “Students for Bernie” student organization is regularly visible outside the library, and Nathan W hitcome, senior in computer engineering, has been among those volunteering to get out the vote for Sanders. W hitcome is involved in the campaign through tabling and calling. Being a student in college while volunteering on a political campaign can require a lot of time. Managing one’s time and resources
can be a difficult job. Whitcome said he enjoys having a leadership role in something he believes strongly in. He said he joined the Students for Bernie organization in hopes of informing people and sharing a message. He said he believes in the importance of exercising his right to vote, as not all people have those rights. “ There are people who don’t have the opportunity to have a voice in the same way that I do,” Whitcome said. Whitcome said he underwent
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CAITLIN YAMADA/ IOWA STATE DAILY Right to left: Kristen Busch, Madeline Sinovic and Morgan Sperry campaign for Elizabeth Warren on Aug. 26 outside of the Memorial Union.