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The North Texas Daily
Thursday, October 22, 1987 North Texas State University, Denton, Texas 71st Year No. 31
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MOVE THOSE FEET—Members of the Delta Zeta sorority prepare for
the intramural flag football playoffs which begin next week.
Police seek relatives
of student killed in fire
By Chris Demers
Daily Reporter
NT Police are having trouble
finding the next of kin of a 40-year-
old NT graduate student who died in
a fire early Wednesday morning at
her efficiency apartment in the 800
block of W. Mulberry Street.
Narrearee Hiranyachatri of Thailand
had been a student at NT for several
years but had not updated her emer-
gency contact information, said Doug
Podoll, director of International Stu-
dents and Scholars office.
Some friends are trying to contact
relatives in Bangkok and possibly
California, he said.
The Thai Student Association is
also trying to locate close friends of
hers in an effort to find someone who
may have known her family.
No funeral arrangements have been
made as of late Wednesday, pending
notification of the next of kin.
Denton Fire Marshall Bob Hage-
mann said the cause of the fire was
an electrical short in a lamp and an
extension cord in the apartment.
The apartment was full of extension
cords, Hagemann said.
“Sometimes students don’t realize
that having so many cords plugged
into the wall is dangerous,” Hage-
mann said.
“Students must be careful about
too much wiring. Some of these old
buildings can’t handle it,” he said.
The fire department responded to
the call at 12:56 a.m. Two engines,
a snorkel truck and an ambulance
arrived at the scene about 1 a m..
Hagemann said.
Hiranyachatri was found inside the
residence where she apparently was
overcome by smoke, he said She was
transported by ambulance to Flow
Memorial Hospital where she later
died, Hagemann said.
There was a smoke detector in the
residence but Hagemann said he could
not say if it was working at the time
of the fire.
Rental property owners are required
to have smoke detectors in their build-
ings, according to state and local
codes.
Survey shows deficiency
in knowledge of AIDS
Class polls NT students on virus awareness
By Dena Fenoglio
Staff Writer
A group of six NT students from a communication
class recently conducted an “AIDS Awareness” survey
for its class project. They found that most students were
not fully informed about the virus.
“Most people surveyed think they are knowledgeable
about the transmission of acquired immune deficiency
syndrome, yet they think AIDS can be transmitted by
giving blood,” said Will Helixon, the group's spokesman.
“Few people who are sexually active with many partners
think they are at risk.”
Students conducting the survey include Helixon,
Houston senior; Lisa Baumel, Denton junior; Brooks Ellis,
Dallas senior; Cori Vrana, Plano junior; and Barbara
Williamson, Denton senior.
“We surveyed 365 random students at NTSU,”
Helixon said. He said the group, Students For Change,
set up a booth in the University Union three weeks ago
and distributed the confidential survey, which contained
12 questions. “It has taken us this long to analyze all
the data,” he said.
Four of the questions on the survey dealt with the
transmission of AIDS. Results showed that over 80 percent
of those surveyed feel that AIDS cannot be transmitted
by casual contact. Helixon said, 95 percent agree that
AIDS can be transmitted by heteorsexual contact.
Can AIDS be transmitted by giving blood? Forty-three
percent of those students surveyed said yes. “That’s
one of the things that’s really astonishing,” Helixon
said.
For the past few months researchers have been ques-
tioning whether AIDS can be transmitted by mosquitos.
Thirty-three percent of the students surveyed believe
mosquitos can transmit the AIDS virus.
it Most people surveyed think they
are knowledgeable about the trans-
mission of acquired immune
deficiency syndrome, yet they think
AIDS can be transmitted by giving
blood.
-Will Helixon,
Students For Change spokesman
Helixon said that other questions on the survey dealt
with the knowledge of those surveyed concerning AIDS
and their sexual histories. There were also questions asking
students if they felt a risk of contracting the virus.
More than 50 percent of the persons surveyed who
were sexually active with many sexual partners in the
past three years did not think they were at a risk of
contracting AIDS. “Eventhough 95 percent believed
AIDS can be transmitted by heteorsexual contact, those
who were active with multiple sexual partners did not
think they were at risk,” Helixon said.
Helixon said one question on the survey asked students
if free condoms should be dispensed by the NT Health
Center. Seventy-eight percent of those surveyed thought
that free condoms should be distributed.
More than 78 percent of those surveyed agreed that
NT should set up a program that would educate students
about the AIDS virus.
Helixon said, even after the group finishes its class
project, it plans to stay together. The group is trying to
get organizational status. “(Students For Change) will
educate and inform students about contemporary issues
facing college students,” Helixon said.
Doctor gives
lip service
for cancer
By Maura Carmody
Daily Reporter
Americans are heeding the alert
about the dangers of sun exposure and
skin cancer, but precautions regarding
the lips go unnoticed, said Dr. David
Snyder, oncologist at Midland Mem-
orial Hospital.
Most people apply lotion to their
exposed skin but ignore their lips, he
said. Glaring winter sun, especially
on ski slopes, can bum lips causing
lip cancer and other painful damage,
he said.
The effects of lip cancer are far
more debilitating and far more dis-
figuring than skin cancer, he said.
Lip cancer is of the squamous cell
type, meaning it is a form of cancer
that can spread to other parts of the
body, he said.
Treatment of lip cancer usually
involves surgical removal of the can-
cer.
“Reconstructive surgery can be
performed, but does not necessarily
restore the natural appearance of the
lip,” he said.
One form of protection that works
is zinc oxide. “Zinc oxide has been
shown to be very effective against the
sun’s harmful rays,” he said.
If a lip balm is used instead of zince
oxide, Snyder said to make sure it
has a sun protection factor (SPF) of
15.
Repairs compose move
Editor's note: This concludes the three-
part series on Chilton Hall.
By Stephen E. Hadeler
Staff Writer
Chilton Hall currently houses teaching
fellow offices, rehearsal facilities and
storage areas for the School of Music,
said Dr. Stephen Farish, dean of the
School of Music.
In order to make room for the renova-
tion, the music facilities in Chilton Hall
will be moved to Quad I and the Men’s
Building, both located on Highland
Avenue. The current amount of space
available to them at this time is 29,495
square feet. Once the move to the new
locations is complete they will have 28,100
square feet of assignable space, said Dr.
Fred Pole, vice president for administra-
tive affairs.
Farish said: “Space is a relative issue,
and the amount of space required for our
facilities depends upon the quality of that
space. Actually, there is less of a dif-
ference in space available between Chilton
Hall and Quad I and the Men’s Building
than I had anticipated.
“At this point I don’t have any problem
with the relocation in the Men’s Building
and the Quad I building since they are
close to the buildings we are using now,
for example the Men’s Building is located
on this side (east side) of Avenue C.”
Ray McFarlane, director of the Physical
Plant, said that renovation work on both
Quad I and the Men’s Building will be
needed before the School of Music can
move its facilities from its present location.
“We don’t know everything that has
to be done to those two buildings yet,”
McFarlane said.
“in Quad I replacement of some ex-
terior windows, exterior doors, sound
proofing between rooms and evaluation
of the heating system and window air
conditioning units will all likely have to
be considered when that study is done,”
McFarlane said.
“Additional renovations or modifica-
tions may be needed for the Men’s Build-
ing, but no decision has been made on
that as yet,” McFarlane said.
"Since the cost of renovations to Quad
I are estimated at $250,000, the university
will not have to go before the coordinating
board to gain approval," McFarlane said.
“However, approval from the Board
of Regents will be needed and no decision
has been made as yet on when that pro-
posal will be made." McFarlane said.
Dr. Jack Davis, associate vice president
for academic affairs, said Quad I is cur-
rently used for various short-term things.
In the summer it was used as offices for
the people who conduct the Youth Op-
portunities Unlimited program, and during
the school year it is used for counseling
programs for athletes done by the School
of Community Service and for storage.
“The YOU program is funded year
by year through the state governor’s office
and there is no guarantee whether or not
it will continue to receive funding. How-
ever, if the YOU program needs facilities,
it will be relocated elsewhere on cam-
pus.” Davis said
Dr. David Golden, vice president for
academic affairs, said, “The Men’s
Building currently houses offices for the
physical education department, driver's
education program, health education de-
partment and recreation and leisure studies
department
“The driver’s education program will
be moved to the coliseum and the offices
for the physical education, health educa-
tion and recreation and leisure studies
departments will all be relocated from the
Men’s Building to the Physical Education
Building," Golden said.
Photo by Chris Demers
Denton Fire Marshal Bob Hagemann
photographs the interior of the burned apartment.
Officials explore garage potential
By Jay Johnson
Staff Writer
The administration is looking into the possibility
of building a parking garage for the west side of the
campus, an NT official said Wednesday.
“We have expanded surface parking as much as
we can," said Eric Jackson, NT police chief. “There
is nowhere left to go but up."
The NT master plan, which outlines expected
building needs according to the university’s growth,
includes a parking garage to be built in five years or
more on the west side of the campus.
But, Jackson said, the plan did not reflect the
large enrollment increases of the past few years or
another expected increase next year.
“The university has acquired as much land as it
can for the immediate future,” he said. “Plus, we
may lose some parking if new buildings are built.
“The preliminary plans are for a garage with some
by-the-hour parking, like the garage on the east side
of the campus and permit parking in the rest of it.”
Permits for the garage would be more expensive
it We have expanded surface
parking as much as we can.
There is nowhere left to go but
up.»
—Eric Jackson
NT Police Chief
than commuter parking permits, but Jackson said he
did not know exactly how much the garage permits
would cost.
He also said NT is exploring the possibility of
building the garage itself, rather than selling the right
to build the garage to a private company, which
then would receive the income from parking fees.
The exact location has not been decided upon, he
said. But if the garage is built, it will probably be
west of the Student Health Center and McConnell
Hall.
“The only other alternative is a more efficient
shuttle system and promoting more use of the system
by students,” Jackson said.
Several apartment complexes have contacted the
administration about subsidizing shuttle bus routes
to them as a marketing tool to attract residents, he
said.
“They thought that if they could come up with a
schedule and equipment for the routes it might
attract some people who wouldn’t want the hassle
of driving to campus,” Jackson said. “We are also
thinking of contracting with Golden Triangle Mall
to use some of their parking space during the day
(for shuttle routes to campus.)
“We are looking at a number of ways to expand
the shuttle system and make it more available. If
we could make it free and still self-supporting, it
would cut down on the headache of trying to park.”
Jackson said no more metered lots arc planned
for construction because the only practical locations
for such lots were already taken.
Whofs Inside
LET THEM EN TERTAIN YOU—So. you say you want to be entertained
with singing, dancing and a bit of witty adult conversation with a little
dramatic contrast, eh? If that’s the case, turn off the boob tube and get
yourself a ticket to see the NT division of dance and drama's production
of “A Chorus Line.” See Page 5.
ALUMS HANG ON AFTER STRIKE—Three of the five former NT
football players, signed as replacement players for striking National Football
League players, are still on the team rosters now that the strike is over.
Craig Birdsong and Rayford Cooks, playing for the Houston Oilers, and
Mike Minter. playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers, will continue to play for
the teams. See Page 6.
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Lows in the lower 40s.
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