AIDS awareness day at Webster Articles
Student groups prep for AIDS day
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LGBTQ Alliance, Campus Activities and the Multicultural Center and International Student Affairs are bringing World AIDS Day to Webster Dec. 1. Quinn Gardner, president of the Alliance, wanted to use World AIDS Day as an opportunity to spread awareness around campus and help end prejudice against the syndrome.
A conversation with an HIV-positive person
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The AIDS epidemic, now 25 years old, affects all people from all walks of life, including those at Webster University. The following is from an interview with a 21-year-old senior male, student at Webster. He identifies himself as gay and is in a monogamous relationship.
Debunking AIDS myths
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Myths and half-truths have surrounded AIDS and HIV since the epidemic began in the early 1980s. Can it be passed through kissing? Can you get it through oral sex? Can you get it just by touching someone? Although AIDS information and education have been available throughout the years, people may still be confused and have questions.
Commonly misunderstood definitions
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Understanding AIDS and HIV is no easy task. Becoming educated about the diseases can be confusing and time-consuming. Here are some basic terms and definitions that are important to know. AIDS - Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, development of certain infections that may result from a decrease in a person's immune system.
History of AIDS
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HIV and AIDS is a worldwide epidemic. AIDS has claimed more than 25 million lives worldwide and over 500,000 lives in the United States alone. Currently, one million people in the United States have AIDS, and the Center for Disease Control estimates 40,000 will contract HIV in 2006.
Movie Review: 'Rent' 2 of 5 stars
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"Rent" premiered on Broadway in 1996 and immediately caught national attention, worldwide acclaim and an enormous following. "Rent" became, and still is, a cultural benchmark and powerful statement on AIDS and dealing with race, gender and sexuality in society.
Movie Review: 'Behind the Red Door' 1.5 of 5 stars
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This AIDS film fails to invoke empathy in Matia Karrell "Behind the Red Door" (2002). Roy (Kiefer Sutherland) is dying of AIDS. He decides to hire his estranged sister, Natalie (Kyra Sedgwick), to take photographs for his fashion campaign in order to reconnect.
Movie Review: 'Philadelphia' 3.5 of 5 stars
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"No Justice. No peace" A harrowing film upon its 1993 arrival, "Philadelphia" was a surprising, yet welcome answer to director Jonathan Demme's previous Best Picture endeavor, "The Silence of the Lambs." It also was essential to the perpetual ignorance and bigotry that enveloped the gay community, long-suffering from AIDS, in the United States from the '80s to the present day.
