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Show The Signpost - Wednesday, May 3, 1989 3 Professor returns from Egypt By Joyce Zabriskie Staff Reporter Dr. Cyrus McKell, dean of natural sciences, has just returned from a two week trip to the land of pharaohs and pyramids, to help Egyptian farmers find a new and better way of doing what they have done since before Moses floated down the Nile. McKell, chairman of the arid lands committee for the American Association for the Advancement of Science, was recently appointed to Utah's Governor's Science Advisory Council. An expert in arid land agriculture, McKell is certainly no stranger to Egypt or their Ministry of Agriculture. One year ago, part of a team of U.S. and European scientists discussed an over all concept by the minister of agriculture, who contacted the United Nation's Development Program to take a candid look at the problems that Egypt is facing. First, Egypt covers an area about the size of Utah, Nevada, Wyom ing and Idaho but the land directly adjacent to the Nile is the most productive. The size of this tract is about one-fourth the size of Utah. Their methods of farming date back to the days of Moses. Their population has outstripped their ability to produce enough food for her people. To get the farmers to come around to a new approach won't be easy. Egyptian farmers can be just as stubborn as Utah farmers. "I have worked as a facilitator with Israel and Egypt longer than the Camp David Accord," McKell said. "There are Egyptians here in the United States who would like to go back and work with the new science to increase the quality and quantity of produce." Just as Israel has become an exporter of fruits and vegetables, Egypt could become an exporter of tomatoes and other foods to European markets. . Atlhepresent,Egyptimportspotatoesfrom Holland, but by growing them they could save an estimated $14 million a year on import fees. The preliminary organizational study, completed April 13 is just the beginning. McKell wrote the specifics for construction, training and institutions to help bring about the needed change to Egyptian ways of farming. "This comes as a long term relationship with the ministry." McKell said. Egyptians want to produce food that is disease-free and salt-resistant, they couldn't have turned to a better person for help. "I've consulted with the Ministry of Agriculture and worked with the United Nations for a long time, I am acquainted with.agricultural problems," McKell said. He hopes his work with Egyptian farmers will become beneficial to Utah farmers. "Utah is similar to Egypt," he said. Aids will affect 'significant numbers' (CPS) "Significant numbers" of college students will be suffering from AIDS in the 1990's the head of the American College Health Association's AIDS task force told a health conference in Seattle the first week of April. "This is not a potential problem on campuses," Dr. Richard Keeling, who also heads the University of Virginia's health services department, ' told a regional meeting of doctors, nurses and hospital administrators in Seattle. "It's an established problem." because the virus takes that long to destroy the immune system. At that point, Keeling expects campus health services to be overwhelmed. "We're still in the infancy of providing the range of medical and psychological services" needed to treat AIDS patients. About three out of every 1,000 collegians carry the HIV virus, which causes AIDS -(acquired immune deficiency syndrome), a preliminary Centers for Disease Control report estimated last fall. AIDS is a fatal disease that breaks down the body's immune system. It is often spread through certain kinds of sexual contact. Health experts have long considered college students, who generally are sexually more promiscuous than other people, as running a high risk of contracting the disease. "Most students now have a fairly good base of information about AIDS," he said. "Wc need to facilitate links between what they know and what they do." Keeling thought most of the students now infected won't begin to suffer AIDS symptoms until the early 1990's OPEN 0 100 YEARS HOUR 1989 Thursday, 10:30 a.m. CONVOCATIONS Alan Ladwig NASA Austad Auditorium ISSUES FORUM Ladda Adams Leading Instructor for Foreign Area Officer Defense Language Institute The Soviet Union After Gorbachev's "First Term in Office" SS 119 OPEN CORNER Volleyball VVestofU.B. SENAtE ACTIVITIES Social Science Forum Geir Lundestad Professor of History, Oslo University, Oslo, Norway "The American Rise and Fall Under Ronald Reagan: "A European Perspective" SS219 Technology Fashion Show Stewart Bell Tower Campus Update... Wednesday, May 3 brown Bagger "Women for America, for the World," an award winning video, presented by Dr. Nancy Haanstad, at 12:30 p.m. in UB417. Intramurals Deadlines Entry deadlines for Pickleball, a combination of badminton and tennis played indoors, and Swimming and Diving, are today. Tournament play begins Mon., May 9. Swimming and Diving play begins today. Applications are available in SG221. For more info, call the IM office, 626-6476 7967. IABC Meeting IABC will meet tonight at 6:30 p.m. in the Annex 3 conference room. Contact Christine Stout at 394-5259 for more information. NACAC The NACAC will meet today at 1 :30 p.m., in UB359. This is an "important business meeLing." Thursday, May 4 Convocations Alan Ladwig, NASA, 10:30 am. in the Austad Auditorium. Issues ForumHonors Centennial Lecture "The Soviet Union After Gorbachev's ' First Term in Office, "' Ladda Adams, Defense Language Institute, at 1 0:30 am. in SS 1 19. Senate Activities Social Science Forum: "The American Rise and Fall Under Ronald Reagan: A European Perspective," presented by Geir Lunderstad, Prof, of History, Oslo U., Oslo, Norway, 10:30 am. inSS219. Technology: Fashion Show, 10:30 am., Stewart Bell Tower. Open Corner Volleyball, 10:30 am. west of the UB. Campus Crusade for Christ CCC Prime Time Mtg. will be at 7 p.m., in the PT Redroom. Prayer group will meet Fri., May 5, at 10:30 am. in UB 347.' Women's Bible Study will meet Tues., May 9, at 12:30 p.m. Call John at 626-6373 for info. Friday, May 5 19X9 Volleyball Celebrity Match The WSC Women's Volleyball Team will present a VIP exhibition match, Fri., May 5, at'7 p.m. in the Swenson Gym. Admission is S3. For more info, call 626-7091. Middle East Workshop The Div. of Cont. Ed. will sponsor a Middle East Workshop Fri., and Sat., May 5, 6. Cost is S30. For more info or reservations, call 626-7218. .and Beyond Summer Financial Aids Financial aid is available on a first-come, first-serve basi s for students who wish to attend summer quarter. Priority will be given to full-time students. Work-study funding is available for students who will not attend summer quarter, but return to school in the fall. Contact the Financial Aids office, 626-658 1 , for more information. BikeWalk-a-Thon Baptist Campus Ministry will sponsor a BikeAValk-a-Thon, pat., May 6. Call Alison at 825-8455 or Robbie at 392-5060 for more Klclails. Fashion Show "Weber Slate is in Jeopardy of High Fashion," presented, Fhurs., May 18, at 10:30 am., at the bell tower. Special announcements... Veterans Upward Hound The following workshops are available FREE to veterans: Math: MWF, 12:30 - 1 :20 p.m., and TWTh, 5-5:50 p.m. Writing: MWF, 4:30 - 5:20 p.m. Study Skills: MWF 5:30 - 6:20 p.m. Speed Reading: MWF 1 :30 2:20 p.m. All worshops are held in the Business Bldg., rm. 1 12, and will run through Spring Quarter. For more info, call 626-7 1 73. Honors Courses The Honors Dept. is currently planning their course offerings for next year. Anyone interested in teaching an Honors course should contact Dr. Ron Holt at ext. 6230, or Mail Code 2904, by Wed., May 10. Deadline for Ca. 11,0115 Update: Friday at noon for MonHay's edition, Tuesday at noon for Wednesday's edition and Thurv,!:y at noon for Friday's edition. Deadlines are enforced. Announcements should be typed, precise and kept to 25 wolds or less. All entries are subject to editing. For consideration leave copy at the Signpost offices, Union Building room 267. |