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Show THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 18. 1982 VOL. THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH 91. NO. 99 Jackson issues challenge Blacks told to get involved by Matt Adelman Chronicle staff told a predominantly Jackson Maynard black audience that they cannot continue waiting for a Sir Lancelot of come riding across X X?f fX 5L a Former Atlanta Mayor Maynard H. Jackson urges blacks to become actively involved the only effective way to produce change. He spoke at Lecture. Wednesday's Challenge in politics,, saying it is a meadow and take away their problems. Jackson, speaking at the ASUU Challenge Lecture Wednesday said blacks need to get involved in politics and cause change because history shows the most effective way for change is through politics. Jackson was the first black mayor of Atlanta, Ga. He was elected in 1 973 and reelected in 1 977. Jackson used an analogy of the blacks waiting for a Sir Lancelot and not solving the problems themselves. "Get up and take part," he said. One of the current issues Jackson pointed out is the controversy1 of not extending the Voting Rights Act of 965. He said the Voting Rights Act is the most important black legislation ever passed. He said violations of the act are numerous and many cases have been documented, such as sheriffs getting votes and then not turning them over so they can be counted. He said the sheriff in the rural south is part of the trinity: "Father, son and holy sheriff." He said whites should be concerned as well about the act. "All Americans who say they love freedom should be concerned. It is right, moral and ethical. If you take away Medical Center tests 'miracle drug' treatment healed the ishemic ulcers on several patients by Kirk Millson Chronicle staff The excitement began in 1963 when a pair of researchers, Stanley Jacob and Robert Herschel, discovered that the little known drug they were testing had the ability to penetrate the tissues of plants and animals with surprising therapeutic results. Since then dimethyl sulfoxide, commonly known as DMSO, has been tested on everything from headaches to herpes and has been hailed by thousands as a cure-a- ll miracle drug. Though many of the tests have shown that the drug does have certain positive effects on a wide range of ailments, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has remained unconvinced, and has made the sale of the drug for human consumption a crime until the results of further tests are in. The University is one of several institutions around the country that the FDA has allowed to investigate this controversial "cure-all.- " Researchers at the University Medical Center's Rheumatology Department are duplicating certain segments of a 1965 experiment at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation which showed that a DMSO Candidates consider LDSSA's approval critical to campaigns by Steve Francis Chronicle staff LDSSA has a major and often decisive influence on determining the winner of the ASUU presidential election, according to three of this year's presidential candidates. Next to ASUU, of which every University student is a member, LDSSA is the largest student organization at the University. Approximately 4,000 students are enrolled in classes at the Institute, and about 6,000 students in LDSSA activities; and about 1 1,000 University students are LDS. "Just from looking at past results it's obvious that group is important. Because they are such a large group, a presidential candidate has to be sensitive to the LDS students' needs," said Larry Pinnock, vice presidential candidate for the For 'U' Party. "Just the fact that they're one of the largest groups on campus makes them important," said Jim Edwards, presidential candidate for The Balance Party. "It has been very important in the past because it has such a high voter turnout," said John Zaratzian, presidential candidate for The Opportunity Party. The last candidate to win without LDSSA support was continued on page three are-involve- with systemic sclerosis. Ischemic ulcers are painful open sores which appear at the fingertips, ankles and elbows of people with systemic sclerosis. According to Dr. Mike Dahl of the Medical Center's Rheumatology Department, the trouble with most of the 1960s studies is they did not involve a control group. "Those researchers did not prove whether the DMSO was causing the results, or whether a saline solution would have had the same affect," Dahl explained. "Our study will be much more conclusive because we are testing one group of patients with the DMSO, and a control group with a saline solution. We hope to have some firm results within a year," he said. Though the FDA has refused to approve DMSO for any human use, except to relieve the pain of a rare bladder disease called interstitial cystitis, those who want it find it readily available in many stores. According to Dahl, this is of the paper because the drug is actually just a as an and is sold and used legally manufacturing industry, industrial solvent. "What many people don't realize, however, is that there is a big difference between the DMSO that is used in laboratories and the DSO that is sold in stores," he said. "We use the pharmaceutical grade DMSO which is 100 percent pure, while the industrial grade DMSO is full of impurities. The DMSO carries the impurities into the blood stream, creating a potential for dangerous side effects," he said. Despite the potential health hazard which he has known about for some time, former Ohio State distance runner Todd Deetz continues to use the drug regularly. "I damaged the ligaments in my knee last year and the DMSO is the only thing that has kept me running," Deetz said. "I rub it on a couple of hours before I do anything and it keeps the pain down to a level where I can stand it. I've never experienced any side effects either, other than an occasional rash, and a little bad breath," he said. According to Dahl, the rash and garlicky breath are the most common side effects of DMSO. To date, the only thing that has been clinically proven about DMSO is that it can be a fairly effective pain reliever. Other tests have provided evidence that it may have the ability to clear up the lesions on herpes and leprosy victims, and bring about a decrease in the anxiety levels of mental patients. "We know the DMSO has the potential to be a very important drug," said Dahl. "The problem is deciding where to use it." non-viole- nt have left?" means for change, what do you Jackson also discussed Ronald Reagan's policies and the need for people to get involved to change those policies. He said he personally likes Reagan but dislikes many of his policies, especially the New Federalism, which he claims is neither new or federalism. He called Reagan a good person who sincerely believes what he is doing is right. "But a good person with a bad public policy can hurt (the country) as much as a bad person," he said. Changing public policy is simple but not easy, Jackson said. "Public policy works like this: If we have two votes and they have one vote, we win. If you do not have the two votes, redefine the we. Therefore, we need help from others, including whites," he said. But, he pointed out, the reason past biracial groups have failed is that the blacks were powerless. "Allies are for support, not leadership; we can lead ourselves, we don't need leadership," he said. During the question and answer period, Jackson spoke out against Reagan's foreign policy toward South Africa while he praised the policy toward Poland. "The Reagan Administration's drift toward South Africa is inexcusable. What we are doing with the Polish issue is correct but we should work with the same intensity in South Africa," he said. " J"1 j x J ct Chronicle photo by Mike Johnson Naked came the stranger naked man was found doing push-up- s and flagging down cars in front of the Park Building Wednesday, when campus police arrived at 1 2:32 p.m. According to University Police Chief Wayne Shepherd, the man was stopping traffic and "gathering quite a crowd." The man, a University employee, was taken to the University Medical Center for observation and was A later transferred to the Veterans Administration Hospital. No charges were filed. J it Org. U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 1529 Salt Lake City, L'T Non-Prof- |
