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Opinion Health Center

Aids Students
By Rick Signoretti
If you've bitten into a meat
and bean burrito and ended up
with a mouth full of sauce and By Nona Yates
one bean, or purchased a famous If you've been postponing a
Cougarburger and found your teeth visit to the doctor because you
imbedded in a stale bun, or pur- don't want to go broke just yet,
e has e d a cup, ·1 of coffee with postpone that visit no more.
cream and sugar and wondered if There is a Community Health
it's muddy water, or asked for Center (CHC) down the street
additional cream and sugar and that is ready to help you.
found the attitude of the employ- Most people aren't aware of
ees anything but hospitable, you the services it offers or even
know what I'm talking about. that it exists. The Community
Vencoa, the food service com- Health Center is part of the Pub-
pany, has been in operation on lic Health Department and is lo-
our campus since the fall of 1971 cated in the Civic Center on
and· the quality of the food and Valencia Blvd. The center afters
service offered by it has contin- help to persons suffering from -
ued to decline while prices have physical and emotional problems
continued to rise. Almost every
and it offers these services free.
item sold by Vencoa has under- Some services of special in-
gone a price increase with the
terest to students are:
exception of the coffee, which The Maternal Health and Fam-
if quality is not improved, should ily Planning program encom-
be given away for free. passes prenatal and postpartum
One of the most recent price care for expectant mothers, fam-
i n c r e a s e s h a s b e e n o n s o ft ily planning and family life, and
drinks. The price has risen from sex education, including birth
1 0 c e n t s to 1 5 c e n t s which Unscheduled segment of the Homecoming program was appearance of control information.
wouldn't be bad if the drinks Charlie Tripp in drag as "Miss Reject of 1930" and "escorts" Jim
weren't 75 per cent water and 25 Vericker and Steve Lough resplendent in early-Mafia fashions in- Drug Abuse program provides
per cent ice . cludingtommyguns. ' treatment for drugs and drug-re-
Opening and closing times lated illness, crisis interven-
problems have occurred and a Boyer 2 S,holarships tionk group therapy, and family
settlement was reached~ but not (Cont'd from Page 1) counseling.
adhered to by Vencoa. The time to obtain more money from Sac- Social Work provides help for
problem and solution are as f al- ramento." Available Now persons with economic, social
lows: Vencoa desired to open Boyer, who also teaches at and emotional problems. '
shop at 9 a.m. instead of 8 a.m. Kennedy-San F ernando Commun- Two scholarships are now Venere a 1 Disease Control
This action was agreed to with ity Adult School, received his available. The first is the Col- offers examination, diagnosis,
the· sti pulation that pastry be bachelor of arts degree at Trin- lege Entran ce Examination and treatment of VD, especially
available at 8 a.m., that all vend- ity University, San Antonio, Board Upper Division scholar- syphillis and gonorrhea.
ing machines be in operation, and Tex., and his master's in ed- The Youth C 1 inics are de-
that the grill be open for business ship. This is for minority stu- s i g n e d t o me et the special
promptly at 9 a.m. ucation at the University of dents, Blacks, Chicanos, Porto health needs of adolescents and
Cincinnati. He also studied at Ricans, or American Indians young people.
The Student Senate has been
trying to combat these problems at Edinburg University in Scot- planning to transfer to a four- Child Health provides immun-
and is appealing to the student land. year college by September. izations and conferences with
body for help. A complaint box To qualify, the student must parents on food, health habits,
will be located in front of the be a citizen of the United States, and parent-child relationships.
lunch area and all students are receiving his AA degree in. June, This division also includes men-
tal retardation clinics.
asked to write their com plaints have an approximate 3.0 grade
in relation to the food service on point average, and be in finan- The Alcoholic Rehabilitation
campus. cial need. The scholarship varies Clinic offers treatment and edu-
These complaints will be re- from full tutition to 20 per cent cation services to persons with
viewed and presented to the ad- of the student's financial need. drinking problems. It also pro-
ministration. In addition, a pe- The second is the Mint Can- vides assistance and informa-
tition form will be circulated and tion to persons concerned with
(Cont 'd. on Page 3) the drinking problems of family
presented to the administration
and the Vencoa Company to make members and close friends.
Other programs include chro-
our dissatisfaction known, munity, Boyer said: nic Disease Control, Commun-
These actions are not insti- ''I'd like to bring together
gated to remove Vencoa from our icable Disease Control, Disaster
various citizen groups and the Services, Environmental Sanita-
campus (they have a contract with expertise of faculty and staff to tion, Health Education, Nursing
us until August, 1974) but simply tackle local problems." Service, Well-Baby Clinics, Nu-
to upgrade the quality of food.
An activist who believes that trition, Occupational Health,
I sincerely hope the students
on campus will actively partici- citizens not only possess the Public Health Investigation,
Radiological Health, School
pate in resolving this problem. right to know what is going on
in gov e r n me nt, but that they Health, Tuberculosis Control
should also whenever possible and Vital Records. '
take part in its processes, Boyer One thing to keep in mind is
THE CANYON CALL Carl Boyer concluded by inviting man-to- that it is a clinic and cannot pro-
Puhlistwd twkl' monthly by studl'nts at man and woman-to-woman dia- vide hospital services. If you need
C ull,•g•• of the Cany ons. Editorial o pin-
iuns l'Xprt>s sPd in this publication a rt· "Any school exists to help logue with the college commun- hos pita] or other services not a-
thost' of the writer and not nec rssarily ity. vailable at the center, it will re-
thost• of t he coll ege. each person develop his own fer you to the proper place.
EDITOR potential," he said. "A c ollege ''I hope students, faculty, and
Rick Signoretti such as ours should help all the the administrators will always These services and programs
EDITORIAL STAFF are available to everyone. The
Fred Fink Charlie Ippoliti people--those who ar e academ- feel free to contact me on any
Judith Conk lin Marc ia Kent ically inclined, those who de- problem. My number is in the CHC is here to help you in
Laura Raynor Gary Filch strict confidence. It has an ex-
DPbbit' Hurd Chris Carson sire v o c at ion al training, and phone book.''
Rosanne Nocciolo Deborah Bush those interested in cultural en- Reared at Wallingford, PA., c e 1 lent staff of doctors and
Nona Yates Maria l- 7 itc h nurses .
PHOTOGRAPHERS richment." near Philadelphia, Boyer came If you have questions or pro-
Rima Kent Wayne Huniphrt· y Asserting that he desired to to Newhall in 1966. He and his
NiJolt> Kent Maury GtJssin blems, drop by the center. It's
Chris B,,sha JPrry Hornb<'c k see more use made of this col- wife, Chris, are parents of three, open Monday through Friday from
ADVISOR lege as a ''resource of informa- Michele, 9, Denise, 8 and Dan-
T(lny Rt> m£>nih 8 a.m. to 4 :30 p,m. The staff will
tion" to benefit the entire com- ielle. 5. be glad to help you.