PRIYA SHARMA/Daily Bruin Honors students in Biology 40
conduct a raffle and pass out condoms to raise money for
HIV-positive orphans in Africa.
By Emily Taylor-Mortorff
Daily Bruin Contributor
Students in the honors sections of Biology 40 sold baked goods,
passed out free condoms and raffled donated prizes on Bruin Walk
Friday to raise money for a hospice for HIV-positive orphans in
Nairobi, Kenya.
In honor of Saturday’s World AIDS Day ““ themed
“I care ““ do you?” ““ the bake sale raised
money for infected children whose parents have died from the
disease, and it educated students about safe sex, said Kim
Klitofsky, a second-year business economics student who helped
organize the bake sale.
“We’re just here to give people information and help
them,” Klitofsky said.
According to the World AIDS Day Web site, an estimated 40
million people worldwide are HIV-positive, and more than 15,000
people are infected with the disease every day.
One out of five adults in several southern African countries is
HIV-positive, and 13.2 million children are orphans because their
parents have died of AIDS, according to the United Nations Program
on HIV/AIDS.
 The Associated Press Seventh grader Patrick
Beagen from Cleveland Middle School in Albuquerque, N.M.,
looks over some of the AIDS Quilts on display Friday. The bake sale
was part of a class project designed by instructor Roger Bohman, in
which the two honors sections competed to raise money for the
Kenyan hospice.
Noah’s Bagels, Cafe Roma, B.J.’s Restaurant, Planned
Parenthood and the Student Welfare Commission donated goods.
“We’re really grateful for all the different
organizations who have helped us help other people,” said
Jerry Ratevosien, a fourth-year political science and physical
science student who is also the section’s teaching assistant
and co-coordinator of the sale.
To minimize competition, Alpha Gamma Omega, a Christian
fraternity, donated the five dozen Winchell’s doughnuts they
usually pass out Fridays as part of their ministry work.
“If we’re not giving them out for free, more people
will buy them from the bake sale,” said James Pearson, a
second-year honors Biology 40 student and vice president of the
fraternity.
In addition to the doughnuts and condoms, students sold $1
raffle tickets. Prizes ranged from UCLA sweatshirts to a dinner for
five students with Bohman.
For more information, visit www.worldaidsday.com and www.unaids.com.