1985: Colleges, and Individual Students, Struggle With AIDS

HIV/AIDS, which had begun its spread, received major coverage in The Chronicle, notably in two articles by Lawrence Biemiller. The first reported from the University of California at Berkeley, where three people had died after contracting AIDS, others were being treated, and the university was working to develop policies for dealing with “complex logistical and philosophical questions” about the disease. Mr. Biemiller followed up with another story (above), an account of the lengthy relationship of two lovers as one of them was dying of AIDS. Both of them had dropped out, Paul because of his declining health and Terry so Paul could spend his last days at home. Months later, Terry returned to class and volunteered to participate in the university’s AIDS-education efforts. In 1994, Mr. Biemiller wrote about Terry again.