I arrived in class the day of our interview confused as to which room I was supposed to be in and where our advisors were. When my confusion was finally cleared up and our advisors arrived, we were given the date of our presentation and handed in our revised research question before going to interview professors. Melat Gebre and Melissa Moise went to find a Biology professor to interview, while Sarah Tosi and I went in search of a Sociology professor. Naturally, we started in Locke, going to the writing center to be redirected. The staff in the writing center had no idea who the Sociology professors were or where we could find them. They told us they would e-mail us more information, but they never did.
Meanwhile, Melat and Melissa interviewed Dr. Barpha S. Mitra and shared their interview with us later. When asked about the high AIDS rate in D.C. Dr. Mitra reportedly stated that AIDS, like any other STD spreads very quickly through metropolitan areas. Dr. Mitra also discussed the idea that finding reasons why AIDS is so prevalent in D.C. is difficult because there are always so many uncontrolled variables, and the high AIDS rate may have something to do with genetics, but this has yet to be proven. Dr. Mitra pointed to the fact that this generation of D.C. residents has a lot of people who are closely linked to Africa, where the AIDS problem is greatest. Also, Dr. Mitra reminded Melat and Melissa that an individual’s lifestyle can increase their chance of contracting AIDS.
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