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' l' Students, pi ? ? Group urges 1 4.^ ~~4 uov^ tu yet sex smart By AMY BARCOMB Staff Writer October is the time to Get SMART. Get SMART is a year-long sex awareness and responsibility campaign sponsored by the Open Door 1 'Program. The campaign starts this month. Lisa Mohn, Program Director of the Open Door Health Awareness and Promotion Program said Get SMART is a way for students to learn that Sex Means Awareness, ^ Responsibility and Truth. The idea was prompted in part by ihe increasing rate of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) on campus. "Between 5 percent and 10 percent of all visits to the Student Health Center are concerning .STDs," Mohn said. "We feel that the numbers are so high because of the way that students view their susceptibility to and the severity of S.TOs." , There are many different programs within the Get SMART campaign. One of the programs involves the University 101 classes. At thp hpcrinnina nf thp. sp.mpstp.r Open Door gave the freshmen in these classes Health Risk Appraisal surveys, which were sent to a .computer service for evaluation. " ; Toward the end of the semester, Open Door will take the results back to the classes for discussion. "The main focus of these talks is personal responsibility with an emphasis on STDs," Mohn said. v-Open Door will also be conducting sex awareness programs in dif- _ ferent dormatories, with the possi. bility of expanding to other .groups, Mohn said. ? L "We hope to get other student , organizations involved to sponsor ' events and programs and then we ,, -W9uld go and provide advice and ..-;so forth," Mohn said. Mohn also stated that Open Door plans to carry the Get SMART campaign over into next year depending on student g response. So far, student reactions to the campaign have been positive. "I think it's a good idea. Lots of people on campus think they know . Everything about everything, but they don't," philosophy sophomore Jim Moss said. "We hope the program will be ^ something in which the students will take an interest," said Mohn. h; ? si 1 h' l^?lm fiffnillsMHfl 111 01 P'T'H il I! I: H 5^ 11f 15 H ^ >S H ^ fill*3 si g ? a ? |'^ * HpS B^i-S S # y o ^?11 i# H v si! I Z g O .3 ! S ;! Is* , a -,Js iii? r? El 5^4. *-j ^ i w> ? H-S, rHe Sex C rofessionals giv ' -ilM' v^ij'iii^'-!*' <iiff ,,,(i^ut1ji!|f]i1;l^ "h'ywH ;ill if Mi \ 'i ' ^ I V^J "\j j|l ^" i ySl Homosexuc Jen Bacon ^ giv Gwst columnist mi] It is the year 2050. An overwhelming popula- ga)n boom in the 1990s has forced the govern- a ent to control all childbirth via artificial inseination. In order to insure that no natural pre- e tancies occur, heterosexual relationships have j jen made illegal. ua C&I A new drug to create homosexual offspring ch< as been developed and in wide circulation ch< nee 1995. Because of a genetic mutation, pai Dwever, approximately 10 percent of the hu- bo lan population is immune to the drug ? thus th; ear heterosexual offspring. These children, un randed and oppressed for their sexual deiance, describe their world: nu ho "I feel like everyone is watching le ... hating me for something I can't control." ar( "I didn't choose to be straight... I wish I we;n't. I've tried to force myself into gay relaonships, but it just seems so unnatural to me." ^ Despite their oppression, however, thousands as F these children have begun a rebellion against 1 pC i 2 ^ 1 -~P 2 iS I 'P J I! 9 ?fl i* d I M ii :j v | CI? | o g jj ^ skills 3 3 z ^ I 'earn E3 \ J # >n Ca e fears, opinio ^.... * \ Fr:' e.n.a5 ^ ' \)C ility is diffe /ernment intervention in sexual relations. As esult, hundreds of small groups of heter>xuals are sprouting up across the country ? ing support to one another, educating the gay nmunity about straight lifestyles and in genI dp.mandinff eoual rights for heterosexuals. '* ? o "i o As absurd as this whole notion appears, a silar situation ? in reverse ? is forced upon ^s and lesbians nationwide. There is no drug t makes them gay and no genetic mutation, ere are not thousands, there are millions. But ; overall scenario exists. Alfred Kinsey, the leading authority on sex1 behavior, estimates that one in 10 Ameriis is homosexual. These individuals did not aose their sexual orientation, nor did they Dose the harassment and violence that accomny it, as surely as they did not choose to be rn into a racist, sexist, and homophobic world at fears and hates anyone it does not derstand. National Coming Out Day, Oct. 11, is an anal event to remind the straight majority that mosexuals are here to stay, and that we are t so very different from the rest of the popuion. It is a day to "take your next step" tow1 accepting your sexuality and the social burn that currently goes with it. The Gay and Lesbian Student Association is ing to (hive this point home with events such Blue Jean Day, which is designed to force terosexuals to experience the homophobia THE DOLLARS AN SENSE OF JOININ Wk. AIR FORCE ROT* E* Air Force ROTC makes a 1< V of sense for many reasons. Sta with the dollars: the eligibility to apply for scholarship programs that ca help pay tuition, books, fees - even provide $ 1 tax-free income each month. There's much more - you'll develop managem* and the ability to motivate others. Everything you i will help you every day of your life. Start by contacting MAJOR FULD 777-4134 Leadership Excellence Starts Here mpus >ns about sex in =ZI " Pi i;i' J. st C ^ or V" o \y ' ilii ^ r Wm By K # As \t Assis w wi /X / preg1 KW\ ^ \X y , J able Birth ? < ??; CooWl > & 4 the : I Illustration by Linda Sturn ' rent world 5 By that gays and lesbians experience every day. By Sta choosing an item like blue jeans, everyone cm js campus suddenly becomes aware of the discrimination that is directed toward lesbians and ferr gays. the So while many heterosexuals are wasting j their time worrying that we're going to hit on ^ them, we're actually sitting in a group of 40 or par] so discussing stereotypes, discrimination, rela- jeg( tionships and other issues that effect our daily trar routine. ? We're also discussing AIDS, and encourag- ?jS< ing safe sex practices, so much so that AIDS the cases are increasing much more rapidly among stU) heterosexuals now, while homosexuals have ac- m0] cepted the responsibility that accompanies sex. j The GLSA is even talking to classes and resi- wai dence halls via our speakers' bureau to try to jjce spread the word that gays and lesbians are just carr like everyone else. The biggest difference is not p our sex life, but the fact that we are excluded ^ from history texts, television programming, ad- me, vertising, legal codes, military service and often wai from our own families. col I am a lesbian, and I am sure that once this article is printed I will hereafter be defined as a ^ lesbian. I am also a feminist, an English major, ^ a daughter, a sisjer and a friend. Most of all, I -] am a human being who has the same responsi- chh bilities to society, but not the same rights. So if tals you are going to hate me, hate me for who I am, not for whom I love. B $50 MINIMI - DONAT Your plasma is needed recently have had any l\ infections!!! 1) Mononucleosis " 2) Strep Throat 3) Chickenpox or Shingli 4) Measles 5) Mumps 6) Chlymidia or Herpes (must be free of other S /^Y^N 2719 I Suite <80: Serologicals the '90s regnancy ill issue i campus ATHY HEBERGER ;tant Carolina Life Editor hen a college woman becomes lant, crucial questions fill her at a time when she is feeling confused and especially unto logically answer these tions. fsa very emotional situation, decisions are made lightly," icology Nurse Practitioner at Student Health Center Linda phis said. vo-to-three women test posifor pregnancy at the USC StuHealth Center each week, and (regnant women a month turn le Daybreak Crisis Pregnancy er each month for help. Both es state tneir nrst pnorny is ng with the woman, helping decide what steps to take with pregnancy. ie three primary choices of del with pregnancy include havhe baby and keeping it, having Daby and giving it up for adopand having an abortion, -ee examinations, counseling, rmation about abortion, referto doctors, maternity and baby hing and information about srnity homes are available at imbia organizations, he Open Door Health and lness Center and the GynecolClinic in the Student Health See PREGNANCY page 5 TDs roblem n campus JEFFREY C. TURBITT ff Writer National studies show that 80 cent of males and 60 percent of tales become sexually active by time they enter college, lecause the average college stuit typically has multiple sex biers, the possibility of a col3 student acquiring a sexually ismitted disease is ever-present. )r. James Turner, director of the C Student Health Center, said total number of sexually-active dents with STDs at USC is re than 25 percent le said STDs such as venereal ts, chlymidia, herpes, and pubic are an "epidemic on college lpuses." decent statistics show that more i 15 percent of sexually active i and women contract venereal ts, the most common STD on lege campuses. Six to eight =s of venereal warts are treated h day at the student health cenTurner said. "urner says two to four cases of /midia, an infection of the geni, are treated each day at USC, See SEX pa9e 5 JM EACH ION if you have or of the following 5S iTD's) i Middleburg Dr. > 105 mbia, SC 29204 3) 254-6537