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AIDS looms as By STEVE JONES Staff Writer / Acquired Immune Deficiency i / Syndrome is a disease that has J / been getting worldwide attention $ f . \\ a in recent years. j{ Li A 7] f Some think it is only the dis- r I A ""'T" '/ ease of homosexuals and drug v\ K, , ^ / users, but AIDS is assaulting \^^//V) V'C y'V mainstream America. More and / more non-drug users, heterosexu- / als and babies are testing HIVpositive. ~ The U.S. Surgeon General es- -? timates that more than 1.5 million Americans have AIDS or \ /% . W carry HIV (Human Immunodefi- V ciency Virus), the virus which V -. p./ f\ ' triggers AIDS. \ * \ 0^ , a" About 20 to 30 percent of all V , y'- ;> HIV carriers will contract ARC V r (AIDS-related complex) within a Yy jr month to a few years, according v> 'T to the Surgeon General's office. y, N * Most of the patients will be diag- \ ^ nosed with AIDS after as little as % a few weeks or as long as seven v* ? # or more years from infection. ~V"**T- ? The majority of all AIDS J cases are still found in ho- \J0 mosexual men and in intravenous ! m?' drug users. However, heter- J / osexual men and women are I Wip jf quickly becoming more at risk I WP-A than ever before. I jVjp-. The Surgeon General states /; | that HIV cannot be transferred j j by casual contact with an in- /jf fected person, insect bites, kissing or through clothes. It can be transferred through sharing drug needles, any types of anal sex Art work courtesy of S.C. Professors put new twists in sex education ciass From College Press Service Dr. Reginald Fennell goes to great lengths to make his students think about AIDS. For example, the bearded Fennell sometimes will arrive at his Health Education for AIDS class at Miami University of Ohio dressed in a green dress with a pink hat and shoes. He will call himself Abilene Bertha Stinence, or A.B. Stinence (as in "abstinence") for short. "Some reports in journal articles say that humor is the better way to go" when teaching about AIDS, Fennell explained. A number of schools recently have tried to demystify the subject by trying to make it "fun." A gorilla-costumed "King Condom" has toured the University of Texas-Austin camous to show oassers-bv how to out a condom on a ba nana. The State University of New York at Albany held a "Sexuality Week" that included a condom dance. A private company called College Condoms sells condoms that come in school colors at the universities of Southern California, California at Los Angeles, California at Santa Barbara, San Jose University and other campuses in Arizona, Florida, Iowa and Kansas. At Miami of Ohio, Fennell's students once handed out 1,000 coupons for novelty "Kiss of Mint" and "Gold Coin" condoms designed by Joan Scott, a Columbus grandmother who first started decorating the devices to encourage her sons to use them. And when crossdressing isn't enough to get his students' attention, Fennell has also held contests to see who in the class can get a condom on a banana the fastest. It's all to get students to feel more comfortable discussing AIDS, said Fennell, who added that the class has been full almost every semester since he started teaching it in January, 1988. "I'm certainly not trying to make light of a serious disease like AIDS," Fennell said. "I try to do things to make my students think." STUDENT GOVERNMENT CONCERN FORUM SPEAKj OUT!!! / Don't just say it paper! innnnnr^ -v ' * y/1 y v/ Tuesday 6:00 pm Rm 327 A & B Russell House major p h \ a \ V% \ ^ Aids Education Network Inc. Cpv k_/ Continued from page < adding up to over 120 cases this semester. More than 8 percent of sexually active students nationwide suffer from chlymidia, Turner said. Nationally, chylmida effects about four million people each year, and this number is on the rise. Turner said the real terror of STDs is that they often result in infertility or birth defects when left untreated. Emotional and physical stress, possible life-threatening illnesses, medical bills and a feeling of helplessness are just a few of the strains incurred because of STDs. Student concerns about sexually transmitted diseases are mixed. Freshman Ingrid Drygala said, "Women are very concerned about STDs and as a preventative measure should demand the use of a condom before engaging in sex." "Pregnancy is a greater concern for women. With many STDs a simple shot will serve as a cure" Drygala added. "A pregnancy on the other hand would be traumatizing both mentally and emotionally, and it is a great expense." Mike Cleland, a freshman crimi nal justice major, said, "I'm not worried about sexually transmitted diseases because once you know the past history of the girl you can ^WE OVEB INCLUDES: Cruise t Bahamas for two a< the Ocean Liner Di; plus 5 days, 4 nigh accommodations; away Resorts, (tou rating; wiiiic in i ree Bahamas.TicKets good for one) purchase. Offered through a Lic< Limited Amount Ol ORIGINAL C< 1-800-221 EE America > < | SendCti Suite 500.9! Drinking Age Only l I rwu: ? O ! In The Bahamas j ? to availability Alio1 | individually Allow roblem (protected or not) and unprotected sex with an infected person. AIDS is not present in saliva, sweat or urine. It is present in blood, semen and vaginal secretion. Intravenously-transmitted AIDS can be avoided simply and easily. Either avoid IV drugs completely or do not share needles. Several steps should be taken to avoid AIDS. T K ~ ...... * ~ ; J i iic uesi way iu avuiu sexually-transmitted AIDS is to abstain from sex. This, however, is not always a popular option, especially among college students. The next best thing is the use of a condom. These condoms should be latex, not lambskin or other natural materials. Latex does not have pores which allow HIV through, as natural materials do. Also, spermicides such as nonoxynol-9 have been shown in lab tests to actually kill the AIDS virus. It is also imperative that lubrication be used with the condom to ensure its safety. The lubricant must be water-based, as petroleum-based products (Vasoline, baby oil, shortening) weaken the latex and may cause tears in the condom. Ir is pred'cf.i that ithin 10 years, AIDS will become one of the leading causes of death around the world. I make the right decision." He admitted that "there is a temptation to engage in sex before reaching that point and it becomes risky." Philospohy/psychology sophomore Jeremy Miles, said he is not particularly concerned with STDs. "All college students think they are invincible, I'm no exception. Of the five major diseases, three can be cured easily, the use of a condom will stop four of them, including AIDS. "I feel that regardless of most guy-talk, people are for the most part monogamous. I've never met a girl who enjoyed casual sex, by that I mean sex for the sake of its enjoyment, without a romantic commitment," Miles said. Unfortunately, statistics provided by Open Door do not support that belief ? only 40 percent of males use a condom regularly. Condoms are often looked upon as an inconvenience that destroys romantic spontaneity. Turner said a condom does not make a person immune to any disease, but when supplemented by the application of a spermicide, studies have shown the combination controls the spread of AIDS qr?H nthpr infpptinnc Hicpqcpc uiiu uuivi iiuvvuvuj uuvaovo. 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You can'i a day without being exposec sex-innuendos from friends, mj zine advertisements and prii time television. It's not only gut instinct and tional statistics that tell us lot students here (at USC) are ha> sex. Unforunately, we see a lo negative consequences: epide sexually transmitted disease n unwanted pregnancies and c and aquaintance rape. Knowledge isn't all it take; insure the good without the Pregnane Center have information at these private and public pregna centers. Abe Smith, the director at Daybreak Crisis Pregnancy Cer said the majority of the cent patrons are between the ages ol and 24. She said college wor face unique problems with tl pregnancies. "The main concern among girls from USC or Benedict C lege usually deals with where t are going to live and if they going to have to leave scho< Smith said, noting that most c mitnripc Ar\ nr\t cjllrwi;' r>hi1/1r<?n "They ask themselves if tl can keep the news from their rents. Can they stay in Colum during Christmas Break ? through other holidays to av home? They usually tell soma in their families. It's a big secre keep," she said. Smith said the center couns the women about how to han the negative reactions they 1 when they reveal their pregna to friends, family and especia the significant other. "We tell tl how to calm down after those j sibly negative initial reactions how to approach the people a? with the pregnancy," she said. "The women can come here advice, counseling, clothing, in mation about places they can s and check-ups as often as tl like, but it helps to have some who knows you go through it v you," she added. Smith said girls have come the center pregnant as a result being drunk at a party and knowing who the father of child is. " "I don't know how commor is. but in these cases, the nuesr is not only 'who is the father?' 'what do I have besides p gnancy?'" she said. Sexual tra /f? 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Can you really get genital na_ herpes from the cold sores on your 5 0f partner's mouth? ring How do I know if I have a t of sexually transmitted disease? mic To submit your anonymous ttes, questions, send them to: late Carolina Life The Gamecock i to P.O. Box 85131 bad Russell House Continued from page 4 iout mitted diseases are often an addincy tional problem in these situations. Morphis, of the Student Health the Center, said birth control with a iter, condom and a spermicide is 98 er's percent effective in preventing pre* 15 gnancy as well as STDs. nen While the health center does not leir perform abortions, they do refer TX~-. wuiiicn iu pxaues uiai uu. me i^aythe break Crisis Pregnancy Center, a ?ol_ pro-life, anti-abortion center, urges hey women to go to a doctor with hosare pital privileges if they choose to 31" have abortions. Otherwise they lor- may have the abortion in the emergency room and not get a tey hospital room, Smith said. pa. Morphis said the majority of ihia women who come to the Student ind Health Center pregnant decide to old have abortions. The 80 women per one month at the Daybreak Center t to keeP lheir babies. "We try to support them if they ;els decide to have the baby or if they die decide to have an abortion,", she said. Morphis also said pregnanace cies occuring at this time in the women's lives are extremely diffi1 cult to deal with emotionally, fiiem nancially and in a hundred diffe)OS and renl ot^er ways* ^ "Sometimes they are the first roin j person in their family to go to college, and while it may sound selfj.Qr ish, they don't want to give up " their chance to make it," she said. Morphis said it is definitely possible to go through school after having the baby. "You can defit0 nitely do it. There's no law to keep 0f people from coming to school prenot gnant," she said, adding that there the are a lot of women with babies going to school at USC now. i The Open Door Center is availjon able at 777-8248, the Gynecology hut Clinic at 777-6816 and the Dayrp_ break Pregnancy Crisis Center at 771-6634 ^LIMITED) rS COLUMBIA >wear with Style! LUMBIA AND USC YEARS NOW! LTTICA, DUCKHEAD, UNION BAY & ONEILL i out our fall lines! 252-1557 Across from Pug's uUf^" $51 II11 T 'U (LIMITED) Qff m us at Mclntyre's liars off any regular thru October 15th his coupon mum purchase MS M, i