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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.
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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."
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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
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(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.
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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
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of weekly colui
By LISA MOHN
Carolina Life Columnist
Editor's Note: Lisa Mohn is
program director of the Open L
Health Awareness and Promo
Program at USC.
Get SMART (Sex Me;
Awareness Responsibility
Truth) Carolina. Wake up, Ga
cocks! Are you with the progi
a USC? Do you know all you h
* to for maximum pleasure
nrr>t^rtir?n7
Sex is obviously where it's
at. It's all around us. 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
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the all you want to about sex, this col)oor
umn will be a weekly feature. The
tlon format will be question and answer,
giving each of you an opporans
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1 to agree to the use of condoms?
iga- ? What's the sexual position
me_ women enjoy the most?
Can you really get genital
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ring How do I know if I have a
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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
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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
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