Sexual Awareness Workshops.
Date Rape Drugs, 12 to 1 p.m., Tuesday in the Illinois Room of the Student Center.
How to Be a Better Lover (Protect Yourself and Your Partner)
6 to 7 p.m., Tuesday in the Missouri Room.
Risky Business: Hepatitis and You, 6 to 7 p.m., Wednesday in the Missouri Room
Unspeakable: The Naked Truth about Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs),12 to 1 p.m., Thursday in the Ohio Room.
Who Wants to Be a (Millionaire) Sexpert? (interactive sex trivia game), 6 to 7 p.m., Thursday in the Ohio Room.
We like to think of ourselves as a sexually aware generation. Nearly 80 percent of college students who are sexually active reported they used contraception to prevent pregnancy the last time they engaged in sexual intercourse.
While this is encouraging, similar statistics suggest that the fight against sexually transmitted infections and unwanted pregnancies is far from not being a factor in the college crowd. AIDS currently claims 26,528 people per year in the 20 to 24 age group. Rates of unintended pregnancy among the 15 to 24 age group are higher than for any other demographic.
Our University has chosen to respond to the problem by celebrating the nationally recognized Sexual Responsibility Week with several workshops that will continue through Thursday.
Students should respond to the problem as well by attending these workshops designed to protect them. There is much to be learned here that could help save your life. For instance, in the workshop "Risky Business: Hepatitis and You," students learn that Hepatitis B, a hundred times more infectious than HIV, is preventable by a cheap vaccine that will protect them for life.
Being sexually aware means more than being a condom devotee. We encourage our fellow students, one of the fastest growing populations contracting AIDS, to take this free opportunity to learn how to keep out of such grave statistics. We can only protect ourselves when we are informed.
Published on 11/17/05; 12:24:44 PM
