MONTREAL (CUP) — An entrepreneur’s dream of in- stalling condom vending ma- chines in CEGEP washrooms may never come true, if oppo- sition to the plan continues to mount.

Jocelyn Morin, a former X-ray technician, has been approach- ing colleges throughout Quebec and is reported to have an exclusive contract with an American condom manufac- turer, Nation Sanitary Lab. But education minister Claude Ryan said the plan is absurd and should be abandoned.

“As I understand it, there are places-where these things can be procured by people who want them—there are pharmacies,” he said. “I’m not too familiar with this, but I can’t see these things being installed in col- leges. It would be too ridicu- lous.”

Itidal Sadek, director of Daw- son College’s campus, doubts condoms will be available there. “We don’t sell anything ‘in dispensers, not even sani- tary napkins.”

Condom Controversy Heats Up

“Tt’s basically a fear of van- dalism and although condoms would be good for educational purposes, they’re not needed for emergencies. I just haven’t heard any convincing argu- ments.”

Tom Nowers, head of student

services at Marianopolis Col- lege, says the potential for vandalism is too great.

“The minute you put money into a machine, you’ve got a problem,” he said. “I can understand both sides of the argument, though, of having birth control versus the implied tacit approval of sexual activ- ity.”

John Abbott College official Irena Fish agrees. “If you have them available, you could be seen to be promoting sexual promiscuity, but on the other hand, you’re also promoting health,” she said.

“The idea will have difficulty passing here because of paren- tal and community reaction,” she said. But Mary farrell, a Dawson College health services

worker, has no problems with condoms on campus.

“Even the Department of

Health is promoting the use of |

condoms. It should be up to the students. If they want them, they should be available,” said Farrell. Trois Rivieres College

director Alain Lallier said Morin approached him about the plan, and said he found merit to stopping transmitted diseases and unwanted preg-

_ nancies. “We haven’t installed

any machines yet, but we have set up a commitee to study the idea,” said Lallier. “The con-

dom vending maching would have to be one aspect of a total educational campaign to make students more aware of their responsibilities.”

There were more than 40,000 teenage pregnancies in Can- ada last year.

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