October 22, 1996

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A Little Sex & Drugs Students Exaggerate Condom Carrying

If you can't stop'em, join'em. That saying is com- mon, and in this day and age it can a be dangerous saying de- pending what "they" are doing. Take sex, it is impossible to lecture people to stop engag- ing sexual activity. It has be- come, not only a form ofrepro- duction, but a form of expres- sion of love (call it what you want) between two people, and

even recreation. So how can & people be told notto do it. This §

can also apply to drinking and/ or drugs.

Many young adults do do drugs, and drink and are sexual active, and many think they know everything about it,

from the rolling ofa good joint | to missionary position toa den- |

tal damp. The reality is that

most do not know the facts, that is why the week of No-

vember 4 to the 9 the Univer- sity of Prince Edward Island plans to have a Sex and Drugs Awareness week.

Finished rolling your eyes?

"Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll Week" is not to lecture students notto drink, nor drugs, nornot have sex, ratherto make them aware of the dangers, and consequences of their actions. This year it hoped that when you HIT THE BARS, every- one has a designated driver, and when sex is planned, be responsible.

What is planned for this week? On the first day, Mon- day, November 4, there will be a "HIT the BARS. But desig- nate a driver! Sign here if you have been or have used a des- ignated driver." banner in the Breezeway. Students are en- couraged to sign it. It is nota contract, but it lets people know that you have been responsible while partying.

Anotherevent schdueled

is Wednesday, November 6, when three speakers are sched- uled to talk about in Robertson Library, room 108. The first is AIDS 101, yes it is needed to graduate; second is a man liv- ing with AIDS, who will talk

about his story and about AIDS; and finally, a former drug addict, what it has done to his life. Brushing these people off will not benefit any stu- dent, rather it will expand your knowledge of AIDS, which is on this island, and make you think about drug addiction and abuse.

Other events are planned throughout week like a SEX SHOW. This event is planned for the residences and possibly the Barn, and is a great oppor- tunity to test your knowledge and to find out about other aspects of sex that you did not know - which is a lot!

FREE CONDOMS JEOPARDY FREE MUNCHIES

By Karen Faryna The Ubyssey, University of British Columbia

Students don't tell the truth when it comes to con- doms. That is the conclusion two University of British Co-

| lumbia marketing professors

have come to after conduction two separate surveys over the last year.

A self-report survey conducted in March found that approximately one third of the

1376 UBC students who par-

ticipated said they would be "very" or "somewhat likely" to take a condom with them if they went to a bar.

But a follow-up survey on students’ actual condom-

es carrying behaviour outside a

capus pub had very different results.

The two professors, Gerald Gorn and Charles Weinberg, offered students a $5 food coupon for every con- dom they showed they were carrying.

"We were surprised at how lowthe carrying rate was,"

Weinberg said. "Not everyone goes to the [pub] to have sex, obviously, but some people do, and so you'd think that more people would be carry- ing condoms than they actu- ally are."

Out of 346 students go- ing into the pub, only 16 men and no women were carrying condoms. The discrepancy be- tween the self-report survey and the spot check was prob- ably because "it is a socially good answer [to say] 'I'm go- ing to carry a condom'." Weinberg said.

Despite rigorous cam- paigns promoting safe sex, many people still have not gotten the message says aids counselor Chris Buchner. He said although the survey con- cerned him, he was not sur- prised.

"Condom use [among heterosexuals] is sporadic at best. A fair amount of people areusing them onceanda while, but they're not consistent with oy

An earlier study by the same professors classified con-

doms as a "desirable unmen- tionable" product, meaning it is a product that is generally desirable, but may be uncom- fortable to purchase on an in- dividual basis.

Of the 131 university students interviewed for that study, only 34 percent of the males and 41 percent of the females reported no embarrass- ment when purchasing con- doms.

"That's unfortunate," Buchner said, "because a lot of people inthe front linesof AIDS work and health education for several years now havetried to demystify and destigmatise condoms."

One solution to over-

come the embarrassment issue is to change the buying proc- ess, Weinberg says. He says condoms shouldn't be place in a separate area of a store, but instead should be placed in ar- eas people already shop. For men, this could be near the shaving products and for women, around the feminine hygiene area, he says.

CIMN Open For Business

Have youever wanted to tell people how you feel or what you think about something? Do you think that things need to be changed and want to tell people why and how? Do you just want to play the music that you like that is not played on Charlottetown’s commercial radio stations? Well, now is your chance! CIMN is now officially open and looking for volunteers to fill up the airwaves.

For those who are not aware, CIMN is UPEI’s campus/community radio station and has been

for over 25 years. Despite set backs that the station has faced over the past year, it is up and running once again. If you want to listen, just tune your radio dial into 700am on campus. The real fun is not injust listening, but volunteering as well. The station is looking for people to do everything from DJing their own music shows, to news broadcasting, music cataloguing and band interviews. If you are politically minded or if you just want to play the newest album by your favourite band, CIMN is the place to be.

In addition to looking for volunteer DJs, CIMN is also looking for applicants for the volunteer Management positions that are available. Whereas experience is not a necessity for a DJ (CIMN provides all the training!), it is definitely an asset for the managerial jobs. The open positions are for Station Manager, Program Director, Music Director of P.R., Music Director Librarian and Spoken Word Director. Applications for both volunteer DJs and the management positions are available at the offices of CIMN Radio on the third floor ofthe Barn. For more information on any ofthe available positions or CIMN itself, just drop by the Barn or you can call or e-mail the station at 566-0417 or CIMN@UPEI.CA respectively. We hope to see lots of new faces at CIMN this year as well as lots of familiar ones! Until then, thanks for listening!