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EDITORIAL Runge pay raise well-deserved The University granted Jody Kunge. the heed women's bosket halt coach, a salary increase that will almost dou ble her current pay. The debate over her salary turned into a debate over gender discrimination and equity in pay. In the end, Kunge scored a significant victory and the University cat no closer to closing the gap between the salaries of men and women. It’s about time. Range's raise goes to a basic right of equality — men and women should be paid the same amount of money for doing the same job. While Range is the coach of the women's basketball team, she was paid $48,000 last year. Hardly the going rate for a university basketball coach these days, especially for one who look her team to the NCAA tournament In her first season at Oregon. With a raise. Range’s base salary will increase to $80,000 annually. It doesn't come close to Jerry Green's mega deal, but it is a tiny stop closer to equality. Some have said the University caved in when it grant ed a salary increase to Runge ™~ a move to avoid a law suit for sox discrimination. While few except those directly Involved know the true reason for the agreement on a now four-vear contract, it seems the University understands a basic principle. Men and women should bo paid equally for doing the same job. Others have said the men’s and women’s basketball programs are something less than comparable, given the fact men's basketball is breaking even financially and the women’s program is not That fact should bo reflected in the salaries of the coaches, they say. However, while this may bo an indictment of the way the University promotes women's basketball and the interest some students have in it. Runge cannot bo held at fault Range's job is to coach a basketball team, not to be its only cheerleader. The University must share in the responsibility of making the women’s basketball program the best it can be. Spending more money on the women's program will bo Justified. Runge can produce a higher-caliber team that will draw more spectators and dollars to Mac Court. A provision in Range’s new agreement would involve the university promoting her program. It’s encouraging to hear the University will take more of a visible interest in the program. With added promotion of the program, perhaps more students will develop Interest in the pro gram and the program will make more money Sometimes the right thing to do isn't the most popular. The University should be commended for agreeing to grant Jody Runge a raise While the move will cost the University a bit more money annually, it demonstrates the commitment the University has to gender equality. 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AIDS activist Mary Fisher gave an excellent speech at Mt Arthur Court on why the HIV infected should not be treat ed with fear or without love The sjHHxii wag moving and enlight ening. Hut when it came time to answer questions on how AIDS prevention should be handled In the mdrool, she gave the cliche we often hear "If you don't want a sexually transmitted disease, don't have sex But I've seen the numbers (on teen sexual activity). We need to give them information to act responsibly, (We need to give] the tools that can save their lives " Whal lools could she 1** speak ing oP Well condoms, of course Hut the problem lies in that, as Fisher implied, condoms aren't foolproof. In fact. relying on them can kill you. An article in the June 1993 issue of Social Science anil Sled icine shows the Russian roulette people play when they depend on condoms. The article, entitled “A Meta Analysis of Condom Effective ness in Reducing Sexually Trans mitted HIV,” says HIV transmis sion studies indie ale condoms may reduce risk of HIV infection by approximately 60 p«*r« ent In other words, condoms fail 31 [tor rent of the time That's about a one in three chanoe of getting the deadly virus if one has sex with an infected partner The article said the effec tiveness of condoms may lie as high as Rfi percent or as low as -tit peri ent Tile author of the piece. Susan C Weller, said these findings arts tentative Hut even ifthev are not right on target, what would the risk then be' One in four?One in five' I don't like the odds when ever there's a chance of acquir ing the virus. Whatever the < ase may lie. it's obvious the condoms just don’t make sex safe As Weller said, "(iuiidoins will not eliminate nsk of sexual transmission and. in fact, may only lower nsk some what.” Another problem with the reli ability of condoms is their propensity to slippage and break age An article in the Sept.-Oi l issue of Family Planning Per spectives said a study based on a convenience sample of 17? cou ples, w ho each used 11 i ondoins, found 103 condoms (5 3 percent) broke before or during inter course and 67 condoms (3.5 per cent) slipped off dunng sex These statistics show how condoms are a joke Yet th» tails for education on safe sex persist despite the pit falls of condoms. When we tell kids to make sure and use a condom to pro tect themselves, we're really telling them to make sure and hope they don't get HIV — because hope's all they have to lean on. Some have got to lie ashamed of themselves Telling kids, and the public as a whole, condoms are protection from AIDS is like telling a driver to take the road with only three drunk drivers instead of nine. “But kids are going to have sex anyway!" the critics shout. Like huge bands of cals in heat, teenagers will have sex. no mat ter what we do. So shouldn't we teach them to protect them selves with a piece of rubber that unreliable' Perhaps not. An article in the Spring 1994 issue of Policy Heview points to a very interesting quote by Joe Mi ilhaney |r.. president of the Medical Institute for Sexual Health "The philosophy that directs teens to 'be careful' or 'to play it safe with condoms’ has not protected them It has only enticed them into the quagmire of venereal warts, genital cancer and precancer, herpes for life, infertility and AIDS." Believing teens are mind numbed slaves to their hor manarii asinine Vet || the) an repeatedly tcdd they are victim ized by these footings, they may start believing it. We've seemed to forget sex is beautiful. It's not something to l>o done whenever people's [Mis sions fuel the need Laws against rape and incest are in place for that very reason Sex is being cheapened in our society It 's something the media loves to portray as something to get whenever one can Yet, it often ignores the consequent es that can arise from such a casual approach to sex The horrors of AIDS could l>e hugely alleviated overnight if intravenous drug use was stopped and monogamous sexu al relationships within marriage were valued as they once worn It's not going to happen by passing out condoms at schools or playing commercials that have condoms jumping into bed when its owner forgot it during sex. It will happen when we remember the beauty of it and why it should he cherished as something special It is beautiful. That's why I'm a big fan of sex. Brian Womack is a columnist for the Emerald.
