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Rubber Revelations
Condoms can
enhance
sexual
enjoyment in
many ways
for students
of every
major
Valentine’s Day is the
start of National Con
dom Week, when you’re
likely to get a lot of in
sistent reminders of the dangers
of sex — the risk of HIV, herpes
and other sexually transmitted in
fections; the possibility of unwant
ed pregnancy; you’ll end up in
Hell — you luiow the drill.
No question, it’s a tough world
out there. But you can take respon
sibility and make your own deci
sions. Without just adding to the
list of “don’t’s,” here’s some more
helpful information from the ex
perts at Planned Parenthood, your
“protection connection.”
Condoms can not only help you
avoid anxiety but can enhance
sexual enjoyment in other ways
— helping improve partner com
munication, increase intimacy,
enhance sexual pleasures and
strengthen relationships.
And sex can be a whole lot more
fun when you know that your risk
of pregnancy and disease is sub
stantially reduced. That’s what a
little latex can do for you. What
could be more romantic for Valen
tine’s Day?
In fact, whatever your point of
view, whatever your interests and
whatever your area of study this
semester, condoms make sense.
Think about fitting them into just
about any course cata
, log you can imagine.
PARTICLE PHYSICS:
Avoid an unexpected
quantum event. You
don’t need to under
stand charmed quarks or super
colliders to know about the path of
sperm on their way upstream.
Condoms stop those little guys
right in their tracks.
COMMENTARY
BoBin Irish
INFORMATION
SCIENCE: User
friendly interface,
terrific virus protec
tion and a fire wall
against an unautho
rized break-in. Plus, great compati
bility, after all, condoms work on
all hard drives.
COMMUNICATIONS: If you
can’t handle condom ne
gotiation with your part
ner, how can you ever
pass that broadcast jour
nalism seminar? Embar
rassed to ask for condoms
at the drugstore? Get over
it!
ENGINEERING: Low
tech design, reli
able under stress, a
masterpiece of ap
plied mechanics.
And forget about
that myth that
“condoms don’t work.” Used cor
rectly, condoms offer extremely ef
fective protection — the best there
is. That is, if you’ve decided to put
engineering principles (friction,
torque, leverage, fluid mechanics
etc.) into practice.
ARCHITECTURE: Elegant form, clean
geometric lines, effi
cient functionality.
Whatever the size or
shape of your archi
tectural substruc
ture, latex is the ma
terial of choice for a durable,
weather-resistant skin.
CHEMISTRY: Latex is amazing stuff.
The surface of a latex condom is
free of holes when inspected un
der a scanning
electron micro
scope at 30,000
magnification
power. (But sex
shouldn’t be a
lab experiment.
Use water-based
lubricants only because oils break
down latex and reduce condom in
tegrity by 80 percent.)
FINE ARTS: Nice colors and tex
tures, too. And they
can help you an
your partner make
beautiful music to
gether.
BUSINESS: Condoms let you close
the deal. And they’re publicly
traded stock that pays big divi
dends. For less than
half a buck, you and
your partner can stay
healthy, avoid preg
nancy and enjoy sex
with peace of mind. Is
there a better invest
ment?
This Valentine’s Day, have fun,
be romantic and enjoy being inti
mate with someone you care
about. One more thing: Don’t for
get your rubbers when you go out
to play. (Hey, your parents did
have good advice after all.)
Robin Irish is a Board Member of
Planned Parenthood and a guest
columnist for the Emerald. Her
views do not necessarily reflect
those of the newspaper.
Overheard
“I certainly don’t condone that type of be
havior. But evidently this is what some peo
ple want. We have nude dancing here in
town, too."
Jeffrey Bean, mayor of Fitchburg, MA,
on the upcoming Marilyn Manson
concert there.
"It was a little surreal, but it feels good to be
validated, to be acknowledged. For a while, I
was one of the scapegoats for the whole
Slacker/Generation X thing.”
Grammy-nominated rocker Beck,
in Entertainment Weekly.
“We just might get lucky and catch this son
of-a-bitch. Ruin him for 76. It’s going to be
fun.”
Then-President Richard Nixon, referring to
surveillance of Sen. Ted Kennedy in a Sep.
7,1972 meeting, according to White House
recordings.
“I tried to do what I thought was the right
thing."
63-year-old Sylvia Stayton, after being ar
rested for placing change in two strangers'
overdue parking meters in Cincinnati, OH.
“It's a tragedy, but if the tragedy helps us
learn from it, maybe some kind of benefit
can result. Maybe there are areas we just
shouldn’t touch.”
Ward Armstrong, director of the Oregon
Forest Industries Council, in reference to
recent logging-related landslides, in
The Register-Guard on Feb. 9.
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Actress Drew Barrymore on 1Late Show” \
host David Letterman, in US Magazine, j
“You know when I’ll get married? I’ll get
married when somebody like John Kennedy j
Jr. gets married."
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld, j
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LETTERS
Be like Jerry
When UCLA hired Steve Lavin
as its head coach relatively late in
the season, Oregon coach Jerry
Green congratulated him and of
fered him any assistance he might
need in his new position.
Coach Green's sportsmanlike
conduct is a great example of how
people involved in sports as par
ticipants, coaches or fans should
behave. Unfortunately, basketball
fans at the University are not fol
lowing his lead. At the end of the
Jan. 30 home game, hostile Duck
fans rushed the UCLA bench
screaming, pointing and even
grabbing UCLA warm-ups.
This may have been the most
obvious example of rude behavior
at games, but it was certainly not
an isolated event. Aggressive be
havior is escalating at games as
fans constantly yell and rudely
gesture toward opposing teams
and their individual players.
These actions reflect on the en
tire student body, and, personal
ly, I am embarrassed. Though the
Ducks face similar behavior from
opposing fans at some away
games, that doesn't give us the
right to act uncivilized. Wouldn’t
it be more effective to yell sup
portive expressions to our team
and fire up the Ducks rather than
the opponent?
The Oregon program would
benefit from Oregon fans follow
ing the classy example set by Jer
ry Green. The Ducks did a great
job against UCLA. Let’s not mar
their performance by inappropri
ate behavior.
Kortni Kauffman
Business Administration
Understanding fans
As loyal fans of Duck basket
ball, we were somewhat dis
turbed by the claims made in var
ious articles published in both the
Emerald and the Register-Guard
earlier this week concerning the
racist behavior of University stu
dents at the men’s basketball
game held on Jan. 30 versus
UCLA.
Contrary to popular belief, al
though we are Duck fans, we
most decidedly are not racists.
We were outside, in line, at 3 p.m.
last Thursday for the UCLA game
in order to get our favorite seats
(court-side, underneath the
South-end hoop). Sitting as close
as we do to the players, we con
sider it our duty as fans (read ‘fa
natics’) to cheer for the Ducks and
occasionally heckle the opposing
players.
At no time during the game did
we or anyone near us make any
comments regarding race. The
fact that some individual students
may have decided to demonstrate
their stupidity and ignorance by
using racial slurs is not grounds
for stereotyping all of the students
in attendance as racists.
If Kris Johnson feels, as was re
ported by the Register-Guard, that
he was treated unfairly by the
crowd because of the color of his
skin, then let us be the first to
apologize to him on behalf of the
entire student body.
Having said that, we sincerely
hope that the recent publicity
about Duck fans will not silence
McArthur Court. A screaming,
yelling student section in close
proximity to the action is what
makes our home court one of the
most unique and formidable are
nas in the nation.
If we chide Charles O’Bannon
about his socks or Toby Bailey
about his haircut to the point that
these players lose their concentra
tion or miss a crucial shot, then
we have done our duty in helping
our team to victory. For their part,
the UCLA players encouraged
such banter from warm-ups all
the way to the final buzzer in
overtime.
On a final note, any game
against UCLA is important what
ever the rankings or records. An
intense rivalry has been building
between the two universities for
sometime, and a victory over the
talented UCLA team is an accom
plishment everyone at the Uni
versity should be proud of.
It is because of this rivalry that
many students rushed the court at
the end of the game, not the result
of some desire to hurt UCLA play
ers. If Duck fans acted in poor
judgment by rushing the court,
then so be it.
But we, like many of the fans
present at the UCLA game, re
member only too well the actions
of the UCLA players the last time
they celebrated a victory at Mac
Court. Anyone who fails to recall
what occurred at the end of that
game should do some research,
and they will soon realize why
Duck fans are so hostile to Bruins.
James R. Driscoll
Naliko K. Market
Business
No excuse for bigotry
We strongly express our out
rage at the conduct exhibited by
some basketball fans at the recent
UCLA men’s game. Sports rivalry
is no excuse for uncivil and de
humanizing behavior such as the
derogatory racist comments
screamed at UCLA players by
University student spectators.
That type of “Sixth Man” must
not be condoned by the Universi
ty
We are painfully aware that
racial bigotry and hate are com
mon to only some members of our
campus community. However,
the public demonstration of that
behavior, without reprisals, casts
a damning shadow on the entire
student body and the University
community.
We implore everyone to take a
stand to stop the public display of
bigotry at athletic or any other
campus events. There is no legiti
mate justification to do otherwise.
Jack Orozco
& 15 co-signers
Race Task Force