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OPINIONS February 22,1989 THE PRINT Page 2 Condom machines at Clackamas Community College: Pro-Con Machines on campus CCC not appropriate good common sense place for condoms We live in a world of right and wrong. true. Anyone who believes that, should advoca te.making condoms available to the There are no in betweens. Two weeks ago Clackamas Commu public. At Clackamas Community College, nity College took one of its first steps into installing them in restrooms is the only the nineties. This step is the installation of logical result Prevention of AIDS is not the only condom machines in the restrooms of the logical reason to install condoms on the Community Center. With the threat of several sexually Clackamas campus. Another consequence transmitted diseases, namely Acquired that sexually active people should be pre Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), the pared for is the possibility of an unwanted condom machines pregnancy. Making condoms available to students are necessary. In a recent is a duty that all fine collegiate institutions committee report should be responsible to do. Mt Hood on AIDS, it was de Community College in Gresham and Lane cided that absti Community Cottage in Eugene are just two nence was no an of the many schools who don’t take that Christopher swer to the ques responsibility lightly. L Curran tion of a cure for It’s notaS if theywereonadesk directly thedeadly disease. in front of the counseling center or next to Furthermore, officials say that by the year the deli sandwiches in Norm’s Cafe. The 2000 more people will die of AIDS each condoms are at an out of the way place; a year than will die from automobile acci place that is not frequently busy, therefore the purchase of a condom is not an embar dents. The best cure for any disease is preven rassment to the purchaser. AIDS and other sexually transmitted tion. The use of a condom during a sexual encounter is one of only two sure ways of diseases along with unwanted pregnancies not contracting AIDS. The other is not can be hardships. The best way to combat using needles that have already been used that is with the use of a condom. In this world of right and wrong that we live in, the when taking intravenous drugs. Abstinence is no answer, simply be existence of condom machines on Clacka cause it is impossible to expect people to mas Community College is right abstain. That fact is both reasonable and PRO AIDS' is a legitimate fear for many Americans, but where does the border lie between fear and paranoia? It is unlikely that the students or staff at Clackamas fall in the high risk group of people likely to contract AIDS. This is one of many reasons that installing condom machines in the bathrooms here on campus is inappropri ate. The media is to blame for causing a paranoic attitude in Americans who should have little fear V v I w of catching the dreaded virus. It seems like every- Luis Perez where we go we are bombarded with messages telling us how to avoid the dis ease. Responsible people should not need condom machines on campus to remind them of the risk, and if you are not a respon sible person then what are you doing in college? An institution like Clackamas is sim ply not the place for condom machines. Condoms are available at any drugstore, PRINT The Print aims to be a fair and impartial newspaper covering the col lege community. Opinions expressed in The Print do not necessarily re flect those of the college administra tion, faculty, Associated Student Gov ernment, or other members of The Print staff. Articles and information published in this newspaper can be reprinted only withpermission from the Student Publications Office. The Print is a weekly publication distrib uted every Wednesday except for fi nals week. Clackamas Community College, 19600S. Molalla Ave., Ore gon Qty, Oregon 97045. Office: Trailer B. Telephone: 657-8400, ext 309 (office) and 578 (advertising). Editorial Policy The Print welcomes Letters to the Editor. Such letters must be signed or will not be printed. Letters must not exceed 250 words and "should be typewritten or neatly printed. Letters can be turned into The Print offices in Trailer B north of Randall Hall. The Print reserves the right to edit Letters to the Editor for grammar, obcenities, and libelous and truthful material. Letters to the Editor must be turned in Friday in order to be printed in the following Wednesday’s edition. inches b mall, many bars and sometimes even in gas stations. The administration here seems to be giving the student body a curious mes sage: It’s okay to be promiscuous, even to have sex on campus as long as you don’t spread any social diseases. If we are going to put condom ma chines oil campus then we might as well start selling sterilized syringes so intrave nous drug abusers don’t get AIDS either. Drug users can always say that they are being discriminated against because only condoms aresold here. Once the machines are installed at Clackamas where will it stop? I can just imagine using the restroom at church and finding a condom machine on the wall. When the American people overwhelm ingly elected President Bush it signalled the desire of many to return to old fash ioned moralistic ideals, which include hav ing safe sex with just one partner, and pre- ferrablynotatschool. Ifindtheexistenceof condom machines on campus to be in ex tremely poor taste. This is not the place for them. Editor-In-Chief: Christopher L. Curran Managing/Feature Editor: Caree Hussey ' Copyeditor Jim Titus News Editor: Briane C. 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