OPINIONS
February 22,1989
THE PRINT
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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,
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inches
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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.
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