University of Washington - Tyee Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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CONDOMS, ANYONE? The Latest Trend in Safe Sex AM I AT RISK? Malcom McKay explains how to assess one's level ot risk in contracting AIDS • STEVEN MILESKELTI volunteers at the Northwest AIDS Foundation. hop.ng to open people's eyes to the problems around them. » WHISPERING WIND learns about AIDS prevention but baby Tovi. sporting a sate sex pin on the bottom of his steeper, falls asleep Safe sex is in vogue today. With the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome killing more people each year, formerly carefree swinging singles are increasingly concerned with protecting themselves against this deadly epidemic. This attitude was apparent at the UW also. On February 17. in the Student Union Building (HUB}, condom balloons, pamphlets on AIDS and free condoms were handed out to passing students. All this was part of National Condom Week, a nation-wide effort to heighten public awareness of the realities of AIDS. Several presentations on AIDS, condoms and related topics were held at the HUB and South Campus Center. The event was the culmination of four months of work by graduate student David Cohen. He first became involved in National Condom Week, which originated in 1973. while he was an undergraduate at the University of Cali- fornia-Berkeley. Dr. Jane Simonsen from the UW Hall Health Center said Humor is a good way to approach the subject. It’s not that it's not serious. It's just a good way to dispel the tension. she said. Representatives from Planned Parenthood and a local prophylactics retailer. The Rubber Tree, explained their services. The Northwest AIDS Foundation, the Gay Men and Lesbians Association. Hall Health, and other groups handed out literature and more than 15.000 free condoms. Comedian Carl Warmenhoven lightened the mood by bringing out a five foot condom and persuading people to put it on over themselves. Cohen was pleased by the turnout. Although some opposition towards the affair had been voiced, he said the response was generally positive. I by Rita Wong Michelle A. Rogers photos

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THIS CAR HAD everything Alcohol Awar«nts«-27 THE TWISTED and warped remains ol an alcohol-related accident attract the attention ol Rick Burke and Lmhco Nguyen. In 1985 an estimated 19.174 drunk drivers died in auto accidents. Joseph W Edged Jr photo i A WRECKED CAR won t necessarily stop people from drinking and driving. but according to ono vokinloer handing out brochures by the auto. Even if they only glance at it. It's bound to have some ellect. It'll make them think Joseph W Edged. Jr photo

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THE WORKS VUin U. CONDOM Wffl DRUGS. SEX AID k THE FEAR OF AIDS and othe sexually transmitted diseases is sparking a national crusade to promote the us© of condoms Pamphlets, advertisements and tctures are popular ways to educate the public ' '1 ex. Drugs. Alcohol. A pan-el of experts discussed these and other concerns : modern health at the Acquired tmunity Deficiency Syndrome •rum in the Student Union Build-g auditorium on February 22. Program sponsors included e Student Ad Club and the merican Red Cross. Audience embers exchanged questions, tswers and opinions on the owing menace of AIDS. The inel traded observations with audience of about 200. Some melists even engaged in im-omptu role-playing sessions th audience members. In order teach them how to deal with 9-threatening sexual situations. w audience flooded panelists th questions and showed little signs of embarrasment. One question dealt with AIDS victims who continue sexual activities after testing positive for the AIDS virus. Panelist Bill Wood, himself an AIDS victim from San Francisco. spared no words: Hang them! Panelist. Lois McDermott, a UW psychology professor, likened the problem to protecting oneself from a drunk driver. The issue of drug and alcohol abuse surfaced and remained throughout most of the discussion. Jeff Makuma of the Northwest AIDS Foundation, agreed that liquor and dope are. more than ever, related to sexual issues: you need to know when you've had too much alcohol or drugs. He suggested facetiously that peo- ple could tie their knees together, and the audience howled. Fellow panelist Kimberly Wheeler, a Ph.D. candidate In psychology at The UW. warned that people should gauge the probability of going to bed with a date at a weekend party, then negotiate with that person on how to have sex safely. She stressed the importance of condoms. though she and everyone else agreed that no such precaution. even total abstinence, guarantees that a person will not contract AIDS. The rest of the forum addressed a multitude of questions, including: —How subtly should partners ask. Do you have AIDS? The audience favored constant com- munication. in order to learn how sexually active one's partner is. —Is sex without condoms safe? Is anything? Here the issues of what constitutes reasonable fear versus superstition were raised. Bill Wood and Tom Perdue, a gay activist at the UW. concluded that the homosexual community in San Francisco has drastically altered its sexual activity over the past five years. According to the two men. sexually transmitted disease has decreased 90 percent there since 1982. by Chad Wagamon I Michelle A. Rogers photo National Condom Waek-29