University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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Sexual Activity Frequent (at least once a week) Abstinent (0-2 times a year) Occasional (6-12 times a year) Often (1-2 times a month) Top: Bobby Milstein demonstrates the right way to put on a condom. (BILL WOOD) Bottom: Safer sex education is a primary goal of U-M Health Serv- ices. (AMY SEINFELD) Opposite: Health Serwices lo- cated on Fletcher Street provides free condoms to U-M students. (AMY SEINFELD) 26 MICHIGAN LIFE

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World Problems Drugs Nuclear war Racism Overpopulation National debt Poverty AIDS Homeless people Personal Problems Geting a job Getting into grad school Money Food Graduation Lifetime mate Opposite: Students protest racism in a Diversity Day march. (ROBIN LOZMK) Top: Students scrawl anti-racist sen- timents on Diag shanties. (M (ARTWORK BY KEVIN WOODSON) MICHIGAN LIFE 25

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Growing awareness leads to: Condom consciousness The move is on to put it on. It is thin, relatively inexpensive, often free. It can be transparent or any color of the rainbow, plain or fruit-flavored. And if you are not wearing one you better make sure your partner is. The idea that your first time could be your last time is hardly news. The message is clear that care- free sex can kill. And yet over the course of a year, University of Michigan Health Services runs 1800 checks for chalmydia and 1300 checks for sexually transmit- ted diseases including herpes, genital warts, and blood tests for syphillis and gonorrhea. Easy access to free condoms is not a problem on U-M ' s cam- pus. At health services they are stocked in the gynecology center and the nurse treatment waiting rooms. In residence halls, and fraternity and so- rority houses they are handed out during safer sex presen- tations. And this fall, U-M students found them pasted between the pages of Campus Connection magazine. An ad picturing a guitar and the words Play Smart urged readers to use America ' s most trusted condom to help reduce the risk of spread- ing STDs. On the opposite page a set of instruc- tions explained exactly how to use condoms. Car- ter-Wallace Inc., of TROJAN brand condoms fur- Slumbering on a Saturday is still a favorite pastime for U-M Students. (BEN-REV HISTORICAL LIBRARY) zines on more than 40 campuses across the United States including U-M. Peter Steinberg, of the New York-based public relations firm, Ruder-Finn Inc., which represents Carter- Wallace says, U-M was chosen because of a desire to target campuses in large metropolitan areas or with large enrollments. Advertisements like the one in Campus Con- nection are just one of the efforts being made to further condom awareness. - At safer sex presentations given in residence halls and greek houses, emphasis is placed on the importance of using condoms. Lisa Newman, LSA senior said, Safer sex is about choices. Sex is never completely safe but there are decisions you can make to protect your- self and make it safer. To protect against the spread of STDs, an American name brand latex condom paired with spermicide containing nonoxyl-nine is the best choice to make. Lambskin condoms pro- tect against pregnancy but not STDs because bacteria is able to permeate the lambskin. Polly Paulson, counselor in the Health Service Director ' s Office, said The growing awareness about AIDS and STDs is making some people think about the issues and problems with sex. nished the complimentary condoms in an effort to focus on the need to guard against the spread of Others though have not heard the message and STDs. we need to work at reaching them. The ads containing condoms appeared in maga- Lisa Perczak MICHIGAN LIFE 27