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Show TIIE ARY l , 1999 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @~ ICA ER COMME RY Condommania is 'funny' Con ms are n l a ticky i ue and n ther is . These wor houJd n t be wh pered or giggled about when said. sex are part of life. pcdaUy coU ge Jjfe. The artJde in a previous edition of thejoumal, proclaiming th t cond ms are a ticky ue mad me laugh. id from being the onJy mpus "in th unive to have an officiaJ c nd m policy,ft VU ls probably the nJy campus in the uni ers where ex and conrrac ption are uch a candal. Th mmcnt fr m the Dire tor of rudent HeaJth ervic Ka Mes rl that tu en are ac n age wh n they feel that they're ready to find out wh c bout made me laugh too. That puberty and high hool. e are at colleg now, and we are all adulc . I think we are all old enough to talk about ex (with traight face) . The poUcy tha rcj th nding of ondoms on ur campu ridi ul . Just n bservali n , but ru en arc going to have regardlc ; it doc n 't mancr if ndom are or are not availabl j t the am way people wil.l con ·ume alcohol even if th y' re not 21 . a person has a condom in Here· the point though~Just beca hi or her po i n doesn 't mean that person is going to walk around mp tryin to find if th ond m were burning a hole in their pocket like a new 100 bill wailing to h · pcnL Ju L hecause there i a cond m vending machin · In the d rm doesn 't mean the tudcnt Ii ing there arc g ing t Lum the entir 100 floor into a giant o rg . If the need ari ti r a ondom, pc pl have three choi e : go find a ondom , top wh L's going on , or continu unprote tcd . It d n 't matter how clo e th· d nns arc to hopping outle in edar, in th heat f the moment, the pe n · n 't going lo pack up and drive to Maverick to get a ho f T jan . If the uple de id Lo conUnue unpr tectcd, ju t think h ut what uld h ppcn re ulL four camp · ond m licy. Give (the tudents) om c redit. W wer mart enough to gradu tc high s ho I and make it Lo c liege. And we are mart enough L make ur own choi I' m n t aying th l tudent hould have x . I agree th t abstinence is the be. t and only) way to pr tcct again t disease or unwan ed pregnancy. But fa e it, ome ollegc tudents arc going to ha c x . It d ·n 't muter what rac ·, religion , upbringing, r region of the world they live in . lf a pc n mak th choic to ha e ex, thac· their c hoice. The way I e it though , w e ·hould h applaudin for u Ing protc Lion and being mart rath · r than n beca they didn 't ~ e them es for marriage. " Doe ·n ' t it make mor en to make condom a ailablc f r rudcn in order co prote t in di nd p11 gnancy than to keep condom on the hu h -hu ·h and d ny th fact that rudent n our ~perfect" campL are having ? Veronica Garner is a sophomore communication major from Duchene, tah. • :, ,;" MA IAMARTHU COMME TARY Baggage equals character Th year, for th holiday , I flew to Jifomi uic , a garm nc h g and a mall to pend time with my famil . Thls year (ju t like a c for toiletrie . I gue sed th ey were g Ing every year) the re w a fin to check in baggage mewher exotic, or romanti mayhe. Where at th alrport. Being by m If, I had n ne to ever the c wo went they traveled I ght, talk l . unhindere b e.conomi problem · that mu h of n inter ting thing about me is if I ha e no the general population is burd n d with . They verbal onvers.ati n to kc p me occupi d , I begin were carefree yet purpo fuJ ; typi I yuppie . They contra tcd with the lady b ·hind them . ' he to h rve my urroundings. It' not that trang , reaJJ . Remember when y u were a child and you had three kJ whl h I gu d t he under the woul look at people a n age of 10. Th middle kept imagine they ' re a spy or a crying to rock on che chain dividing the row of line ·. The celebrity. I may focu on h c or hair, but I generally compare old t ontlnually whined while the younge t ju t at there on everyone creatl ely. n thi particular da I n ticed the cart prob bl loaded on suicca e . ot only uicca c . I Benadryl. notl d how everyone ' Her uitcase di played a lot f suitca e appeared to uh " wear and wa tuffed tighter them . than a hri tma turk . I The feminine lady dr d in wondered if he'd ever had the the I te c fa hlon had two zipp r r placed In an effort to uilca es. each of a tape try .___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___, increa its long vity. I wa ure d i n . he was oordinated and it uffered under uch trc stylish. h.c lf<onfid nt and phlsticaced. ery lime ic traveled Ith her. Toe ki had pre i us new ba that I ked WbiJe he seemed annoyed ac the inc n cnience of wailing in line , he dutifully ac epted her like larg lunchpall with th late t heroe (c urt y f grandma, no dou t). Thi woman ' plac in ociety. much clutter her A oung man wearing jeans and a tie-dyed shirt life had to e filled with uitcasc; too man thJ to do and not enou h handUn o medium- ized bo cs teaed with du c tape. He didn ' t care what nyon el e tlme co d them. he j t tuff: what he can into th ugh . His only concern was getting h tuff co her life and makes it fit. You may wond r what kind of ha gage l his destination . The box were as e urc as he hecked in. en th U h I don 't h ve CO C JI OU , was. !o frills, jUSt moving ch~ ugh life the way h I will. limited c'o only three items , I had n , wanted. A triking encl men in hi O looke like he far e piece of luggag , ompl te with whc I , extending handle and a noure cent yell w walked right off the cover of GQ magazine. If h hadn ' t been with a woman off the co er of padJock . I al o bad a leather backpack and a Cosmopolitan , I might have tarted up a guitar. o , I' m eclectic. And 1 ha e a c reati e con crsation and ~ rgouen all about th uitcasc lma ination. non n e . The had a m c hing et of navy blu luggage Mariam Arthur is a freshman communication ltf. with I tber trap and cute Uttle padl . They maj-0r from eunnan, M Editor Clcnn Hal1emw1 S 1,.7750 AJ ocht Ed.ii.o r David Barratt S86-77S9 OpinJon DirKtor Ann Turpin SU· 7759 Photo IOt John Cue:nli:r 586-77S0 6-7750 focu Edl1or Kami Epn Slkl-1992 Ans Ed.ii r Brandon Bevan 865-8443 Cop Edi1or Russell MIiia- IUTEJIS ANO RE.PORTER ' D SENIOR STAFF 11. 586-7757, l,.S4 The Um>U•IIY /""'1JOl t1 pul,ll.Jial ,:,,er, MonJoJ and non.i.r of the ,c yar b md Im ,h~ .....i.n, boJy .... 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