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Show 10 HFAKTJd & WELLNESS ' J fTty s V-- V Jv 5CENE Jj j Everything you need tobe'green - L r 3 , 9 Morgan Anderson Green Scene is a monthly column about environmental projects, opportunities to get involved, and the overall sustainable happenings on Westminster Campus. If you have any questions about Environmental Center events or about how to make your lifestyle more sustainable, stop by the center or contact us at environmen- - talcenterwestminstercollege.edu. Bike Shop: This year an exciting addition to our campus is the Westminster Wheels Bike Shop. Students, faculty and staff will be able to purchase a membership for ten . dollars and get access to an array of tools ' and services. At least once a semester, the bike techs will host a seminar focused on teaching bike maintenance. Westminster Wheels, the free bike rental program, will also continue in the fall. Students, faculty, and staff have the option of renting bikes for 24 hours. Organic Garden: Even though its just the beginning of the year, there are already tons of ways you can get involved in sustainability on campus. These past months, garden coordinators Alizabeth Potucek and Kate Rogers have been working in the organic garden. There is already a lot of produce growing, but there is still a lot of work to be done. They are looking for volunteers to help water, weed, harvest, etc. No previous gardening experience is needed, just people who are looking to learn a lot and have a good time. Volunteers have the option of receiving free produce for their service. The organic garden is located on 12th East, near that entrance of campus. Another opportunity to get involved inThe orcludes joining the chicken co-o- p. ganic garden has five permanent residents, Dora, Wino, Lemon, Hazel, and Dottie who live in a chicken mansion. If you volunteer to clean the co-o- p, feed the chickens, check the water, and collect eggs, you get farm fresh eggs in return for your services. Not only does Westminster have an organic garden, but students and faculty have GREEN SCENE on Page 15 ORGANIC GARDEN OPEN HOUSE Aug. 29, 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER OPEN HOUSE 6 p.m. Aug. GARDEN WORK DAYS Mondays, 4 p. m. - 6 p.m. FARM STAND Tuesdays, 1 2 p.m. -- 1 :30 p.m. 31 ,4 p.m. This monthly column allows stu- wellness dents to have their health related questions answered by health professionals. Q: What is an STD and how do I know if I have one? Sustainability Fellow See Your health questions answered that Have you ever had a health question too scared or embarrassed to ask? GREEN - FORUMFORTNIGHTLY.COM r -- A: Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are infections spread by close physical contact during vaginal, anal and oral sex. The most common STDs are chlamydia, genital warts, gonorrhea, hepatitis B, herpes, trichomoniasis, HIV and syphilis. Hepatitis B and HIV can also be spread by contact with infected blood or other body fluids. Anyone who has sex is at risk to contract an STD. Most STDs can be treated but some, like HIV, are life threatening. To protect yourself from an STD the best method is not to have sex unless you have sex with only one unaffected partner. If you do have sex, you should use latex condoms with a water-base- d lubricant every time you have vaginal, anal or oral sex. Many STDs are more easily transmitted through the mucous membranes of the penis, vulva, rectum or the urinary tract than through the mouth, throat, respiratory tract and eyes. Other means of transmission include sharing injection needles, and HIV can be transmitted during childbirth or breastfeeding. The probability of transmitting many STDs is far higher from sex than by more casual al means of transmission, such as contact touching, hugging, shaking hands. STDs seem to be easier to transmit through oral sex than through deep kissing. According to a safe sex chart, many infections that are easily transmitted from the mouth to the genitals or from the genitals to the mouth, are much harder to transmit from one mouth to another. STDs are serious. Some STDs infect only your sexual and reproductive organs. Others (HIV, hepatitis B, syphilis) cause general body infections. Sometimes you can have an STD with no signs or symptoms. Or the symptoms may go away. Either way, you still have the STD until you get treated. The only way to find out for sure if you have an STD is to get tested. You should know the signs of an STD. For men they are: 1) a need to urinate often; 2) burning and pain when urinating; 3) a drip or discharge from the penis (white and watery or yellowish); and, 4) sores, bumps or blisters near or on the penis, testicles, mouth, or rectum. The signs for women are: 1) unusual dis you're just charge or smell from the vagina; 2) pain in the pelvic area; 3) burning or itching around vagina; 4) bleeding from vagina thats not a you'd like to submit a health question, please email the question to If regular period; and, 5) pain deep inside the vagina when you have sex. You are at risk if: you or your sex partner have symptoms; you have forumeditorwestminstercol-lege.ed- or, if you'd like , more than one sex partner; your partner has other sex partners; you are planning to have sex with a new u to submit your question anonymously, leave your question in the folder labeled "Health Questions" outside The Forum office partner; or, you think you might be at risk for any reason. If you have any symptoms, stop having sex and get checked immediately to prevent spreading the disease and to get appropriate treatment. (located at the lower level of the Shaw building). Randy Austin Family Nurse Practitioner Student Health Services Oh o rzH r-v o io; rsifti1 ijusjKir non-sexu- 'i t Jft ? sSsii- - WJdit !ieh& to kdp l . f : - V- -! u 1 1 Wf V t 4? j W UI W2 W & tn VIM ' J D'- ? , if 1) y $ - r O 4 , m ' j 1 4 m . Ji' t ! Art !; ( S. |