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Show Wednesday July 5, 1989 The Summer Chronicle - Page Four Letters to the Editor U. The Summer Chronicle Pres should endorse condoms sales on campus As for the argument that abstinence is the only effective defense, history is a perfect observer. Are we to believe that after thousands of years of having sex Editor: Contrary to the opinion of both the U.S. Surgeon General and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services who are charged with that people will now start abstaining because condoms aren't We invite Peterson to join the the health of a nation, University of Utah president Chase Peterson, himself a physician, has declared the use of condoms an irresponsible act. Espousing the position that the sale of condoms on campus will make the U. a sponsor of condom use and the sale of condoms will send the wrong message, Peterson has made obvious his moral and political agenda for our university. His attempt to shroud this agenda behind the facade of medical and educational concern is feeble. That condoms should not be sold because they are not 100 percent effective is ludicrous: as a physician Peterson should know that no medical procedure is 100 percent effective and to expect such is unrealistic (remember the artificial heart?) Does he really believe that because condoms are not 100 percent effective they should not be used, or is he only saying this to deter attention from his surrender to political mainstream of public health officials and endorse the use of condoms as an important defense against the spread of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies. Our administration's acceptance of the Surgeon General's recommendations should be demanded in the interest of the health of the U. community and exhibited by allowing the sale of con loms on campus. . The fact is that more than 170 Utahns have been diagnosed (and reported) with AIDS. Given the demographics of the disease and the demographics of this state, it's likely that a number of these people were and are U. students, faculty or staff. The administration owes the U. community a more realistic and effective response to the AIDS crisis and to the problems of unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases than this pressure. petty political maneuvering. fool-proo- f? By allowing the sale of condoms on campus, the U. would be in the such of company high-pow- er institutions as Stanford, Michigan, Yale and the University of California system. We recommend Peterson follow the lead of his predecessor, David Gardner (now Chancellor of the UC system) in allowing the sale of condoms on. campus as a gesture of concern for the collective health of the U. and as a responsible community leader. Phillip Williams, Amy Durtschi, Kelly Christensen Melani Harker, Allen M. Grey, Ty Battershell Kevin Lash, Sharon Metzger, Wan-Li- n Horng Elizabeth Hamber, Nannette Linderman Clarisa Borrego, Scott Chidester, Robert K. Killian Pauline B. Tsai, Stacy Martin, Shannon Clark John Tremper, Harper Summers, Ethan Fisher ' Thanh Le, Brad Peterson, Stephanie Reading Eric Swanson, Robert Hibbard, Michael Cobble The Summer Chronicle is an independent student newspaper test week by published during the summer quarter, excluding reflect the Editorials Council. Publications the University the not and necessarily opinions opinion of the editorial board, must of the student body or the administration. Subscriptions uicluding all correspondence, Forward subscription be prepaid. Daily Utah change of address, to the Business Manager. Lake Salt Utah. of City, Utah. Chronicle, 240 Onion. University 84112 For questions, comments or complaints call 581-704- 1. Editorial Board: Christian Aggeler. Michael Allsop. 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