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Show THE FORUM 4 April 6, 2005 Bulletin Board to Help Publicize Committee Tackles Campus Parking Emergency Contraception Ryan Lee Reiger Trenna Ahlstrom Staff Writer Staff Writer rfr i The Students for Choice Club placed a womens health bulletin board in the first floor Converse Hall womens restroom. fi tUG FACES AB0U M S ater unprotected vaginal Intercourse contraception K can prevent pregnancy or "morning-afte- r Pepper Hayes, president for Choice Club, had the idea to create a womens health bulletin board after she noticed women were reluctant to take coupons for emergency contraception. Ive had those free emergency contraception coupons for over a month and only managed to give a few away, which is ridiculous because I know a lot of college students use emergency contraception and who wouldnt want a discount? So I thought maybe some people were just shy about getting a coupon from me, which is reasonable because contraception is a private matter for many people, said Hayes. Believing that women were concerned people would make assumptions about their health or behavior if they were seen taking emergency contraception coupons, Hayes decided to place a bulletin board in the womens restroom. I really like the idea of posting information about womens health in the restroom because a lot of people are very private about their health needs and the restroom is a place where youre usually alone (or at least among other women) so you can take some time to educate yourself about health issues and get any suppliesinformation that you may need without worrying about other people judg , used onty if a woman is not already pregnant Pom a previous act of intercourse Is C prevents pregnancy by slopping ovulation, fertilization, or implantation ause an abortion. f ou May Want . His condo- & .Ir yd - You''" r off, not Contraception tf and he ejaculated inside your vagina j your "safe ,4 In days. to have unprotected vaginal sex jV ulty, staff, protected trtr cor rv emergency contraception become pregnant i tergency Contraception Pitts (ECPs) fo y pills designed specifoa'ly , btnmi'ed at Planned ParenBiood Heah Cety-fs12 hours aoart i in ona dose of in two doses, wnrufeii ? w . started within 120 hours a darted the better ECPs reduce han.U' rtyV 72 hom. tcr-sa first d jse is taXon pfogebt.n-ont- 10, t-- 4-- ; up The Students for Choice club displayed information about emergency contraception (EC) on womens health boards in the womens restrooms on campus after club president Pepper Hayes noticed women were reluctant to take coupons for EC from her table in Shaw. Hayes explained putting emergency contraception posters and coupons in the womens restroom gives women an opportunity to learn more about what emergency contraception is and discreedy take the coupon if they want it. Although the womens health bulletin board was inspired by the emergency contraception awareness campaign, it will be updated to focus on different womens health issues. Topics currently under consideration are breast cancer awareness, body image and prenatal health. The bulletin board is only Staff Writer one of many ways Students for Choice Club tries to educate people about making healthy choices about sex. The next Students for Choice Club activity will be a Sex and the City sex education Party on April 7 at 7 p.m. in Walker 1. Where well throw back a few virgin cosmopolitans, watch a few episodes of the show, and have an honest discussion about what kinds of messages this show is presenting about sex, said Hayes. Information about other Students for Choice Club activities is available on their Web site at http: Warm-U-p whether to converse in French or to ask about European May-tertrips, e tronoticed the probably phies in his window that would dwarf a small child. Many of the awards belong to the Westminster softball team that has seldom gone a season without at least winning second place. Currently, Haslam is the only faculty member on the team, but there used to be more. Some Westminster faculty who stopped playing because of time constraints or just from lack of wind include Jeff Nichols, Greg Gagne, Fred Fogo, Helen Hodgson and Chris Cline. m life-siz- n A Westminster sports is team lacing up cleats for another season beginning this month. Started by Kelly Dick, daughter Barbara of Czapla in Arts and Sciences, the Westminster d softball team has actually been around for more than 10 years. Now consisting mainly of current students, alumni and the occasional faculty or staff member, the returning champions have a history worth bragging about. Students who have walked into Coach Steve Haslams office, connect.toS4C.Csj See Softball pg. 8 fac- stu- on-camp- us students dents, and an adjunct. According to Executive Vice President Steve Morgan, the college will lose 257 parking stalls but will gain back 360 when finished. But what is to be done while the 257 are gone? The committee is exploring many different ideas. The committee met with Utah Transit Authority (UTA) and was able to convince UTA to reduce the cost of next years transit pass from $35 to $15. Morgan backs this plan, saying this would help us He points out that gas prices for a student can be nearly $200 per month, whereas the transit pass would only be $15 for the whole year. Two additional ideas the committee is considering are to rent van pools from UTA, which could fit 48 employees, and to run shuttles from Westminster to TRAX (at noon and 5 p.m.). Another idea is to have a designated parking lot for faculty and staff to park and then be shuttled onto the campus. Morgan notes that facul off-camp-us a if you have had f provider immediately Ask about ing you, said Hayes. A committee is tackling issues concerning parking at Westminster College next year during construction. By collecting information from the Westminster community, working with TRAX and increasing parking stalls, the committee is working around the obstacles that have been presented. The information is being collected from the whole of the Westminster community by the parking committee made up of time rising any b'rth control. T. Haslam co-e- tt will j4!fth control pills. inside j, or shield slipped out of place, and he ejaculated YOU for" Softball Team Starts little-know- fxrj-alt- al Is available from health care providers. Planned Parenthood health centers, and ther women's health and family planning centers end of April, of the Students is also c&2d approached because professors schedules are generally more set than students schedules. - mergency Contraception The bulletin board, which will provide information on a variety of womens health issues, will remain until the Stephen ! i ty and staff would be big-tim- e! off-camp-us Theres so much we have to be sensitive to. When we work through each group, students, faculty and staff, it ends up being the faculty and staff, he said. Part of the effort is to increase the number of parking stalls on the campus during the period of construction. If we make the y through the path new parking structure that is going to be built, we can squeeze in more parking, Morgan said. The college is serious about the current condition of campus parking it has to be. It is spending millions of dollars and even hiring a professional engineering group, McNeil Engineering, to resolve this issue. According to Morgan, each structured parking stall costs about $10,000. He jokes, No one wants to donate money to put their name on a parking structure. The high cost of the parking stalls is why Morgan supports the change in the price of the transit pass. If we can get more people serious about transit and other options, that leaves the college with more money to spend on things other than one-wa- parking, he said. Morgan adds that students can help with the problem in little ways. He suggests that students come early to beat the rush and that they keep the bigger picture in mind. A year from now, those new facilities will be up and running he said. In the meantime, if students have any questions, they should go to their Associated -- Students of Westminster College leaders.Csj |