1995_02 The Daily Collegian February 1995

              Thursday, February 16,1995     The Qailv Collefciaiv--5
Smart shopping for safer sex
Hadi Yazdanpanah/The Daily Collegian
Alycia Zieg demonstrates the new Reality female condom at a
"Consumer's Guide to Condoms" put on by RISE.
By Draeger Martinez��Staffwriter	
Tireless volunteers of the
University Health and Counsel¬
ing Center's RISE team conducted
a Consumer's Guide to Condoms
WednesdayafternoonindTeUSU.
The Responsible Initiators for
Sex Education workshop pro¬
vided each participant with safe
sex literature, condoms and a lo¬
cal condom^rice .comparison
sheet, complete' with a health cen¬
ter coupon good for free packets
of spermicidal lubricant.
Although few. students at¬
tended the workshop, Health
Educator and RISE faculty spon¬
sor Sam Gitchel embraced the
opportunity to educate students
about protecting themselves from
unnecessary sexual risks.
"Time didn't permit us to
advertise fully," Gitchel said, "to
get out and completely plaster the
campus with flyers."
However, - Gitchel was
pleased with the attendance in
National Condom Week events
on Monday and Tuesday.
Final, student participation
figures were unavailable at press
time.
RISE volunteer Alycia Zieg
said, "We had over 100 people
come by and enter the raffle for
the rubber tree plant."
Like.the events at the fsTCW
booth, the seminar contained as¬
sorted media to reach people with
different ways of learning new*
information.
Abrief video titled "Condom-
Eze," made in the style of a vin¬
tage 1940s newsreel, instructed
watchers why to use condoms.
It used numerous military
metaphors, such as "engaging in
'Condoms provide concrete proof
of protection. And, they're *i
inexpensive; easy to understand
and use; convenient to carry; have
few or no side effects; and exist in sP;
bewildering variety of Styles, ^colors
andtextures.'      Vy   '
—Alycia Zieg
RISE
Tor many men, they also have
the benefit of lengthening the .
'plateau phase' of sexual arousal'
—Sam Gitchel!
health Educator
safe maneuvers," "the troops have
landed," "this is tine time for vigi¬
lance" and "neyer leave an open¬
ing for the enemy (sexually trans-
arutted diseases)."
After watGhing the video,
participants then* answered a
condom quiz and learned about
the differences in function, pack¬
aging and appearance among dif¬
ferent lines of condoms.
v Students later discussed
proper pre-application protocol,
as well as some tipXfpr ensuring
top.condom effecnvehflss.
RISE'also demonstrated ah
innovatijjecondommadeofpoly-
urethahe and designed to be ap-
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plied^within the vagina rather than
alongthe penis.
The workshop ended on a
tight-heartednote,listingtte'T6p
Ten Advantages to Using a
Condom."
"Condoms provide concrete
proof of protection," Zieg said.
"And, they're inexpensive;
easy to understand and use; con¬
venient to carry; have, few or no
side effects; and exist irt a bewil¬
dering variety of sty les, colors and
textures."
Gitchel also said, "For many
men, they also ha ve the benefit of
lengthening the 'plateau phase'
of sexual arousaL"
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From coffee beans to journalism
By Adrianne Go
Staffwriter
Instead of picking coffee beans in���Nicaragua", Maura Cordoba is in Fresno
studying English and journalism..
Cordoba, 19, is a high school student
in the Fresno/Telpaneca Sister City As¬
sociation scholarship program. From De¬
cember to March, students in Telpaneca
have a semester break, when they nor*
mally pick coffee beans.
Telpaneca is' one of. Fresno's sister
cities. It is a province of Madriz, Nicara¬
gua. •
During this semester break) Cordoba
is thousands o£ miles away from her
family's coffee farm.
'In Nicaragua* people work and
work, but they never get anywhere be¬
cause of the ecOTomic situation," said
Cordoba? one of seven children. "I like
the people here. The people are nice and
they share ideas. People here work hard
and they also earn a living."
This is Cordoba's first visit to the
UrutedStatfeaShearrivedDec 15."Some-
times I feel like I really mtas (my family!,"
she said "Sometimes I thmkabout them
somuch."
One thing that keeps her mind off of
homesickness is "Mar y Mar," a soap
opera on Channel 21 of whkh sheis an
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avid fan. Cordoba also has an'affinity-for
"American" foods: salads, pizza, ham-
• burgers, sandwiches and soda. ShJ» lives
with members of the Fresno/Telpaneca
Sister City Association, the grdup that is
sponsoring her stay until early March
Learning English at the International
English Institute in Fresno is important to
• Cordoba, who aspire^Jjecome a jour¬
nalist '
^She wants to share what, she has
learned in Fresno with her classmates in
Telpaneca, where attending high school
comes with a price tag. Kj\)
Following the end of the Sandtnista
administration in 1990, socral spending'
took a cut, and one of the results is that the
government charges students to attend
high school.
According to Mike Rhodes, member
of association's board of j directors, the
cost to attend high school varies per fam¬
ily. Generally, families can expect to pay
the equivalent of $2 per month.
, The high school Cordoba attends in
rural Telpaneca has 360 students.
• y-^The Fresno/Telpaneca scholarship
project provides full funding for students
like Cordoba to continue their education.
' "I'm really looking forward to pro¬
moting the scholarship project because
my classmate*; are depending on the
money to continue going to schooL"
Cordoba said.        ^
So far, $5000 has been raised for the
scholarship project. The association
wants to increase its sponsorships from
6f) students to 100, and it is looking to
raise an additional $1000, RnVxlessaid.
"We expect to be able to raise the
money, but we welcome any contribu¬
tions," Rhodes said.
During her stay in Fresno, Cordoba
worfced at Radio Bilingue, editing news
and selecting stories for broadcast She
also had the opportunity to rajse funds
for the scholarship project.
"Working at the radio station was
animrx>rtantexperience,"shesaid- "It's
important to learn English. It's really
hard, but I'm trying."
, There are many dungs thatCordoba
still wants to do before she leaves in a
few weeks. She loves animals and was
fascinated by the Chaffee Zoo. ,
Cordoba's family also farms cattle
in Telpaneca. When she saw the swine
unit at CSU, Fresno, she became very
curious about the swine and dairy units
on campus. Before she returns'to
Telpaneca, ihe would like to take a tour
of the swine and dairy units.
For now, Cordoba said she is con¬
tent .to be studying English, but she
can't seem to acclimate to the cold and
foggy weather.
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