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Video game creator talks at Rutgers event
On-campus parking spaces to be cut in coming years Antonio Calcado, the executive vice president for Strategic Planning and Operations, held a town hall at the beginning of Thursday’s Rutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA) meeting. He spoke about reducing campus parking in the coming years and how Rutgers determines class cancellations due to winter weather.
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Dan Salvato is a video game developer best known for creating “Doki Doki Literature Club!” He said the target audience for his game was not just people who liked anime. TWITTER
Last Friday, Dan Salvato — most known for creating the hit video game “Doki Doki Literature Club!” — came to Rutgers to share his story and give advice to aspiring video game developers. The event, which was hosted by Rutgers STEAM, started with Salvato taking off his jacket to reveal a shirt with one of the anime characters from “Doki Doki Literature Club!” “I put on a nice, thematic shirt for today ... I figured people are here probably out of the interest of ‘Doki Doki Literature Club!’” he said.
Then, Salvato launched into the story of how he first became interested in game development, and later created his own games. He said it started in middle school, which was when he first felt the drive and passion to create. Interested in flash animation, Salvato used to go on Newgrounds — a social media website for creators to share their content — which was the center of the internet when he was younger. He would then pirate parts of other people’s flash animation software in order to learn how to program. SEE EVENT ON PAGE 5
Medical faculty explain misconceptions of sex YARA ASSARDI CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Rutgers has previously been ranked as the second-most sexually active campus in the country, according to a sur vey conducted by College Stats. But experts from the University say the study was false and give further advice to sexually active students on campus. “(Rutgers Health Centers do not) consider their study statistically valid. Based on what we see, Rutgers is no more or less sexually active than any other typical college,” said Francesca Maria, a certified health education specialist and director of Health Outreach, Promotion and Education (HOPE). Regardless, college students at Rutgers are still sexually active. Lynn Fryer, an advanced practice nurse and associate director of medical services at Rutgers, said there was a list of misconceptions people had about sexual health. Some false misconceptions that people have about birth control are that birth control pills cause weight gain and infertility, she said. On the other hand, it was true that pregnancy causes weight gain and untreated sexually transmitted infections (STIs) can lead to infertility. Fr yer also acknowledged the monetar y cost of safe sex. “Condoms are cheaper than diapers,” she said. Students also work to educate their peers about sexual health and its myths. HOPE, a student unit within Rutgers Health Services, engages the University community
through workshops and other programs to advance health and wellness. One of the peer educators of HOPE is Domonique Noel, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior. Noel works with Rutgers students from all backgrounds by teaching workshops and working as an HIV tester and counselor. Although she said the experience was largely positive, she said it was frustrating that myths about sexual health perpetuate the stigma around certain issues. For instance, one of the misconceptions she has heard is that unprotected oral sex cannot transmit sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and that only gay men need to worry about getting HIV, which are both false. Many major STDs are transmissible through oral sex, including HIV, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “The U.S. education system is quite inconsistent in what it includes in its curriculum for (sex education) and many students come into college being unaware of how to protect themselves at a time of newfound sexual freedom and expression,” Noel said. “(Teaching sex education) is important because there’s extensive evidence that not doing so can lead to dangerous decisions that affect one’s life forever.” Another misconception about birth control Noel has encountered is that it only comes in pill form, and that Plan B pills are a form of abortion. According to the Rutgers Health Ser vices website, birth control can come in the form of hormonal and non-hormonal,
Some misconceptions people have about sexual health are that birth control pills cause weight gain, Plan B pills are a form of abortion, only gay men need to worry about getting HIV and forms of birth control are too costly. PIXABAY in an assortment of inserts, pills and shots. Regarding contraceptive accessibility at Rutgers, Noa’a Shimoni, the medical director of Student Health Ser vices, said since they are considered preventative care, they are completely covered by insurance at the University.
“This includes intrauterine devices, implants, the shot and many types of pills,” Shimoni said. “The Rutgers-sponsored student insurance covers more than 100 different formulations without any student cost.” Fryer said counseling about birth control is also available at all the health centers on campus. A student
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is not required to get a women’s health exam for birth control consultation at the health centers, and the health centers also offer counseling and testing for STIs and STDs. Students can get tested through a screening fair or weekly drop-in testing. “We also host rapid result HIV screenings once a month,” she said.