Unorthodox show touts safety Condom costumes used to promote good sexual health
TUESDAY April 10, 2012 Volume 97, Issue 101 W W W.T H E D A I LYA Z T E C . C O M
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Tara Millspaugh staff writer Last Thursday, San Diego State’s residence halls hosted the fourth annual Condom Fashion Show. With a goal of promoting safe sex, students volunteered to create outfits made entirely of condoms, then showcased the clothing down a catwalk placed on Cuicacalli walkway. Celena Martinez, a residential adviser in Tenochca Residence hall, has coordinated this event for the past four years and understands the importance of the program. “Not only residents who live in the halls, but everyone on campus, has a fun way of learning about sexual education,” Martinez said. Through monetary and product donations from Planned Parenthood, the Calpulli Center and Residence Hall Association, 4,000 non-lubricated condoms were allotted to students for the event. One thousand lubricated condoms were handed out during the event, along with edible lubricant. Approximately 150 students watched the show and entered a raffle to win prizes consisting of sexual merchandise. Representatives from Planned Parenthood tabled at the event and gave away free condoms. According to Jennifer Kulka, psychology junior and intern at Planned Parenthood, its purpose is to show SDSU students contraceptives are readily available on and near campus. Many students feel
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Fashion show participants dressed up as various superheroes such as Thor, Wonder Woman and Captain America. | COURTESY OF CAITLIN BAHU
uneasy discussing their sexual practices with others, but Planned Parenthood strives to make its facilities comforting environments. “We (Planned Parenthood) really pride ourselves in being completely confidential,” Kulka said. The theme of the fashion show was superheroes. Martinez, along with three other judges, ranked the top clothing designs. Participants
were judged on creativity, confidence on the walkway and overall use of condoms. The winner of the fashion show was political science sophomore Katie Foster. She dressed up as Captain America, using red and blue condoms, along with a neatly crafted condom shield. Some of the other contestants dressed up as Thor, Batman and Robin.
Three female students dressed up as The Powerpuff Girls. They used 225 condoms to create all three outfits. All the contestants expressed creativity through the outfits they designed. Martinez was pleased with the turnout of the event. The Condom Fashion Show was a successful, quirky way to show students practicing safe sex and using protection is an easy step toward a healthy sexual lifestyle.
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Facebook purchases Instagram Social media giants merge after massive buyout Hutton Marshall news editor Yesterday morning, Facebook posted on its website it will be acquiring Instagram, a photo-sharing app for smartphones. Instagram, which has become enormously popular in the last few months, has agreed on a selling price of approximately $1 billion. The Huffington Post reported the two-year-old company currently has 13 employees.
Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg promised Instagram users the app’s autonomy would not be compromised, saying users will still be able to share photos on social networking sites other than Facebook, and their Instagram followers and Facebook friends will remain segregated. “We believe these are different experiences that complement each other,” Zuckerberg wrote on his Facebook Timeline. “But in order to do this well, we need to be mindful about keeping and building on Instagram’s strengths and features rather than just trying to integrate everything into Facebook.”
Representatives from San Diego State’s Children’s Center visited the Associated Students Council meeting on Wednesday in response to possible cuts to the center set out in Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed 2012-13 budget. State funding currently pays for 52 children of SDSU’s students to attend the center, but a new proposal would require the parent to work at least 30 hours a week to continue their funding after the first year. Shauna MacDermot and Tanisha Chiles, both student parents, spoke to A.S. to stress the consequences reduced funding would have. “I would not have been able to do it without the funding. There’s absolutely no way I would have
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Because of complaints about the lack of transparency regarding SDSU’s budget, SDSU President Eliot Hirshman‘s office decided to start a budget discussion forum. It is tentatively proposed to start the first week of next month.
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Koala apologizes to A.S.
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A Koala representative publicly apologized to A.S. on Wednesday for an incident a few years ago in which a Koala member vandalized Aztec Center elevators and stairwells. The Koala’s apology was part of the process to be recognized as a campus organization again.
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been able to afford childcare. As a fulltime mom and a full-time student, there’s no way I would be able to work 30 hours a week,” MacDermot said. A.S. Vice President of External Affairs Krista Parker said she will write a letter for A.S. members to sign and send to the governor to protest the cuts.
Rumor information website created The University Affairs Board decided last week to create a rumor information website. Members have recently heard false information spreading across campus and want to correct the myths. One rumor clarified at the meeting was that although other campuses may enact unit caps in the 2012-2013 year, SDSU will not.
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