The Michigan Daily-Vvednesday, September 23, Y8- Page 5 { 'Safer sex By GRACE HILL Sylvia Hacker, a University associate' professor of Population Planning, told a group of' sex education teachers, nurses and concerned adults, as well as 40 students, last night, that a new attitude towards sex must be achieved in order to cope with sexually transmitted diseases. Hacker's comments came in a featured lecture for Safer Sex Day, entitled "Incorporating Safer Sex Into Your Sexuality." "The old pre-World War II norm of denial - which states that sex is bad except in marriage for the purpose of procreation - no longer works," said Hacker. She suggested that the new sex norm be one which relays that "sex is good, but unwanted parenthood is bad." talk urges thought Hacker also pushed for changes in sex education. "Less than 10 percent of sex education classes don't deal with the questions that students ask. We've got to stop the relentless pursuit of the fallopian tubes," she said. Although Hacker said the lecture went well, she was disappointed with the lack of student attendence. "But, people must elect to come," she said. "They can't be coerced into coming." Hacker attributed the lack of students to the seriousness of the issue. "People are scared to death about AIDS; if you have a scary message, people go into the denial stage, she said. University AIDS Education Coordinator Polly Paulson agreed that more students didn't come because they "don't perceive themselves at risk." Paulson added that she was not disappointed by the turnout which she considered to be a normal one. According to Paulson; approximately 80 people attended the event. The program included one workshop and three other events. A "different cross section of people attend each event," she said. "We present a series of programs throughout the day, and we reach a different segment of people at each event," she said. "At one program last night, we handed out between 600 and 800 free condoms." Paulson added that most people attended the lecture because "it's an issue that affects people," personally as well as the country as a whole. People think about it, and (their participation) helps process their feelings." 'U' risk-reducing AIDS programs to continue (Continued from Page 1) like Osborn question the absence of a federal AIDS education program. Our country is the only one affected by AIDS without such a program, Osborn said. But universities across the country are increasingly stressing AIDS education. Stanford, Arizona, Harvard, Berkeley, and North Car- olina universities have already held AIDS awareness days. And the Michigan Department of Public Health will publish a policy manual next month for AIDS education on Michigan campuses. A doubt remains, however, as to whether this education is appropriate or successful. "If I were a college student, I'd want to be told that the game had changed, with respect to one-night stands. And I don't think that has been done at all," Osborn said. "And the warnings have not been in the right terms. Yes, students ought to worry, because the thing we're talking about is so awful that it's worth some worry." "But we can't make them so scared that they don't listen to the message." Still, when students don't listen - or even attend the events - AIDS education doesn't necessarily deserve the blame, educators say. "We have to accept that there will always be some people who aren't going to care, who are going to continue to take risks," Paulson said. Osborn added that even concerned students "aren't listening as well as they should. I think they may be listening kind of curiously, but are they listening hard enough to decide at 10 p.m. after four beers that they're not going to do something?" University health educators stress that students must continue to listen, and listen hard, in order to avoid the AIDS virus on campus. "A couple of years from now everybody is going to know about the problem by the sheer fact that so many will be affected," said Osborn. "We don't want to wait." Crash survivor's custody determined by family Daily Photo by SCOTT LITUCHY The thinkers. A praying mantis contemplates the ever-so-threatening foot of second year Ph. D. Business student Lou Wolodzko as he contemplates something else. Biden reconsiders presidential bid (Continued from Page 1) is good. Shears added, "The doctors indicated that Thursday's skin graft (her fourth) may have been her last." Cichan suffered burns that covered 30 percent of her body. The child also suffered a broken leg and collarbone, but she has been able to play with some of the 1,900 toys she has received, according to Shears. The rest of the toys will be were not really thinking about that now." An unnamed source said Northwest"Airlines has already agreed to pay the child's hospital bills. Rea Ube DaHie CW64.e. 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