The North Idaho College Sentinel Vol 67 No 8, Feb 14, 1991

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ENTINEL Nor th Idaho College's Student News pa per

Vol. 67 No.8

Thursd ay, Februa r y 14, 1991

Coeur d 'Alene, Ida ho

Convocations nabs national speaker by Am1nd1 Cowley Suttint/ Rtpo,ttr

Proponents of competi1ive education beware. Nationally known critic of higher education Michael J. Palmer will bring his controversial and thoughlprovoking mes&lgC to Nor1l1 Idaho College Feb. 22. A recent New York Tune., article calls Palmer "a phenomena in higher education." Judith Sylle, director of the humanities grant project which ~blished NIC's ftrst personal conlllct wilh Palmer two years ago, said the Berkeleyeducated SI-year-old is a former sociology professor and administnllor now turned "gadfly;" questioning some of the foundations of modem education. He has wrincn several books and is a co-founder or Ole Institute for Pubtic Life in Washington, D.C.. and a consultant to several major foundations.

Palmer will present hi<; views in a forum in lhe Bonner Room of the Student Union Building. The forum is prese,ited by the Associated Srudcnts of NIC. the campus Convocations Committee and the NIC Humanities Network in conjunction with a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. In order tMt all students and faculty have an opponunity to attend the lecture "How We Learn, How We Live: Edu<:alion and lhe Real World," all 10 a.m. classes will be callCl?led. Acoording 10 Len Mauei, a member of the organizing committee, "the program's purpose is to coruidcr a wide vnrieiy of viewpoint~ from on- ond offcampus on tltc m~ fundamcnml question we foce: how can NIC bes! prq,are --pfta.su~t

PALMER

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Safer sex focus for condom week

phOto by Daren Reasor 'SCUSE ME WHILE I KISS TH E SKY - NIC commercial art major Scott Morfltt takes his snowboard as high as he possibly can as often as he possibly can. See storv on o.15.

by Kevin Brown A.uistant Editor

chlamydia have been reponed in Idaho alone.

"Condoms are something everybody lhinks everybody knows about," said Linda Poulsen, coordinator or Student Health Services. But, she said, the opposite is true. This is where National Condom Wed., Feb. 10-17, comes into play. National Condom Week is organized to promote the education, awareness, interest and use of condoms. Poulsen said. "People need 10 know more than just the plumbing. "There's a lot or good reasons not to be sexually active," she said. Poulsen said she encounters many problems with se'<ually transmitted diseases (STOs) at North Idaho Co~. About S-10 students per week come in ror an STD evaluation, according 10 Poulsen, and about SO percent of them test pes-itive for STDs. The most commonly rtp0ned STD is clilamydia. Poulsen said. A bacterial inrcction, chlamydia can caU5C sterility problems in bolh males and females. The disease has few recognizable symptoms, she said. Over 2,000 cases of

Chlamydia is identilied by a cervical or urethral culture, Poulsen explained. The disease, she said, is easily treatable. "A latex condom is the most effective derensc against sros, including Al OS, especially when lubricated with a spermicide," Poulsen said. Free condoms are available at Student Services in the Student Union Building. As pan or lhe activities or National Condom Week, special valtntines will be offered free in the foyer of the SUB and in the Hedlund Building on Valentine's Day. The valentines have a ~hon message and a condom inside. Poulsen says the major reasons for not using condoms are embarrassmcnr and what is descnoed as "decreased sensitivity. " Poulsen offers lhe scmario of one partner saying, "Honey, if I "ear this thing, I won't feel as much." Poulsen said the other panner should respond with, "Honey. if you don't wear ~ thing. you won't foci anything at all.''


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