2008 Woodie Awards
Sexing up the lawn
Stephanie McPherson, Collegian staff
Issue date: 5/9/08 Section: News
"We come and present a global women's issue," said Mahoney. She said the best part of being involved with "Sex on the Lawn" is getting to talk with people.
"Everybody has so many questions and it's so nice to answer them. The whole point of the event is education," she said.
Even political issues were represented, with a 'Save Darfur' group trying to raise awareness and another table recruiting students to campaign for the White House during the summer.
Adam Wajsfelner, a student working the recruiting table, thought his group fit in with the theme of the day
"I think campaigning is pretty sexy," Wajsfelner said.
VOX: Students for Choice, is a UMass registered student organization. Sex on the Lawn is just one of many events the group organization about sex-education awareness. Each semester, they sponsor two events, the Hanger Project and the Beta Project, to educate the public about abortion procedures before they were legal.
For the Hanger Project, VOX suspends hangers along the library lawn, each with a fact or statistic dangling from the wire, like "87 percent of U.S. counties don't have an abortion provider," said Fontaine.
The Beta project invites women who have had illegal abortions to discuss their harrowing experience, stressing the importance of how legal abortions have contributed to the safety of women.
They also frequently have dorm parties, send around petitions and keep tabs on local pharmacies, ensuring they are provided affordable and over-the-counter emergency contraception.
Stephanie McPherson can be reached at smcphers@dailycollegian.com.
"Everybody has so many questions and it's so nice to answer them. The whole point of the event is education," she said.
Even political issues were represented, with a 'Save Darfur' group trying to raise awareness and another table recruiting students to campaign for the White House during the summer.
Adam Wajsfelner, a student working the recruiting table, thought his group fit in with the theme of the day
"I think campaigning is pretty sexy," Wajsfelner said.
VOX: Students for Choice, is a UMass registered student organization. Sex on the Lawn is just one of many events the group organization about sex-education awareness. Each semester, they sponsor two events, the Hanger Project and the Beta Project, to educate the public about abortion procedures before they were legal.
For the Hanger Project, VOX suspends hangers along the library lawn, each with a fact or statistic dangling from the wire, like "87 percent of U.S. counties don't have an abortion provider," said Fontaine.
The Beta project invites women who have had illegal abortions to discuss their harrowing experience, stressing the importance of how legal abortions have contributed to the safety of women.
They also frequently have dorm parties, send around petitions and keep tabs on local pharmacies, ensuring they are provided affordable and over-the-counter emergency contraception.
Stephanie McPherson can be reached at smcphers@dailycollegian.com.
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Ed Cutting
posted 5/09/08 @ 9:37 AM EST
I hate to confuse anyone with the facts, but Justice Ruth Ginsberg has said that *SHE* thinks that the Roe case was wrongly decided. If you want to condemn SCOTUS justices for saying this, you kinda gotta admit that Ginsberg has said it too. (Continued…)
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