2008 Woodie Awards
Sexing up the lawn
Stephanie McPherson, Collegian staff
Issue date: 5/9/08 Section: News
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VOX joined forces with many other registered student organizations (RSOs) and clubs to present a day filled with sex and health education.
Students milled about the tables that ranged from Planned Parenthood to HIV awareness to a sexual bake sale complete with anatomically correct, decorate-it-yourself cookies. WMUA 91.1 provided the soundtrack for the day, playing something from every genre, from John Mayer to Michael Jackson.
UMass student Kate Fontaine, the secretary of VOX, and the 13 active members have been planning the event since the fall.
"We put together some fun activities and a lot of information tables," said Fontaine, who is majoring in history, legal studies and women's studies.
One of the main issues VOX deals with is ending abstinence-only sex education and promoting the availability of contraception.
Fontaine continued to say that though the majority of the booths were about pro-sex education, VOX has a much bigger message that is reflected in the diversity of groups represented yesterday, though she admits that "one of our biggest things is condom providing."
She said that with over 3,000 offered, they are usually gone by the end of the day.
There was information on how to self-check for breast cancer and what to expect at a mammogram, among other women's health issues, and many other tables in support of woman and human rights.
One club, Transnational Feminist Issues, a group in its second year, set up their booth to represent "Latin American indigenous women and reproductive freedoms."
Lauren Mahoney, a co-founder of the group, said this year's "Sex on the Lawn" marked their second appearance at the event. Last year, they highlighted the issue of female circumcision.
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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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