Don't get burned for Halloween
Tiffani J. McDaniel
Staff Reporter
Issue date: 10/22/07 Section: Arts & Culture
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On TV and in the movies, sex happens quickly and easily. According to a pamphlet that was distributed during TSU's eigth annual Haunted Health Fair, in one year of prime-time TV, there are about 20,000 scenes of
suggested sexual behavior, intercourse and sexual comments or innuendo.
However, what television sitcoms fail to include in their prime-time programming is the dark side of having sexual intercourse, which may lead into a sexually transmitted disease or HIV.
"I have never been tested before," said Edtwquan Taylor, a sophomore business administration major from Nashville. "I've had sex before, and I needed to know."
Hosted in the student center's Forum room 210, students had the opportunity to participate in a free STD/HIV test on behalf of Metro Health Department.
After traveling through a haunted maze, filled with gruesome images of STDs such as Chlamydia eye infection, secondary Syphilis, lower lip Gonorrhea, and Herpes simplex, students were then tested after filling out a questionnaire, and given complimentary
trick or treat bags, t-shirts and pamphlets.
"The visuals are not meant to be in bad taste," said Lynn Whitlow a Metro Health Department and STD Free affiliate. "It's intended to show what they look like,
so that students can be aware of what to look for."
The Haunted Health Fair, was open to the TSU community from 11:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m., and had an amazing turn out; over 512 students were tested.
Before students were permitted inside the Forum, they were required to fill out a sign-in sheet stating their phone number so that when the results are ready in a week they can be contacted, especially if their results come back positive.
"Anybody who finds out they are positive, it is the job of disease prevention to contact them," Whitlow said.
"There is a lag time to contact these
infected individuals with care resources."
Unfortunately, a lot of students come to college already infected with the virus, and one concern for Whitlow was that they are not taking their medications consistently or at all.
suggested sexual behavior, intercourse and sexual comments or innuendo.
However, what television sitcoms fail to include in their prime-time programming is the dark side of having sexual intercourse, which may lead into a sexually transmitted disease or HIV.
"I have never been tested before," said Edtwquan Taylor, a sophomore business administration major from Nashville. "I've had sex before, and I needed to know."
Hosted in the student center's Forum room 210, students had the opportunity to participate in a free STD/HIV test on behalf of Metro Health Department.
After traveling through a haunted maze, filled with gruesome images of STDs such as Chlamydia eye infection, secondary Syphilis, lower lip Gonorrhea, and Herpes simplex, students were then tested after filling out a questionnaire, and given complimentary
trick or treat bags, t-shirts and pamphlets.
"The visuals are not meant to be in bad taste," said Lynn Whitlow a Metro Health Department and STD Free affiliate. "It's intended to show what they look like,
so that students can be aware of what to look for."
The Haunted Health Fair, was open to the TSU community from 11:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m., and had an amazing turn out; over 512 students were tested.
Before students were permitted inside the Forum, they were required to fill out a sign-in sheet stating their phone number so that when the results are ready in a week they can be contacted, especially if their results come back positive.
"Anybody who finds out they are positive, it is the job of disease prevention to contact them," Whitlow said.
"There is a lag time to contact these
infected individuals with care resources."
Unfortunately, a lot of students come to college already infected with the virus, and one concern for Whitlow was that they are not taking their medications consistently or at all.
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