Student groups host 'haunted' health fair
Rechelle Jackson
Copy Desk Chief
Issue date: 11/2/09 Section: Campus News
Halloween came earlier for some this year as the Generation of Educated Men and Junior Congress presented a STD haunted house health fair.
The two-day event was held in the hallway near the campus bookstore and concluded in a TV room in the FPCC beginning Oct. 15.
Inside the "house," realistic pictures of STD's in babies and adults were displayed.
When GEM President Blake Nathan heard that the haunted house would not be presented this year, he immediately went seeking for reasons why.
"I went to (campus nurse Elizabeth Frazier) because I wanted us to help with it," said Nathan, a junior aeronautical and industrial technology major from Stone Mountain, Ga. "I really wanted to do something before fall break when students would go home expecting to have a good time."
Nathan said he got more than he bargained for and, to his surprise, when he went to asked about how to help, he was put in charge.
"He came to me wanting to be involved," said Frazier, who serves students in the Queen Washington Center on campus. "We did not plan on doing it this year, so I told him it was up to him to put it together."
Students expecting to see ghouls and goblins in the walk through exhibition were faced with shocking images that were meant to increase awareness, serve as an eye opener and scare students.
Syphilis, clamydia and gonorrhea were some of the diseases displayed as screams of disbelief and shock could be heard coming from inside.
Most of the diseases do not have early symptoms or a cure and can surface on and in the mouth, feet, genitals and other areas.
"I think this was very beneficial for freshmen students," said Makaila Laymon, a freshman health care administration major from Nashville. "Sometimes, we freshmen come off as na've instead of thinking things through."
Other freshmen, like Sidney Johnson, agreed and said they were appreciative of GEM for sponsoring such an event and believe it served its purpose well."
The two-day event was held in the hallway near the campus bookstore and concluded in a TV room in the FPCC beginning Oct. 15.
Inside the "house," realistic pictures of STD's in babies and adults were displayed.
When GEM President Blake Nathan heard that the haunted house would not be presented this year, he immediately went seeking for reasons why.
"I went to (campus nurse Elizabeth Frazier) because I wanted us to help with it," said Nathan, a junior aeronautical and industrial technology major from Stone Mountain, Ga. "I really wanted to do something before fall break when students would go home expecting to have a good time."
Nathan said he got more than he bargained for and, to his surprise, when he went to asked about how to help, he was put in charge.
"He came to me wanting to be involved," said Frazier, who serves students in the Queen Washington Center on campus. "We did not plan on doing it this year, so I told him it was up to him to put it together."
Students expecting to see ghouls and goblins in the walk through exhibition were faced with shocking images that were meant to increase awareness, serve as an eye opener and scare students.
Syphilis, clamydia and gonorrhea were some of the diseases displayed as screams of disbelief and shock could be heard coming from inside.
Most of the diseases do not have early symptoms or a cure and can surface on and in the mouth, feet, genitals and other areas.
"I think this was very beneficial for freshmen students," said Makaila Laymon, a freshman health care administration major from Nashville. "Sometimes, we freshmen come off as na've instead of thinking things through."
Other freshmen, like Sidney Johnson, agreed and said they were appreciative of GEM for sponsoring such an event and believe it served its purpose well."
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