4 I Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010 Students promote safe sex for Valentine’s Day By Vera Greene COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Instead of teddy bears, chocolate and roses, some students handed out free “safe sex goodie bags" con doms, candy and lubricant for Valentine's Day. ‘"We want to give people resources to practice safe sex behavior," Penn State HIV/AIDS Risk Reduction Advisory Council (HARRAC) member Tiffany Tanzosh (senior-biobehavioral health) said. "We usually make 500 kits for the holidays, and they're usually gone by two or three in the afternoon." HARRAC members team up with University Health Services to hand out condoms from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Wednesday in the HUB-Robeson Center but with Valentine's Day quickly approaching, some said these goodie bags are more appreciated. On Valentine's Day, sex is on some people's minds more than usual, said Suzanne Zeman. a community health educator at University Health Services. She thinks someone who is used to passing by the table might stop and take a look this time around. UHS offers walk-in screenings, STD awareness By Erica L. Brecher COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER In an effort to catch an often unnoticed sexually transmitted disease, University Health Services is offering a walk-in chlamydia screening clinic today. All students can be tested for chlamydia the most frequently reported sexually-transmitted bacterial infection in the United States on the fourth floor of the University Health Center from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. without a scheduled visit. The screening will also detect gonorrhea. The screening is part of Penn Thousands of vehicles recalled by Honda Co. By Shino Yuasa ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER TOKYO Honda Motor Co. is adding 437.000 vehicles to its 15- month-old global recall for faulty air bags in the latest quality prob lem to hit a Japanese automaker. The company will replace the driver’s side air bag inflator in the cars because they can deploy with too much pressure, causing the inflator to rupture and injure or kill the driver. Japan's No. 2 automaker origi nally announced the recall to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in November 2008 and the total of number vehicles recalled since then is approaching 1 million. The latest expansion of the air bag recall includes 378,000 cars in the U.S., some 41,000 cars in Canada and 17,000 cars in Japan, Australia and elsewhere in Asia. The North American recall was announced Tuesday and followed Wednesday by the recall in Asia. The recall now affects 952,118 vehicles, including certain 2001 and 2002 Accord sedans, Civic compacts, Odyssey minivans, CR- V small sport utility vehicles and some 2002 Acura TL sedans. Honda’s announcement comes at a time of increased attention on automotive recalls. DVD RENTALS LOOK FOR OUR KIOSK BY A j k THE BANK INTHE HUB I NIGHT FREE RENTAL with code 999888 Also check out our new v BLUE RAY SELECTION! Mi RED DOG WWW.REDDOGOVD.COM "With bigger events, like for Valentine's Day, we can reach more people than we necessarily do on a normal Wednesday," she said. And Brittney Barbieri, a HARRAC member, said it's helpful to hand out safe sex materials in the HUB to encourage students to stop by later. "It brings awareness for practicing safe sex." Barbieri (junior-biobehav ioral health) said. "Most people don’t know' that two Beaver Stadiums filled with people get infected with an STD every dav." Barbieri said she agreed that Valentine's Day usually brings a lot more people than normal. "I think it's because of the kits. People aren't as embarrassed to take one." she said. But after walking by and picking up a safe sex kit, Russell Beyer admitted he did it only as a joke. "I don't even like Durex,” Beyer (junior-computer science) said. "Besides, I have my own. I'm going to give it to my girlfriend because it has a lollipop and condom." To e-mail reporter: vhgsoo3@psu.edu If you go What: Walk-in chlamydia screening When: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Where: University Health center, fourth floor Details: Visit is free, test costs $l6 State's first Chlamydia Awareness Day, a day designated by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to bring attention to the STD. Jill Buchanan, a UHS nurse Takanobu Ito, Honda automaker's president and CEO. speaks at a press conference at the company's head office in Tokyo, Japan, last year. Honda Motor Co. is adding 437,000 more cars to its recall. Though the problems are unre lated. rival Toyota Motor Corp. is in the process of recalling more than 8 million cars and trucks due to faulty gas pedals. Tuesday, Toyota said it would recall nearly 440,000 of its flagship 2010 Prius and other hybrids due to a braking glitch. "There is a heightened sensitiv ity right now to anything to do with recalls," said John Mendel, executive vice president of sales for American Honda. Honda said it is aware of 12 inci dents linked to the problem one death in May 2009 and 11 injuries. The company said it is not aware of any problems happening after July 2009. Honda decided to expand the recall after a company investiga tion found that more cars might contain defective air bag inflators, made by supplier Takata Corp., based in Tokyo. Meagan Kanagy/Collegian Michael Sunday (sophomore-crime, law and justice) takes a safe sex packet from Brittney Barbieri (junior-biobehavioral health) on the ground floor of the HUB on Wednesday morning. practitioner specializing in women's health, said it's impor tant to get checked because chlamydia is common and doesn’t usually come with symptoms. "Eighty percent of women with chlamydia don’t have symptoms," she said. "And if you don't get checked but you do have it, your risk for complications goes up" If detected, chlamydia is easily treated and cured, she said. But the consequences of unde tected chlamydia can be devastat ing. including the scarring of the fallopian tubes and infertility. While symptoms and infertility The problem, the company found, could be traced to a stamp ing machine that sometimes used insufficient pressure to make the inflators. Honda company decided to recall all vehicles using the com pressed inflator propellant pro duced by that machine, it said in a release. “It took time to come to that conclusion beqause we had to do many tests," said Natsuno Asanuma, a manager of public relations at Honda in Tokyo. “We have concluded this is the cause." One analyst suggested Toyota's woes may have lowered the bar for recalls, prompting automakers to announce full-fledged recalls for problems that would normally be handled during regular car inspections or service campaigns -calling in cars at the owner’s con venience. are much less common in men, they can occur, said Dr. Evan Pattishall, UHS clinical director and men's health provider. Buchanan said if a woman does experience symptoms, she might have pain or bleeding related to sex or unusual discharge accom panied by pain, bleeding or pelvic discomfort. Pattishall said symptoms for men might be burning or discom fort when they urinate. Buchanan also said the clinic isn't the only opportunity to get tested and that today's screening is mainly for people without symp toms who have reason to believe thev're at risk. PSU doctors to hold a ‘Heart to Heart’ PSU hospitals will host a call-in TV program that will answer questions about how to live heart-healthv. By Eddie Tin-Yau Lau COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Penn State Milton S. Hershev Medical Center and Penn State Hershey Heart and Vascular Institute are presenting a half hour TV program tonight to dis cuss women's heart and vascular health. Three women who have sur vived serious heart and vascular conditions will share their stories during the program, said Brent Heard, marketing and communi cations specialist at the medical center. The “Heart to Heart” program airs at 7:30 tonight on WHTM-TV (ABC 27). The call-in program will also include information about living a heart-healthy lifestyle and modern therapies available to those who already suffer from heart or vascular disease, according to a Penn State press release. Viewers can call in and ques tion a panel of medical experts from the Penn State Hershey Heart and Vascular Institute, who will be in the studio and ready to take calls. But viewers will also hear first- THE BRONZE "Be a fan of an indoor tan Many units to choose from Mystic Tan, Orbit Onyx, Suncapsule, Ergolino, • NO MEMBERSHIP PEES * MYSTIC TAN - 3 Sessions for $ Unlimited Packages as low as S. The Daily Collegian "Students come in for STD screening all year long," she said. Pattishall said anyone who is sexually active should be screened once a vear. Buchanan agreed and she added that for demographics of people who are more sexually active or have more than one part ner like some college students it is especially impor tant to get a screening done peri odically Visiting the walk-in clinic is free, and the screening, which requires providing a urine sample, costs Sl6. To e-mail reporter: elbsl36@psu.edu If you watch What: "Heart to Heart" Channel: WHTM-TV (ABC 27) When: 7:30 tonight Details: Call-in number: (717) 346-3333 hand how heart disease impacts the lives of ordinary American citizens. Melinda Saylor, of Spring Mills, one of the three women that will be sharing their stories in the program tonight, said she was diagnosed with supraventricular tachycardia (SVT> in November of 2006. when she began having heart palpitations. Two months later, she went to the Hershey Medical Center. "If you have the problem long enough ... it can damage your heart," Saylor said. Penn State University Health Services Director Margaret Spear agreed. She believes the program will provide valuable information on healthy lifestyles and how those lifestyles help people prevent heart disease. The number to call in to the show is (717) 346-3333, and calls will be accepted from 7 to 8 p.m. Viewers are also invited to submit their questions prior to the program questions@abc27.com. To e-mail reporter: tolslos@psu.edu and Sunvision! Behind C
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