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News Bureau • Schofield Hall 201 • Eau Claire, WI 54702
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UW-Eau Claire to Hold
Activities
For Safer Sex Awareness Week
MAILED: Feb. 5, 2002
EAU CLAIRE — The University of
Wisconsin-Eau Claire is offering several programs for the week of Monday, Feb.
11, which the school has designated Safer Sex Awareness Week.
This year's theme is "Loves me … loves
me not." Activities will address qualities of healthy relationships,
including mutual respect, honesty, monogamy and open communication.
The events will begin at 9 p.m. Tuesday, Feb.
12, with a showing of the movie "The Next Best Thing" in the Towers TV
Lounge. In the film, Madonna plays a woman who, in an unexpected moment of
closeness, has a sexual encounter with a good friend, a gay man played by Rupert
Everett. Madonna's character ends up pregnant. The movie addresses dynamics of
both platonic and romantic relationships.
At 9 p.m. on Feb. 13, Towers TV Lounge
students can play "The Great Sexcapades," a sexual health trivia game
based on the combined formats of Trivial Pursuit, Jeopardy and the
"physical challenges" of Double Dare.
A free spaghetti dinner will be offered from 5
to 7 p.m. Thursday in Towers social room, followed by Condom Bingo at 8 p.m. in
Towers TV lounge.
In addition an information booth will be
stationed in Davies Center Feb. 13 and 14.
All events are being co-sponsored by the Peer
Health Educators, Student Health Services, Housing and Residence Life, National
Residence Hall Honorary, and the Residence Hall Activities Board.
UW-Eau Claire has celebrated Safer Sex
Awareness Week, which corresponds with a national campaign that is sponsored by
the college health education organization Bacchus and Gamma, for about 10 years.
For more information please contact Sarah
Harvieux, health educator, at 836-2001 or harviesm@uwec.edu.
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News Bureau
Judy Berthiaume
UW-Eau Claire News Bureau
Schofield 201
(715) 836-4741
newsbur@uwec.edu
Updated: Feb. 5, 2002