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...days following the announcement, Rindge and Latin, which is recognized for its extensive AIDS prevention efforts--including condom distribution to students for the past 18 months--found its halls and auditorium overrun by the media...
Sarah Blout, a senior who has participated in Rindge and Latin's AIDS Peer Leader program since the ninth grade, said her group and the Health Center organized a press conference the day after the announcement to urge other schools to adopt similar condom distribution programs...
...were the smart ones, and they wanted to hear from the smart ones," said Blout, who played a key role in bringing about the condom distribution policy during her sophomore year...
John J. Bellwood, and all the other Rindge and Latin students interviewed, argued adamantly that other schools should provide the same condom distribution program, especially in the wake of the publicity surrounding Magic Johnson's announcement...
Until there is a vaccine or a cure, responsibility for AIDS in America will have to remain where it is now: with the people in danger of getting and spreading it. For the individual considering a casual sexual encounter, wearing a condom -- or abstaining altogether -- can mean the difference between acquiring a deadly virus and avoiding one. For the country as a whole, it can spell the difference between a contained health problem and one that is out of control...