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News Editor for this Issue: Jessica A. Dorman '88 Night Editors: Noam S. Cohen '89 Jessica A. Dorman '88 Steve L. Lichtman '88 Emily Mieras '90 Jonathan M. Moses '88 Shari Rudavsky '88 Geoffrey H. Simon '88 Copy Editor: Seth A. Gitell '91 Editorial Editors: Michael D Nolan '88 Photo Editor: Michelle A. Kosch '90 Features Editor: Anh T. Nguyen-Huynh '90 Sports Editor: Casey J. Lartigue Jr. '89 Business Editor: Robert Q. McManus...
...contending that the availability of condoms around Harvard Square makes on-campus dispensers unnecessary, Lichtman is ignoring the fact that many people are reluctant to purchase condoms across the counter. Embarrassment, unfortunately is often a stronger force than common sense...
...Lichtman's most striking contention is that "there is no reason other than peace of mind and routine birth control, why heterosexuals need condoms." The stunning reckless claim is supported with figures (whose statistical significance seems questionable) on the spread of AIDS among sexually active women. Lichtman has missed a crucial point: the fact that the occurance of an incident may be unlikely does not mean that one shouldn't be concerned with or take steps to prevent it. Should the statistical unlikelihood of nuclear war in the next ten years prevent us from concerning ourselves with disarmament, or should...
...While Lichtman's remarks are certainly not intended to be discriminatory, he suggests that AIDS is, essentially, a homosexual problem and that, as such, we should not directly concern ourselves with it. Even if this were the case, and it clearly is not, homosexuals are a large and important minority in the college...
Finally, whether Lichtman is joking or serious, I feel that questioning the sincerity of those students at Harvard and members of the community who are taking concrete steps to encourage the use of condoms is highly inappropriate. No doubt, many of us know people who have died of AIDS, many of us are sexually active and are concerned with contracting it, many of us are purely concerned with public health. Unless the Surgeon General is also simply interested in "prurient thrills," we should conclude that he is correct when he says that "barring abstinence, the use of a condom...