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...commentary, "Political Machines," Steven Lichtman argues that the proposed installation of condom dispensers is a matter that does not merit the serious consideration it has received. Apparently ignoring the vast portion of the campus which has worked for or supported the proposal, he implies that the Undergraduate Council has used the issue for political motives. This conclusion is based upon a misunderstanding of the nature of the plan outlined by the council, and a line of reasoning which rambles from irrelevant facts to plain silliness. Worst of all, he ignores the facts in denying the importance of condoms...
...Undergraduate Council and House Committees, says Lichtman, are "stockpiling, survivalist-like, condoms on house basements and across campus," an action which "can only heighten AIDS hysteria." This is an unfair mischaracterization. In deciding on laundry rooms and similar locations, the UC and House Committees carefully considered the importance of not just providing a service, but of creating an appropriate atmosphere, one which encourages awareness and action but is not offensive or irrational. Ideally, the stigma associated with condoms, whether humorous or distasteful, will be slowly dispelled as their presence becomes commonplace. Two condom dispensers in a house can successfully strike...
...Lichtman's comments on the unreliability of "natural" condoms are well taken but have no bearing on the program being considered at Harvard. The condoms in the dispensers will most likely be lubricated latex models, possibly coated with spermicidal jelly shown to give additional protection against the AIDS virus...
News Editor for this Issue: Shari Rudavsky '88 Night Editors: Brooke A. Masters '89 Steve L. Lichtman '88 Copy Editor: Melissa R. Hart '91 Editorial Editors: Abagail M. McGanney '87-'88 Photo Editor: David K. Eldan '89 Features Editor: Andrea E. Monfreid '88 Sports Editor: Jennifer M. Frey '90 Business Editor: Willa Berghuis...
News Editor for This Issue: Shari Rudavsky '88 Night Editors: Matthew H. Joseph '88 Jonathan M. Moses '88 Brooke A. Masters '89 John J. Murphy '89 Shari Rudavsky '88 Editorial Editors: Michael D. Nolan '88 Steven L. Lichtman Features Editors: Jessica A. Dorman '88 Laurie M. Grossman '89 Sports Editors for This Issue: Geoffrey H. Simon '88 Photo Editor for This Issue: Eugene L. Jhong '90 Brian J. Williams '89 Copy Editors for This Issue Andrew I. Braun...