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...housed in a doctor's office, but Peer Contraceptive Counselors (PCC) is a place for students to feel comfortable voicing their sexual concerns. The name itself is deceptive--rather than just a medicine chest stocked with condoms and other contraceptives, the PCC office is a place where students can talk privately about sexuality with peers trained to be experts...
...Only 10 students a year serve on PCC, which is open from 7 p.m. to 12 a.m., Sunday through Thursday. Each counselor works one two-and-a-half hour shift per week. Their mission is to aid students who call or drop in with questions about...
...informational questions," says PCC co-director Angela L. Peluse '01. "Like the condom broke, I forgot to take a [birth control] pill, I threw up a pill, what about emergency contraception...
...recent years, students have brought more serious concerns to PCC staffers. These days sexually transmitted diseases, in addition to birth control, are the chief concerns of sexually active college students, PCC members...
Gould, who is now working with the PeerAdvisory Board, which is comprised of theco-directors of the five peer counselinggroups--Room 13, PCC, Contact, Response andECHO--says the concerns that people now bring toRoom 13 are a little different from those theybrought in the 1970s...