Rollins agrees to fund condoms
Published April 27, 2007
The condoms task force committee is continuing a plan to submit a proposal that would supply condoms in the residence halls by the end of the semester.
Various representatives from student organizations, including the Residence Halls Association, the Missouri Students Association, Sexual Health Advocates Peer Education, Phi Beta Sigma fraternity and residence hall coordinators and community or peer advisers make up the committee, which is led by Residential Life Director Frankie Minor and SHAPE Coordinator Heather Eastman-Mueller.
"We are developing strategies and discussing new ideas in order to get a proposal in place by the end of the semester," Eastman-Mueller said.
The committee meets weekly to discuss the proposal, and so far they have made significant progress, Mueller said.
Rollins Group Council representative Emily Steckel said the machines being looked at by the committee will cost $1,100 and be in place by fall of 2007 if the proposal is passed.
The council agreed to fund the machines for Hudson and Gillett residence halls, which are two of the 14 proposed locations for machines on campus.
It is now unknown as to where the additional funding will come from, but Steckel said the committee is asking hall councils for donations in any denomination they wish.
"They have picked out machines that are more costly, but students expressed their concerns to make sure they're tamper-proof," MSA President Rachel Anderson said.
When it comes to a consensus, the committee will present the proposal to Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Cathy Scroggs.
"We realize that this is a complex process with many issues, so we're going to try to resolve those as soon as we can and come up with the most effective plan to present to Dr. Scroggs," Minor said in an April 10 interview. "The students who have spoken to me are very interested in what's going out, but I think they would rather have us do it well than do it quickly."
