College Clips

By Anna Koeppel

Published Sept. 11, 2007

University of Colorado to continue dispensing condoms despite cutbacks

Despite funding cuts, the University of Colorado's Wardenburg's Community Health Education Department will continue distributing free condoms and cold-care kits on campus this year.

With the budget cuts, it looked like many of the programs the center offers would be gone. Despite the decrease in money, services such as free condoms, HIV testing, cold-care kits and spring-break kits will continue.

"Every year, I kind of forget what to do, so when I get sick and when they happen to pass out the cold-care kits, I know what I need," junior David Jones said.

The smaller programs are here to stay, but many of the bigger events will have to be either eliminated or downsized, Community Health Education Department manager Robin Kolble said.

"We are going to be doing things a lot more thoughtfully," Kolble said. "This budget cut gives us time to examine our programs."

— The Campus Press

(University of Colorado)

Cornell University considering

gender-neutral living

At Cornell University, students who want to live in rooms that are not designated as "male" or "female" must live off campus.

When asked whether she sees a need to make gender-neutral housing an option on campus, Gwendolyn Dean, coordinator of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Resource Center said, "Not at this point. I haven't been hearing a strong push from the students."

But not all students are content with the current state of housing.

Last Thursday, Senior Class Council president and Student Assembly Representative Vince Hartman brought up a resolution entitled, "Requesting the Implementation of Gender-Neutral Housing in the Residence Halls."

By denying students the right to choose their roommates based on their preferences regardless of gender, Hartman stated in his resolution, the university "discriminates with the assumption that heterosexuality is universal."

— The Cornell Daily Sun

(Cornell University)

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

offers hourly car rentals

For new students used to having a car through most of high school and for upperclassmen sick of busses and cabs, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee now offers a rental-car program.

Flexcar is a company that allows students, faculty and staff to rent a car at $7 an hour and use it to get around town. The hourly fee covers gas and insurance premiums for the first 150 miles. After that, there is a nominal additional mileage fee.

Drivers reserve the car online or by phone, pick it up at its designated location around campus and return it when finished.

"Our low-emission, fuel-efficient vehicles are conveniently parked near homes and workplaces," the Web site states.

— The UWM Post

(University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)