2008 Woodie Awards
On the prowl
By: Orson Swelles
Issue date: 6/13/08 Section: TimeOut
I'm not sure about the rest of you guys, but my parents would be in complete shock and disappointment if I strolled home this semester with a .6 GPA.
Unfortunately, just last year, that's the GPA that was given to Clemson in Trojan's sexual health report card. In a ranking of 100 division I-A schools, Clemson was ranked 95. As a good comparator, USC was sitting pretty at number 11 with a 3.0 GPA.
Maybe GPA isn't as important to you as football, so imagine that Clemson is sitting at 95 in the AP polls right next to Duke, while USC is battling it out for a BCS bowl berth at 11. If this analogy doesn't irritate you, then I give up trying to make you care about anything at all.
To achieve these grades, people from Trojan basically went poking around college websites and tried to find things like sexual health advice, STI testing, free condom awareness, and other such criteria.
I think whoever was tasked to grade Clemson must have been a former gamecock because they gave us F's in categories like "Sex Column, Q&A" and "Condom avail." I mean, the simple fact that you are reading this column (which was around years before the report card) should warrant us at least a C.
To give an F is basically saying that my column is as valuable as a blank page in the newspaper where students could draw pictures of what they think Chlamydia would look like as a "Simpsons" character.
While I feel that the report is inaccurate, it does bring about thoughts that maybe our student body isn't as well informed on sexual health as it could be.
Since this is the first issue of the 2007-2008 school year, and many of you freshmen may be hitting up parties this weekend, I thought we could sit down for one last lesson before the Labor Day weekend.
First of all, in regards to the F we received in condom availability I am a bit perturbed. If you go down to the health information floor of Redfern, you will see a bookcase that has bags of free condoms on top of it (which are obtained by donation, not by student fees).
Unfortunately, just last year, that's the GPA that was given to Clemson in Trojan's sexual health report card. In a ranking of 100 division I-A schools, Clemson was ranked 95. As a good comparator, USC was sitting pretty at number 11 with a 3.0 GPA.
Maybe GPA isn't as important to you as football, so imagine that Clemson is sitting at 95 in the AP polls right next to Duke, while USC is battling it out for a BCS bowl berth at 11. If this analogy doesn't irritate you, then I give up trying to make you care about anything at all.
To achieve these grades, people from Trojan basically went poking around college websites and tried to find things like sexual health advice, STI testing, free condom awareness, and other such criteria.
I think whoever was tasked to grade Clemson must have been a former gamecock because they gave us F's in categories like "Sex Column, Q&A" and "Condom avail." I mean, the simple fact that you are reading this column (which was around years before the report card) should warrant us at least a C.
To give an F is basically saying that my column is as valuable as a blank page in the newspaper where students could draw pictures of what they think Chlamydia would look like as a "Simpsons" character.
While I feel that the report is inaccurate, it does bring about thoughts that maybe our student body isn't as well informed on sexual health as it could be.
Since this is the first issue of the 2007-2008 school year, and many of you freshmen may be hitting up parties this weekend, I thought we could sit down for one last lesson before the Labor Day weekend.
First of all, in regards to the F we received in condom availability I am a bit perturbed. If you go down to the health information floor of Redfern, you will see a bookcase that has bags of free condoms on top of it (which are obtained by donation, not by student fees).
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