Issue date: 9/29/05 Section: TruLife

Media Credit: Adam Kabins Phil Jorn of University Counseling Services leads group stretches during his presentation on stress management in the Student Union Building on Monday evening. The presentation was a part of new member orientation for social sorority members. Educational programs range from managing stress to drinking to sex. Any group of students is able to access this resource and can call counseling services or the Student Health Center to schedule a presentation.

Students might think they know everything about sex, but senior Twink Pham and the Student Health Center have a position or two they would like to present.

Pham, a student adviser in Blanton Hall, created a program called "Ten Sexual Positions," which provides information about sex and everything that goes with it, she said. The health center and counseling services sponsored the program.

"I had been working on this program for about a year, and I was just looking for a creative way to provide information," she said. "The 10 sexual positions are not actual physical positions. They are different positions, or views, about sex."

Members of both sexes were informed of different issues concerning sex from several points of view. Pham said the University Counseling Services, the health center, the Department of Public Safety, the Dean of Student Affairs, the Student Public Health Association and Planned Parenthood were used to convey her message.

"We are strongly encouraged to use the resources here on campus, and for the most part I did, and they were great." She said.

Pham said the presented views included risk assessment, abstinence, homosexual and lesbian relationships, the escort service provided by the Department of Public Safety and alternative options provided by Planned Parenthood.

"The students were more apt to learn because they chose to be there, and they were in command of their education," she said.

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