De Anza celebrates National Condom Week
Kharman Aidun / La Voz
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There is nothing more romantic than receiving a bouquet of condoms on Valentine's Day. National Condom Week was started in 1978 by University of California Berkeley students and became popular throughout the United States in the 1980s.
Last week Health Services and Outlet, the new club for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, Queer, Straight and Questioning population at De Anza celebrated National Condom Week by showing students how to use condoms to make roses.
"I felt that people would not want to participate if we made the roses out of construction paper," said Health Educator Mary-Jo Lomax. The health services has sponsored National Condom Week for the last 17 years. Lomax was inspired by another health institution to make the condom roses.
Last year, Lomax distributed well over 2,000 condoms. "I have been here everyday," said Inter Club Council Chair of Programs, Jordan Eldrige. "It's a lot of fun."