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New Programs Deal With Sex, Drugs

By TERRY JASPERSON

Mr. Jefferson, the
flower pots in the urinals
are here to stay. Not only
are women a permanent
feature of the first-year
profile, but they have
brought with them a need
for special facilities.

The pastime of Virginia
students has altered too.
Drugs have joined the
ranks of alcohol as a
source of weekend
pleasure.

In response to increasing
demand, Student Health is
planning to expand their
complete Obstetrics and
Gynecology Service. Dr. U. G.
Turner, III, who directs the
clinic, has promised that
information concerning the days
and hours the service will be
opened will be available by the
end of the week. This
information will include
instructions on how to make
appointments.

Not only will Dr. Turner and
the Ob-Gyn clinic deal with
patient services, but they are
planning an extensive education
program on human sexuality.
These seminars will be
conducted in the first-year
dormitory area and are opened
to all interested students. They
are being conducted with the aid
of the Mulholland Society of the
Medical School.

The Mulholland Society, a
service society, has helped in the
publication of 'An Ounce of
Prevention' and 'Drug Use,' two
pamphlets which are distributed.

The 'Drug Use' pamphlet is
also distributed by Student
Council. It deals with the
medical and legal aspects of drug
use. Some of the areas covered
are narcotic analgesias, sedatives,
hallucinogenic drugs, marijuana,
amphetamines and cocaine. The
pamphlet is clinical and precise.
The University also provides a Drug
Hotline, 295-6868, which is
manned 24 hours a day by second,
third and fourth-year medical
students. The hotline maintains the
student's confidence and will not
give out information concerning
those people who seek their help.

The Counseling Center beside
Newcomb Hall also welcomes those
student who want to come in and
talk. They are trained counselors,
whose sole purpose is to help a
student help himself.

In a talk to the dormitory
counselors last week, Carl Deavers,
a former undercover agent for the
state narcotics division, spoke about
drug busts on the Grounds. No
longer can the University be
considered a sanctuary for drug
users. Mr. Deavers said that
informants were all over the
grounds. 'The informant may be
your roommate or a teammate who
is upset because you are strung
out,' Mr. Deavers stated. He added
that the narcotics division has a
good working relationship with the
security department of the
University.

A further aspect of coeducation
is the additional coed dormitories
in the Alderman Road area. Webb is
the only complete first-year
women's dorm with Maupin, Lile,
Batz, Watson, Tuttle and Doble
being coed.

The parietals for the first-year
dorms are 2 p.m. to 12 p.m. on
weekdays and from 12 p.m. Friday
to 12 p.m. Sunday.