"UB condoms, not free this year"

The free condoms given away at various UB events throughout the school year since August 2007 have been found to be defective. As a result, the rate of out-of-wedlock pregnancies has skyrocketed among students.

According to a MyUB survey conducted this February entitled "Did you have sex and are now pregnant and alone" approximately, 25 percent of the students who responded were pregnant.

"There are dozens of girls running around UB who may be pregnant and not know it yet. We gave out many of these condoms on Valentine's Day in the Student Union," said Sherri Darrow, Ph.D., director of Student Wellness Center.

The condoms purchased by Sub-Board, Inc. before Freshman Orientation in 2007 for year long distribution, seem to have been expired.

According to all-about-condoms-4-u.com, the shelf life of condoms is about three to five years depending on whether or not there is spermicide.

About 10,000 condoms have been distributed so far this year, said Jane Fischer, director of SBI Health Education. The number of students who actually used the free condoms is not yet known.

Investigations by various branches of the University are pending.

One of the students affected by these defective condoms contacted The Spectrum after receiving a notice from SBI Health Education. Clara Net, a freshman music and dance major, is now four months pregnant and remembers that she got a bunch of condoms during her freshmen orientation.

"I took a bunch because they were free," Net said. "And there were a lot of cute boys in my group."

Now, Net's studies will have to be put on hold.

"It is really hard on me walking around school," Net said. "I would get an abortion but, like, the baby already has fingernails, dude."

Alma Balzitch, a sophomore biology major, received condoms during the Valentine's Day festivities in the Union, she said. She just found out she was pregnant two weeks ago.

"My doctor was like, your eggo is preggo," Balzitch said. "I could so go for like a huge cookie right now, with like, a lamb kabob simultaneously."

President John Simpson issued an official statement about the subject.

"This is an unfortunate situation, which we are dealing with to the best of our abilities. This kind of thing will not be tolerated - UB 2020 is a step in the right direction," Simpson said.

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