Report finds more colleges offer morning-after pill
A report in the latest issue of the "Journal of American College Health" showed more than half of college health centers offer the "morning-after" contraceptive pill. The study showed an increase in the number of school health facilities offering the pill. Of the 52 percent of college health centers that offer the pill, one-sixth said they have started doing so in the past year.
The University is currently among those institutions which offer the pill. The morning-after pill can be taken up to 72 hours after sexual intercourse to inhibit ovulation and thus prevent pregnancy.
Schools in the Midwest and South as well as private colleges were less likely than the national average to offer the pill, the report said.
One-third of college health centers that do offer the pill do not publicize that it is available, usually out of fear of generating controversy, the study showed.
Susan K. McCarthy, an assistant professor in the department of health, physical education and recreation at Eastern Michigan University, conducted the survey. McCarthy received responses from 358 college health centers nationally.
Goodell to take position at Newcomb Hall
Stephanie Goodell, who currently serves as an assistant dean of students at the University, will take on the new position of assistant director of student involvement in Newcomb Hall on Oct. 1.
In this position, Goodell will guide the new Student Activities Center that opens tomorrow.
Other staff in the Office of the Dean of Students will assume Goodell's current duties.
-- Compiled by Josh Goodman
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