Vacation Pregnancies Expected
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Dail:y 'VeT Teen Washington State University Daily Evergreen Vol. 85, No. 46, Friday, December 15, 1978 N.Fairway families anxious, we.,IIer ... Today's forecast calls for a few snow flurries with partly cloudy skies ton- ight and tomorrow, The high today will be 34 F (I C), with a low of 24 F (-4 C) homes on possible track site tonight. The extended forecast for the weekend is for clearer skies .through Monday with highs in the mid-30s and lows in the 20s. The chance of precipi- tation is 20 percent today, decreasing to 0 percent tonigh t. Holiday seating scarce Students planning to travel by plane to Seattle for Christmas may have to find alternate means of transportation if they do not already have reservations, There are no seats on flights to Seattle open for Dec. 22 or 23, according to Chris Larsen of Cascade Airways. _ The waiting lists for flights on those days have been closed, she said. There are still some openings on fli.l3hts leaving Dec. 19and 20, There is still room on a Cascade flight from Spokane to Seattle on Dec. 22. but Larsen said those wishing to fly to Seattle from Spokane should try Airwest or Northwest Orient because they fly direct. The North Fairway family housing units are Stadium expansion project. The residents are Cascade does not. World War II vintage and held together by "spit worried. Some way without the inexpensive hous- . Those planning to return to Pullman on and glue." Still, they are in such demand that ing the units afford, they could not remain at an airplane are in a similar situation. there is a waiting list to get into any of the 28 WSU. Should they be forced to move. the univer- Larsen said all fligh ts for the weekend of Jan. 6 are filled and waiting lists have units. That waiting list is now frozen because sity may not have room in other low cost family been closed. North Fairway rests on one of the proposed sites units for them. Amtrak operates two trains daily out of for a new track facility which is half of the Martin -rob hodge photo Spokane, but runs on Dec. 22 and 23 are sold out, according to Ray Bovberg of Amtrak's Spokane office. by tim connor Ralph Simmons, a North Fairway resi- are worried about the loss of several He said the trains do not run to Seattle The buildings have been there since dent, said he believes most in the neigh- mature trees and members of the univer- on Sunday, and all trains going there on 1947 when they were needed to handle borhood agree with Track Coach John sity's P.E. department and Pullman Christmas day are full, World War II veterans and their families. Chaplin about the need for a new track golfers are opposed to at least two of the Greyhound is offering chartered buses At that time they were expected to last facility to replace the inadequate one sites which would cause the removal of to Seattle and Tacoma for students. The five years. - which will be uprooted by the stadium practice facilities. buses will leave Wednesday, Thursday North Fairway is still with us but enlargement. But it is the uprooting of North Fairway and Friday at 4 p.m., Friday at 1:30 p.m. the 28 families which live there are rest- But, Simmons said, "this railroad is just which has caused the most concern. The and Saturday at lOa.m. less. Should the university decide, as part moving too fast." Simmons said the uni- university's Student Affairs Office and The trip will take six hours and a of the Martin Stadium expansion project, versity should slow down, consider- all the Graudate and Professional Students minimum of 32 passengers per bus is to put a new track facility immediately alternatives and consult with those who Association are both publicly opposed to required for each bus, said Cathy Hack, north of the Coliseum, the homes would would be affected by the project before the selection of a site which would require manager of the Pullman Greyhound have to go. And they would have to go going ahead with it. demolishing North Fairway housing units station. soon. Under the time-table worked out for North Fairway residents are not the during this school year, Tickets will be on sale tomorrow at the the project, construction could begin as only ones concerned about the five basic west entrance of the CUB and until Tues- early as February. proposed track sites. Environmentalists (cont. page 2) day a t the bus sta tion downtown. The fare is $28.50round trip. 'It won't'happen to me' Vacation pregnancies expected by lenel williams (the pill, diaphragm, IUD, condoms, be placed exactly at the woman's cervix. is the belief that "I can't get pregnant foams, creams, jellies and information on The cervix is recessed into the vagina and except during my mid-cycle week, so I'll natural cycle "rhythm" method) are is often quite difficult for women to find. just abstain then," The problem here is, Have a Merry Christmas - but don't available at the Family Planning Center, A very small percentage of women, Law- she said, that ovulation (the time a get pregnant. (564-1243) located at M-IOI, of the Old son said, know where their cervix is woman is "fertile" and can get pregnant) According to Kathy Kasmire of the National Bank Building. Fees are on a located. ' does not always occur mid-cycle, as it Family Planning Center, the pregnancy sliding scale, from nothing to $30, depend- Some women place the suppository just should. Some women ovulate during men- rate of WSU women increases rather ing on one's ability to pay. barely into the vagina out of ignorance as stration or a week after or a week before. drastically in the post-Christmas Vaca- Some contraceptives are also available to how they use it and its effectiveness is Especially for a student _,: who keeps tion months. in any drugstore, Kasmire said, such as undone. odd hours, is under stress and over- This, she said, is due to the fact that condoms, foams, creams, jellies and sup- Another problem, she said, is that the worked, and is not always eating the right during vacation (this increase occurs positories. suppository works differently on each foods - there is no "safe time" for after each vacation) girlfriends and boy- Condoms and foam, used properly, are woman, unlike foam. For example, if 'intercourse, Kasmire warned. A contra- friends are reunited after quite a while very effective, she said, with pregnancy three women used- foam' the result would ceptive should be used at all times if prevention in the 90-percent range. apart. be the same for each - the foam would pregnancy is not desired. Often, sexual activity is not planned, so Creams and jellies are also quite effec- readily disperse .and fill the nooks and Each couple should find a contraceptive no' contraceptive action is taken, but emo- tive, but foam is best as it disperses more crannies of the vagina, giving each user method that best suits them, Kasrnire tions carry the couple away and they efficiently in the vagina. equal protection. said. Counseling is available at the clinic become sexually involved. (Foams, creams and jellies are all Each woman's body, however, would for such a decision. Also, she said, there is a tendency to intra-vagina sperm killing devices.) react differently, getting varying Men are encouraged to participate in think "I'm not that type of person" (the Condoms used correctly without the amounts of protection because the suppo- the decision and the contraception, she type of person that needs to think about sperm-kilIing agents are also in the 90 sitory depends on the moisture in the said. They should take an active interest, using a contraceptive). Using a contra- percent range. vagina to dissolve and foam _If a woman's she added, because, although it is the ceptive she said, makes sex a more cons- The suppository contracepti ves are vagina does not secrete enough moisture, women that is "left holding the baby," it cious, thought-out act, and somehow less "better than nothing" according to Bar- the suppository will not totally foam up is a basic part of both lives. accepta ble. bara Lawson, the center's nurse- and some of the protective spermicide Most men, Kasmire said, ate not aware However, this type of thinking does not practiti_oner, but are not as effective as agent will not get a chance to work, of the paternity laws that can hold them prevent pregnancy - often an unwanted the other methods listed (since May 1, the undermining its effectiveness. financially responsible for a child. She pregnancy. center has reported 23 pregnancies from The center recommends dual use of a said a 12-year-old boy was recently sue- If sexual activity is a possibility, Kas- women claiming use of this method) condom if this method is to be used. The . cessfully sued in a paternity suit. The mire said, and pregnancy is unwanted, because of two reasons. personnel also report complaints of irrita- reasoning being, that while he now is not contraceptive measures should be taken. First, it must be used precisely - the tion from those using this method. financially capable of caring for a child. Contraceptive counseling and methods suppository, which looks like a pill, must Kasmire said a common misconception when he is in his 20s, he will be so able.