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HEHH POETRY Contest Winner Name: Talisa D. Thomas Classification: Sophomore I keep telling myself, not this time keep your feelings to yourself. But then here you come with all the coolness of ice and the shadiness of a tall oak tree Spilling your leaves of deceit and untruth Looking at me with your cheetah smile and your debonair grace. But I fall like a ton of bricks into your arms. I gaze into your deep brown eyes believing every word that you breathe Consuming every vapor of your pores. I fall deeper and deeper into your untruths. Falling into total oblivion. It feels so good to me how you cater to my every need and want. But after you suck me dry, like a fly to a spider; You cast me into your web of dead flies. Advice From a Senior About Pregnancy By Nichole Mitchell I had just come home from work. My father was sitting in the back yard under the canopy smoking his cigar. While walk ing towards him, following the scent of his Cuban, I saw the For Explorer packed with all my belonging and school sup plies. I just knew at that mo ment he was ready to give me the “going off to college talk.” Little did I know the conversa tion was not going to last long. 1 approached him, and he said, “Have a seat.” I sat down. “Yes dad?” He looked me dead in my eyes and said, “There is only one thing I’m going to ask you not to do when you go off to college.” I laughed thinking the mood was going to change. “Ok dad, and what might that be?” He looked at me and said, “Do not get pregnant.” Leaving home to attend col lege is a special event. The ex citement, the support and chap ters of one’s life are about to unfold. There are parties, clubs, organizations, and, most of all, temptations. Peer-pressure and sexual temptation are topics students may forget to tackle. Mommy and daddy are no lon ger holding your hand watching your every move. As young women, the ability to resist sexual temptation is a must, along with safety. Accord ing to the American Pregnancy Association, approximately six million pregnancies every year Senior Showca^ 'Name: Qreatha B5Stewart Degree: Bachelor of Arts in History/Political Science Future Plans: Teaching Social Studies in Middle School. in the United States. Over four million are live births and al most two million are pregnancy losses. The APA states that two of the six million have resulted in pregnancy loss, from miscar riages, stillbirth’s or termina tion. Out of the six million wom en who are pregnant throughout the year, three million occured without protection leading to 47 percent of unplanned preg nancies. Currently there are 68 million people carrying an STD this year, with 138 million new STD cases every year. Each year, three million teenagers catch STDs, according to the APA. The Educational News Ser vice is a wire service of Indi ana State University’s journal ism program which states that college pregnancies are among one of the first reasons why the young adults drop out of col lege. In a recent study in Vir ginia, young adults between the ages of 18-19 account for two thirds of African-American pregnancies. An Indiana study states about 24 percent of the young women who attend col lege will become pregnant in their college years. Demograph ics split across racial lines in the U.S. with the highest teen preg nancy rates being among young African-American women. Most of the pregnancies in college are not planned. It is then where miscarriages or abortions take place. There may not be any direct programs on campus to target college preg nancies, there are many re- Name: MyAsi^Aliah Degree: Bachelor "^f Science in Computer Science Future Plans: Completing Internship with NASA at Bowie State University and Attending Art Institute of Philadelphia for Advertising/Graphic Design Name: Jessica Dee-5\.nna’■♦Livingston Degree:*Bachelor of Arts in Sociology Future Plans: Working at a Juvenile Center as a young adult counselor and attending law school at Florida International University in Miami, Florida. Name: Ama Boateng Degree: Bachelor of Science in Biology Future Plans: Attending Pharmacy School at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences on Worcester Campus Name: Grace Iwekuba Degree: Bachelor of Science in Biology Future Plans: Attending Pharmacy School at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences on Worcester Campus sources outside the university that can help. Counseling is also available for the young women who need someone to talk to about the temptations of college and peer-pressure. The consequences of hav ing a baby in college can re sult in financial, social and physical troubles. At Elizabeth City State University, in the event of a pregnancy, there is a program called “Eating for Two.” This program offers prepa ration for young mothers to eat healthy and have a bet ter living style for the baby to come. Quick meals will be reviewed for the mother-to- be along with information on the Women, Infants and Chil dren (WIC) and low income based mothers. \ ing 'ThejSompassj f^ff?4feontact us .at] [ecsured^r calll fmore intormation!
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