Birth control

Birth Control and the Population Explosion

During a talk in chapel, college chaplain Joseph Washington, Jr.

Date: December 10, 1963
All terms: 1960-1969, Birth control, Chapel, Washington, Joseph
Advertisment for Abortions at Hillcrest
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This advertisement in the November 11, 1993 edition of The Dickinsonian lists available services and locations for the Hillcrest Women's Medical Center.

Date: November 11, 1993
All terms: 1990-1999, Abortion , Birth control, Dickinsonian, Dickinsonian
The Dickinsonian Reports on Condom Distribution at Dickinson
Lukacs and Simmons Article

Liz Lukacs and L. J. Simmons reported in the October 1, 1987 edition of the Dickinsonian on the decision of the Health Center to distribute condoms, free of charge, describing how the Health Center, Sexuality Resource Group and Women's Center were all involved.

Date: October 1, 1987
All terms: 1980-1989, Birth control, Board of Trustees, Chris, Dickinsonian, Dickinsonian, Health and hygiene, Health Center, Health services, Lukacs, Liz, Sex Education Week, Sexual behavior, Sexual health, Sexuality Resource Group, Sexually transmitted diseases, Simmons, L.Z.
Tari Getz Writes about the Women's Center
Tari Getz Article

This article by Tari Getz '91 in the June 1988 edition of Dickinson Today presents the history, purpose and spirit
of the Women's Center, describing it as a place of comfort for all.

Date: June, 1988
All terms: 1980-1989, Activism, Birth control, Brasser, Julie, Dickinson Today, Getz, Tari, Gleeson, Katie, Health services, Holland Union Building, Nicastro, Mara, Romano, Mary, Ruocco, Karen, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Take Back the Night, Women's Center, Women's Center (student run), Women's rights movement
Students march for abortion rights in Washington, D.C. rally
Students march for abortion rights

This Dickinsonian article covers an abortion rights protest in Washington D.C. that over 100 Dickinson College students attended and participated in.

Date: April 9, 1992
All terms: 1990-1999, Abortion , Activism, Birth control, Civil rights, Elberfeld, Andy, Farrel, Amy, Kauffman, Kathryn, Penkin, Lori, Pro-Choice Alliance, Ross, Ken, Webber, Elizabeth
Editorial: "A few small steps do not constitute a revolution"
A few small steps do not constitute a revolution

This article by Features Editor Ken Ross comments that “Although
the campus itself continues to improve with age, now is the time for ‘real’
social change at the College.” Ross brings up such issues as the lack of availability
of condoms on campus (except when the Health Center is open), the scarcity of ‘alternative’
(alcohol-free) activities on campus and the situation of women on campus. He
says:

Date: September 26, 1991
All terms: 1990-1999, Alcohol, Birth control, Bookstore, College catalog, Counseling services, Curriculum, Health Center, Health services, Ross, Ken, Sexual behavior, Temperance
The Office of Student Services Initiated a Trial Program of Gynecological Referral
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In the middle of the spring 1976 semester, the Office of Student Services initiated a trial program of gynecological referal. The funding for the problem was limited so no services were provided by the school. The goal of this program was rather to find out what services women at Dickinson needed. They hoped to provide such car at the college in the future.

Date: March 11, 1976
All terms: 1970-1979, Abortion , Birth control, Gynecology, Health and hygiene, Health Center, Health services, Sexual behavior, Sexually transmitted diseases
Free Speech & Concepts of Harm
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In response to the posters put up by an anonymous student in protest of the Roe v. Wade anniversary posters of the Women's Center, Susannah Bartlow of the Women's Center created this lunch forum sponsered by the Women's Center, Office of Campus Life, Office of the Dean of Students, and Institutional and Diversity Initiatives.

Date: February 2, 2009
All terms: 2000-2009, Abortion , Activism, Bartlow, Susannah, Birth control, Bylander, Joyce, Civil rights, HUB siderooms, Institutional and Diversity Initiatives, Office of Campus Life, Office of the Dean of Students, Religion and spirituality, Scaduto, Dana, Seiler, Cotten, Women's Center, Women's rights movement
35th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade Poster
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On the 35th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortions the Women's Center placed hangers hung with different phrases around campus to get student attention and make students more aware of the history of being able to choose and make decisions over one's own sexuality and the choice to bear children. This poster says "Don't Like Abortion? Get a Vasectomy!"

Date: January 22, 2008
All terms: 2000-2009, Abortion , Activism, Anniversaries, Birth control, Radesky, Caroline, Roe v. Wade, Women's Center (student run), Women's rights movement, Zatae Longsdorf Center for Women
Reaction to Feminist Collective Celebration of 35th Anniversary Roe v. Wade
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After seeing posters attached to coat hangers put up by the Women's Center in celebration of the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, an anonymous student put up a reaction coat hanger with this poster. Some of the Womens Center celebration awareness posters included phrases like "Don't like abortion? Get a vascetomy!" and "Keep your theology off my biology."  The anonymous student wanted to make it known that abortion and other female issues are much more complicated than narrowing them down to religion/politics and other aspects of opinion.

Date: January 22, 2009
All terms: 2000-2009, Abortion , Activism, Anniversaries, Birth control, Feminist Collective, Religion and spirituality, Women's Center, Women's rights movement