A Lecture On Aids

Last Thursday, instead of going to seminar in the auditorium of locke hall, we had a workshop on HIV/AIDS.  I was a little late but I stayed for the entire lecture.  Most of what I heard I already knew.  Something that was interesting to me was the Dental Dam.  I hadn’t heard about this object until I came to Howard.  It seems as if I should have of it, but my school back home never had any sessions such as this.  I found the workshop to be very informative, yet amusing just because of the bluntness of Dr. Sweeny.  She seems like the mom you can talk to anything about. Much different from my mom.  As a biology major, I understand how the virus begins by taking over a cell in the body and reproducing until the cell is eventually dead.  I just don’t understand why people don’t do what they have to to protect themselves.  I admire Howard for holding such workshops to empasize the importance of being safe when it comes to those who engage themselves in sexual activities.  I think this even should have been advertised so that more students would turn out.  Sometimes getting tested for HIV is scary to students because they always think about the worst of the situation.  Overall, this event was very informative and worth the time.

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