Photo Poll

What's the most outrageous
thing you've done to get a
guy or girl to go out with
you?

 

I pretended I forgot my purse
in the back of his car after a
date so I had an excuse to
call him the next day.
Mandi Higenbottam

 

Got down on my knees and
begged for a date in the mid-
dle of a crowded mall.
Keith

 

Went down on my knees in
the high school cafeteria.
Kevin Khatibijah

 

I gave half an acting class a
massage so she would want
one too. And she did.
Omar Tapia Liebowitz

 

Slipped him the tongue when
he didn’t expect it.
Dave’s friend

 

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S¢xuality

Learning about ovulation and

women’s fertility

Author of Louise Smith of Ovarian
C

Taking Charge
of Your
Fertility

to speak at

Douglas

f you are a woman who is
|e not to get pregnant,
or if you just want to

untangle the mysteries of
ovulation and the menstrual
cycle, don't miss this
upcoming lecture by Toni
Weschler, author of Taking
Charge of Your Fertility: The
Definitive Guide to Natural Birth
Control and Pregnancy.
Seattle-based Weschler,
who is known for providing a
fascinating window into the
female reproductive system,
will be speaking on Friday,
October 23 from 7—9 pm. in

lecture room 2201.

Part of the game

RONDELLE LASCORE

hey frequent hockey
arenas more than the
players do, and are

wherever the Sultans of Skate
can be found. They are known
by such derogatory terms as
“pucks,” “puck bunnies,”
and—in unenlightened
Ontario—“‘dirties.” However,
these people are a forgotten
minority—even though they
are as integral to the game of
hockey as nets and cups.
Little is known about this
minority; for instance, few
know that it is divided into
two very distinct groups. The
“offensive” sect of the puck
minority throw themselves on
the local hockey players, using
mindless flirting to get mind-
less sex. Of course this is a
two way street, because the

“victimized” hockey player

onnection, who is sponsor-
ing the evening, says that
women’s health is
tightly linked to
ovulation. The
activity of the
menstrual cycle
impacts breast
health, bone den-
sity, fertility, and
risk for cardiovas-
cular disease.
Whether a woman
is 18 or 48 years
old, the timing of

ovulation dictates Top; Weschler, éxpert
many components on Women’s fertility
Op File Photo ®xPlain the wor

of her body's

behaviour. A

woman's knowledge of her
time of ovulation is vital for
achieving pregnancy, using
appropriate birth control and
determining perimenopause.
Weschler’s book teaches
women how to gain greater
control of their own menstru-
al and sexual health care and,
in the process, reap benefits
well beyond their fertility.

Women looking for infor-

doesn't offer
much resist-
ance at all to
these
advances.
The “defen-
sive” sect of
the puck o
minority actually
caree about the

hockey players, eventu- Linda Gretzky
on a stick
OP File Photo

ally hoping to become
a “girlfriend.” This sect
of the puck minority
has very few numbers and
recently became endangered.
To see this little known
sect of Canadiana in action,
attend a minor hockey game
in a small town (the farther
north, the better). Observe
which girls are wearing team
jackets and/or which ones sta-
tion themselves outside the
locker room door, hoping to
catch the eye of one of the

mation to strengthen their
health care choices will not
want to miss this talk.

 
 
 
  
   
 
  
  
 
 
  
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
   

   
     

 

Weschler has
begun the revol

tion in womens

    
   
 
 
 
 
   
  
   
  
 
  
 

awareness to co
munity, universt
radio and televi-
sion audiences
throughout Nor
America. Using
humour, anec-

dotes and innoy;
tive teaching ai

she will clearly

ings of women's

reproductive systems.

Tickets for this non-pro
lecture are available from
Women in Print (604-732-
4128), Canadian Childbirt
Teaching Aids (604-462-
0457) and Ovarian
Connection (604-513-006
Ticket cost is $15 or two fe
$25, which will cover Ms.

Weschler's travel expenses.

players. Also,

; : getting the
most attention
this applies to bot
males and females.
Coaches try to restr
or eliminate contact]
between their playe
and the pucks, but this is as
futile as trying to keep two
magnets apart. Eventually
both parties will find a way
each other.

As much a part of hocke
lore as Bobby Orr's goal an
Gump Worsley, puck bunni
are a little known part of t
nations game, interesting c
sidering how they seem to
multiply year after year.

 

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