Campus newspaper condom giveaway nixed

FULLERTON, Calif., Nov. 6 (UPI) -- California State University-Fullerton administrators have vetoed the distribution of free condoms in the campus newspaper after receiving complaints.

The student health center worked with the newspaper, The Daily Titan, to include about 4,500 condoms in the Nov. 14 issue to encourage safe sex, The Orange County (Calif.) Register reported Tuesday.

Dean of Students Bob Palmer said a poster of stick figures engaged in sex to promote the giveaway offended some students, leading to complaints that resulted in the decision against distributing the condoms.

Instead, Palmer wanted the paper to print a coupon that students could clip and take to the student center to redeem for a free condom.

"If I’m picking up a paper to read it, I would not necessarily want to have a condom there,” Palmer said. “You know how newspapers are; we would probably have condoms out all over campus.”