At a press conference this morning, nurses from the 5C Student Health Center announced a startling trend. As illustrated in this chart, the results of STD diagnoses have been on the rise since the Health Center began keeping track of these statistics.A health center nurse told The StagHen that diseases like Hepatitis C were relatively prevalent on campus in previous decades but, "Recently, students expect and feel entitled to getting Hepatitis A."
Statistics show that both the quantity and quality of Sexually Transmitted Diseases are rising on campus. At first, this doesn't seem so bad but many students wonder, if everyone gets herpes anyways, what is the point of even taking STD tests?
"What is the point of graduating from Pomona with Chlamydia if anyone can do it?" noted one student.
Some have suggested that the college needs to change its definition of what an STD is or that, perhaps, older professors need to stop giving out so many infections.
"I think there is this feeling amongst students and professors," said Alex Parson, CMC '11," that because you got into college here, you deserve to be an Aids + Student -- and that needs to change."