Your Protection

• Check our links to the Sex Offender's database , America's Most Wanted, Sexual Assault Recovery & Prevention Agency and RAINN Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network.

• It's not a good idea to use chat rooms.

  • Possibility of your computer getting a virus.

  • Unless they are using a camera, you really have no idea what they really look like. If they send you a picture file it could be a picture of someone else or their best picture they had from years ago.

  • If you use Instant Messaging, keep it updated. Be cautious of people messaging you that you don't know.

• Lost or stolen credit/debit cards should be reported to the companies that issued the cards. Ask them if any of the below agencies needed to be notified. The contact numbers are easily found on back of the cards or your past bills/statements. Carry your debit card instead of your checkbook. You won't have to put a stop payment/cancel on the checks if they are stolen. Notify your local police department if your cards were stolen. More information can be provided by the Federal Trade Commission under consumer fraud protection. Agencies to report your stolen or lost credit cards and social security number are as follows, but may not be needed if you already reported them to the issuing credit card companies:

  Equifax	1-800-525-6285
  Experian	1-888-397-3742
  Trans Union	1-800-680-7289
  Social Security Administration	1-800-269-0271

• Write "Photo ID Required" on the signature part of your credit/debit cards if you usually have the photo ID with you. This makes it harder for thefts to use them.

• Tell a friend or a parent, who, where, when, and when you expect to return. Have them call you after the first 15 minutes into the date. This would give you a excuse to leave if you need to. Your friend could get in touch with authorities if you don't return on time and might have information to save your life. Make sure you call if you extend your date. You might want to consider a double date.

• Come up with a duress code to use with your friends. This might be handy when you need a way out or in trouble and don't want your date to know if they are near enough to hear your conversation. Military uses duress codes.

•  Sex.......  My suggestion is to wait for marriage. It is morally and much safer to wait. Sex is addicting. Save it for marriage, you are worth it.

     Some states its is a class C felony to perform or submit to any fondling or touching with a child under 14 years of age. A class D Felony when performing or submitting to any fondling or touching with a 14 or 15 year old or younger. Go to your states legal web page or visit your local Library or Police Department for the current and correct information for your area.

  We know that college life can be demanding. Remember that a good source of information can be your Residents Life office/Student Affairs; Hall Directors, Residents Assistants and Campus Security/Police.

  Programs you might want to ask about or research from our list below:

  1. Rape Aggression Defense  

  2. Date Rape Drugs  

  3. Sex Offenders Database  

  4. Rape

  5. ULifeLine ( for College Student's Mental and Emotional Health) 

  6. RAINN Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network

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  Preventing HIV Infection

  The most reliable ways to avoid becoming infected with or transmitting HIV are: Abstain from sexual intercourse (i.e., oral, vaginal, or anal sex) Be in a long-term, mutually monogamous relationship with an uninfected partner Abstain from sharing needles and/or syringes for non-prescription drugs.

   

  HIV and STDs

  All partners should get tested for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) before initiating sexual intercourse. Having another STD increases by two to five times the likelihood a person will become infected with HIV and increases the likelihood an infected person will transmit HIV. (Learn more about the connection between HIV and STDs.

  HIV and Injection Drug Users

  Injection drug users, their partners, and their children account for at least 36% of all AIDS cases reported in the U.S. through 1999. For injection drug users who cannot or will not stop injecting drugs, using sterile needles and syringes only once remains the safest, most effective approach for limiting HIV transmission. (Learn more about injection drug users and HIV/AIDS.)

  HIV and Pregnancy

  Pregnant women should be routinely counseled and voluntarily tested for HIV. Early diagnosis allows a woman to receive effective antiretroviral therapies for her own health and preventive drugs (e.g., Zidovudine, also known as ZDV) to improve the chances that her infant will be born free of infection. (Learn more about women and HIV/AIDS.)