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June 1992

When Enough
People Die

Liza Kuney

“When enough people die” are me words
and sentiment that inspired one student to
take action on the St. Michael’s campus.
After hearing these words uttered, Jim
Gallagher and his peers decided that the
time had come for the alternative student
newspaper, The Devil's Advocate to
spark conversations about AIDS and stu-
dent sex across the campus. Realizing
that the Catholic Church and St. Mi-
chaels College ignore the fact that young
people are having sex, and often unsafe
sex, this small journalistic staff deposited
condoms in every third issue of their pub-
lication to generate talk and raise aware-
ness. And generate talk they did.

Jim explained that something had to be
done since the AIDS issue had been by-
passed for several years by the campus
community, but that the true intention of
The Devil's Advocate was blurred and
confused: “We sent condoms as a sym-
bol, a means of inspiring conversation,
not as valid forms of AIDS prevention
for use on Saturday night.” Five hundred
of these symbols were acquired from
Planned Parenthood, and even though
The Devil's Advocate staff was scolded
by the media board and the administra-
tion for a breach of the College’s dis-
tribution policy, no heavy personal sanc-
tions were issued.

Since the time of the condom distribution
readership and response to The Devil's
Advocate have increased. Jim feels that
incorporating the condoms as part of
their message helped them reach their
goal. Jim’s sentiments remain as a strong
incentive for future action of this nature:
“I am incredibly glad that I did it. We
really made a difference.” V

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