Que scene. I was walking into the locker room after a great day of sucking at pick-up basketball. I was sweaty but still alert.

I sensed something was wrong right as a walked into the locker room. The basket was gone. 

That beautiful basket of wicker. Where was it?

It was hard to imagine this. It was hard to know what to do. What do you do when your world is turned upside down besides become the Prince of a town called Bel-Air?

Enter my dilemma, The Great Condom Conundrum.  

Luckily for you and me, this condom conundrum was resolved. For it, I was the most annoying Wellness Center patron.

“Can I ask where the condoms went?”

If you are a Wellness Center employee there is a good chance that you heard my cry. Luckily, you guys were just out. The mystery is thus solved.

With that mystery out of the way, there is a truth here to notice.

Sex happens on a college campus. Whether your mom and dad choose to acknowledge it or not. It got me thinking about these baskets and their effect on safe sex on campus? Ultimately, NDSU is not responsible for our sexual health, though.

This is an amazing resource at our disposal.

From my extensive sexual education (not much), I have learned two things. To avoid Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) and being a mommy or daddy requires one of two things. No sex at all. Which isn’t gonna happen no matter what we tell ourselves. Or safe sex.

Safe sex and just regular sex differ by about 0.06 mm of latex. Or latex free options, which are offered by The Wellness Center as well. This is a great condom adventure that we are supplied with here on campus.

It may be hard to grasp while in college but things cost money. I know, mind-blowing.

As a college student, we must pay for tuition, we must pay for housing, we must pay for the night of binge drinking. We don’t have to pay for condoms.

At a retailer, condoms can cost anywhere from a dollar to two dollars each. Thanks to student health they are free to students.

This is something that we should be rejoicing. Whether your special sweetheart is in town, or you are going to Netflix and chill next Saturday, you are protected for free.

Note the word free. They aren’t technically free. We pay fees for everything. Luckily it is a very small percentage, and there are tax dollars and what not. That being said, make your money back. Worst comes to worst condoms last two years.

Stock up.

Protect yourself. Have a condom in your backpack. Have a condom at home in your bed stand. A pregnancy or STI is forever, a condom lasts anywhere from one minute to an hour.

Make the right decision and protect yourself this Valentine’s day, no matter what your plans are.