Normally, as anybody else on campus would, I try to ignore the numerous flyers on Locust Walk as much as I can.

Honestly, your “clever” methods of trying to catch my attention by saying “Here, you throw this away!” is not funny and guarantees I will never check out your organization, ever (although I will never tire of accepting free bananas and watching Strictly Funk shake it).

A couple days ago, however, one group — AIDS Services in Asian Communities (ASIAC) — and their flyers did manage to catch my attention. ASIAC is a Philadelphia-based non-profit organization that dedicates itself to raising HIV/AIDS awareness within the city’s Asian and Pacific Islander communities.

First, kudos to ASIAC and groups like it that tirelessly dedicate themselves to important community issues such as HIV-related services.

Second, shame on the student population for apparently being so woefully ignorant of safe sex and HIV/AIDS issues that ASIAC felt that the only way to get students to get a HIV-test was by offering “free movie tickets” (see photo)!

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