Capstone Proposal

Heyyy!! So I decided to stray away from art because I don't plan on doing anything with it in the future and work closer to what I aspire to do after college, work with Family Planning Services/Sex Education. Therefore,I would like to address the increased use of Plan B on college campuses, specifically SUNY Fredonia. I know that this may be a sensitive topic, but I feel that it is something that truly needs to be addressed. In recent years, the use of Plan B has increased dramatically on college campuses not only as an emergency contraceptive, but for day-to-day use. I feel that many young women are using Plan B without realizing the negative effects that it may have. I want to make it clear in my research that I am not against Plan B in anyway, I just feel as though young people are abusing it. I also want to steer clear from the abortion topic because I feel like that is not related to the outcome I would like for this paper.

Our campus provides a clinic called Fred ASSIST where there are many services available, but I feel like it has a very negative image on our campus. Most people that I have talked to rather don’t know we have it, don’t know where it is or are embarrassed to use its services. I feel that if people were more educated about Fred ASSIST, they would be using it more often. I would like to propose that more education will lead to smarter decisions about sex and the amount of women using Plan B could potentially decrease over time.

In order to conduct my research, I would like to make an anonymous survey to ask students questions like:

Have you or do you know someone here at SUNY Fredonia that has used Plan B?

Do you know the side effects of Plan B?

Do you know what Fred ASSIST is?

Do you know where the Fred ASSIST clinic is located?

Opinions/comments about the use of Plan B?

I hope that getting the actual numbers and comments from students will help people realize how big of a deal this is and how important it is for people to become educated in order to make responsible decisions about their body. Therefore, the last part of my project will consist of some sort of education about the options young people have here in Fredonia if they choose to be sexually active. Here, I would need permission from Fred ASSIST(which I plan to get) to make a pamphlet or something along those lines to hand out to students about the services they offer, where they are located and any phone numbers available for students to call with questions if they still don’t feel comfortable going there. When going on the website, I noticed that it was very difficult for me to find much information about the services offered here. I know that our school most likely doesn't want to advertise this to parents of potential students, but I feel that it is very important for students to become aware about once they get here, and enter the college environment.