Corrections To a News Brief

To the Editors:

I am writing in response to an incorrect news brief that was written a couple of weeks ago in the Review. It stated that oral HIV testing would only be available at Student Health this year. While there is testing at Student Health by a nurse every other Wednesday from 5:30-7:30, there is also free, confidential and anonymous testing that occurs in the Wellness Center in Wilder 314. This is a peer testing program by trained college students administering an oral HIV test. We began our first tests this past weekend and we will continue this upcoming Sunday, Oct.13 from 2-6 PM and also the following Monday, Oct. 14 from 6-10 PM. We will continue with these hours every week for the rest of the semester. The test sessions are brief, about 15 minutes long in duration and are performed only on a walk-in basis. The results for HIV testing take one week. The Wellness Center also has information about testing sites outside of the college and testing locations that offer blood testing. If you have any questions about the HIV testing program, please feel free to contact wellnesscenter@oberlin.edu or lschuetz@oberlin.edu

–Laura Schuetze
HIV Testing Coordinator
College junior