Ever had a question about sex that you were nervous to ask? How about the embarrassment involved with some condom confusion or whether you should get that rash checked out? The answers to these and other sex oriented questions are on the way.

Comedienne and educator Maria Falzone will speak at 7 p.m. on Feb. 3 in the Memorial Union Kanza Room to educate and entertain students with her “Sex Rules!” presentation.

            “We hope to have a lot of people turn out for this event,” said Karie Nicholson, freshman business administration major. “We feel that it’s an important topic that people don’t have a lot of knowledge about and with her comedic style she can hopefully bring more people to educate.”

            Union Activities Council encountered Falzone while at a convention in Texas that presents speakers and comedians for college audiences. The attention getting comedic nature of the presentation, combined with the frankness of Falzone warranted an invitation for the speaker.

            “We saw her in Texas and really wanted her to come to ESU,” Nicholson said. “We felt that it was an important topic that a lot people didn’t know much about.”

            According to her Web site, Falzone’s lecture takes a comedic look at the serious sexual issues facing college students. Falzone also illustrates how to properly use condoms, dental dams and properly deal with Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI’s).

            “It’s really about how to have better and safer sex,” Nicholson said. “She talks about sex and alcohol, as well as other areas involving sexual matters.”

            Falzone’s Web site also states that her past experiences with sex, including contracting Herpes from a friend, allow her to talk about sex on a more personal level than many speakers. The lecture also presents facts and figures about Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) sex that may go unspoken in other sex lectures.

            Some students believe that the mixing of comedy and lecture could have positive effects on attendance.

            “I don’t know if the sex material specifically will attract more students to the lecture,” said David Ternes, sophomore accounting major. “I do think that the comedy involved may get more people to come than to other UAC events.”

            Students used to uninteresting speakers at sexual education lectures have nothing to fear, according to Falzone’s Web site.

            “I think that the comedy will make people pay a lot more attention to what is said by the speaker,” Ternes said. “We love funny stuff as college kids.”

            Following the University’s tradition of prefacing Spring Break with some sex education activities, UAC hopes that students will take the lessons learned at the lecture with them for Spring Break.

            “Spring Break is coming up, and we want people to be aware,” Nicholson said. “People should be informed about this particular topic.”

            Those in attendance will be encouraged to participate and will get frank and honest answers to whatever questions they have.

“We hope as many people can come out as possible,” Nicholson said. “It’s not your traditional sex education lecture.”

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