Yale Daily News

Updated: Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:35 p.m.

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Elis’ sexual health ranking plummets

Fall to 16th place due to survey expansion, officials say

Contributing Reporter
Published Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Yale’s ranking plunged from first to 16th in a survey by Trojan Brand Condoms rating sexual health at colleges nationwide.

The dramatic drop is not because of a spike in shower sex or naked parties. Rather, new criteria used in the survey — accounting for such factors as the availability of condoms and the accessibility of STI testing — changed the composition of Yale’s score, even while University Health Services officials maintain that services have broadened since last year.

“Access to sexual health information and resources, including the school’s [biannual] Sex Week at...

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