Often, sexuality education is a taboo in American culture. As a result, sexual education programs at many schools create controversy.
             Ohio only requires schools to provide HIV and STD education, and 13 states do not require schools to provide either. According to Dr. Gregory Garnett, medical director of Student Health Services, it's common for schools not to offer healthy sexual education. They take the mentality that students "aren't supposed to be doing that, therefore we don't talk about it.
             "Students raised in this environment are uninformed; what they hear may be inaccurate," Garnett said. "It's difficult for students to discern what's real and what's not real."
             In fact, several studies have shown that among young adults, levels of sexual activity have decreased or remained the same after sex education programs included information about condoms, according to the American School Health Association. There are disagreements about the form that sexual education should take, said Laura Ault, communications coordinator for Planned Parenthood. However, she added, "To say nothing is to teach nothing."
             For many Miami students, their sex education developed at the university.
             "My school's sex education program wasn't very good," said fifth-year student Kathleen Smith. Her seventh grade class at an all-girls school learned mostly about reproduction. STDs or contraception were not discussed until Smith's health teacher covered them in high school.
             "In this day and age sex education should start earlier for kids," Smith said. "There's so much more to consider besides pregnancy, especially STDs and HIV/AIDS."
             At Miami, there are organizations whose mission is to educate students about pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease prevention, HIV/AIDS, abstinence and "outercourse," or sexual activity that does not i
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