The women\u2019s restrooms at Kendall Campus are now equipped with feminine product dispensers. The machines, which have tampons and sanitary napkins, were installed on all first-floor restrooms last semester. The items cost 50 cents each.<\/p>\n
Former Student Government Association Senator Marla Fistel and former vice President Gabriella Rodriguez created a petition to get the products placed in the women\u2019s restrooms. With more than 100 signatures, the project was approved.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s important to have feminine products in the bathroom just in case of an emergency, so that girls don\u2019t have to leave to go buy them,\u201d Fistel said. \u201cUltimately, it can protect women from embarrassing moments.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fistel first thought of the idea when a friend of hers unexpectedly got her menstrual cycle. She was forced to go home to retrieve feminine products.<\/p>\n
Biology major Amanda Valdes said she considers herself fortunate that other women advocated for the machines.<\/p>\n
\u201cUsually this is something in your body that can come at anytime and it\u2019s important to have feminine dispensers to provide for students,\u201d Valdes said.<\/p>\n
According to Kendall Campus Dean of Administration Gloria Baez, the College\u2019s maintenance department installed the machines and the money collected from them goes toward replenishing the products.<\/p>\n
\u201cSGA came to me requesting the installation of these machines and I believe it is important to provide services and amenities to students that need them whenever possible,\u201d Baez said.<\/p>\n
Although Fistel and Rodriguez were not able to see the project through during their time at SGA, current Kendall Campus SGA President Luisa Santos and Vice President Camila Silva continued to advocate for the project.<\/p>\n
\u201cAccessibility of feminine products for MDC female students is something we should have had available for the student body a long time ago,\u201d Silva said. \u201cIt was a need that we identified.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The women\u2019s restrooms at Kendall Campus are now equipped with feminine product dispensers. The machines, which have tampons and sanitary napkins, were installed on all first-floor restrooms last semester. The items cost 50 cents each. Former Student Government Association Senator Marla Fistel and former vice President Gabriella Rodriguez created a petition to get the products […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":321,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7511","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news"},"yoast_head":"\n