Condom Connection, the free condom program for students living in the dorms, will see a change in condom brands available in the dorms in the next year, according to the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, and Student Health Services, which partner to run the program.

Currently Condom Connection only provides Durex condoms to resident assistants (RAs) who participate in the program.

“Unfortunately, Durex has decided to end their nonprofit pricing, making them unattainable in bulk quantity,” Student Health Services Sexual Health Educator Erica Phillipich said in an email.

“Therefore, to be fiscally responsible while providing the best quality of condom possible, we are having to explore other condom options and brands.”

Phillipich said Durex was originally chosen because it is one of the most reliable condoms, according to consumerreports.org, a nonprofit website featuring ratings on various consumer items.

She said no official long-term decision on a replacement condom brand has been made; however, RHA Director of Health and Safety Katie Neumeier said in an email the program is in the process of switching to Trojan brand condoms.

Neumeier said the organization hopes to offer Trojan condoms in all residence halls by next year. She said the change was because of both price and popularity.

Trojan condoms also appear on the list of top condom brands on consumerreports.org, alongside Durex.

This year, RHA spent about $2,000 on Durex condoms in the dorms, Neumeier said. RAs participating in Condom Connection receive 50 condoms in a package that includes information on sexual health, birth control options and sexually transmitted infections. They are able to refill the package once a semester.

Wilson Hall RA George Williams, a civil engineering senior, said Condom Connection is a fairly popular program with students and a switch to Trojan condoms would have a positive impact on students by further encouraging them to practice safe sex.

“It’s a better quality brand, and students will be more confident in using them,” Williams said. “It will ultimately make the program better, and if (the brand) does change, I look forward to it.”

Although some students might look forward to the change in condom brand, others don’t think it will cause much difference in student use.

“If they still have the program, I don’t think it will really matter what brand,” genetics freshman Gina Barbaglia said.