Too Fast for Love Tour encourages college students to get tested

The MTV-sponsored Too Fast for Love Tour included more than just good music and sold-out crowds. The music station launched the two-month tour in an effort to raise awareness of the dangers of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and encourage college students to get tested regularly.

Young people across the country made efforts on their campuses to remind their classmates about the importance of safe sex and STD testing. Front row tickets were awarded to students from Roger Williams University in Rhode Island, who won the GYT: Get Yourself Tested Campus Challenge, according to MTV.com.

Travie McCoy, Cobra Starship and 3OH!3 were among the many musical acts that were featured on the tour.

Kristie Goodwin, a junior from the challenge-winner Roger Williams University, stated that "a lot of people on campus didn't realize that [RWU] Health Services even does testing." She added that "after we did the GYT Campus Challenge, they ran out of HIV tests in Health Services because so many people wanted to get tested."

These types of events can benefit college students who are among the age groups considered to be at a high-risk for contracting STDs. For example, for every 100,000 cases of chlamydia in the U.S., more than 4,200 are diagnosed in people aged 20 to 24, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.