Vending machines aren't just for soda and snacks anymore.

Students at Shippensburg University can now buy the morning-after pill from a machine, but are other colleges and universities thinking of following suit?

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is already looking into Shippensburg's decision to allow students to buy Plan B, an emergency contraception pill, from a vending machine.

Students at Kutztown University in Berks County said they had mixed reactions to the news.

"I think that it would be a good thing for students to have," said senior Michelle Sayles. "I mean we already have services for women on campus. You can already get contraception on campus through the women's center and health center."

"I feel if you put it in a vending machine, it's going to be on the same level as a snack," said senior Sisheraeo Eley. "I feel like it's giving people the need to just not care, so I wouldn't say it's a good idea."

The vending machine at Shippensburg is accessible only to students who are 17 or older. That is the same age that Plan B is accessible  without a prescription from a pharmacist over-the-counter.

The machine came about after the school's student government surveyed the notion of having the option on its Cumberland County campus. Eighty-five percent of students supported the idea. 

Plan B is not found among chips and soda inside a vending machine, but inside a machine that dispenses condoms and pregnancy tests.

"Having been around education as long as I have, there's no absolutes and there's no absolute out of the question," said Robert Watrous, dean of students at Kutztown University.

Watrous said the problem he sees with vending machine contraception is that it takes away what may be necessary consultation that a student needs with a campus health advisor or specialist.

"If we're talking about sexual activity, we're talking about birth control. That needs to happen in consultation. There needs to be a learning component to it," said Watrous.

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