AT TUFTS, AN ATTEMPT TO PROHIBIT SEX WHILE A ROOMMATE IS IN THE ROOM
(THE NEW YORK TIMES/THE CHOICE)
I can sense an overpowering theme in my entries as of late -- common sense (or a lack thereof, nowadays). Back in the day, when you wanted a roll in the hay, you didn't actually want your roommate sitting there watching. Unless you're into that whole Peeping Tom fetish, it's just not something one generally would want to engage in -- or so we thought. According to complaints that had surfaced in the residential life office of Tufts University, many students were complaining that their roommate's sexual activities were becoming disruptive, to the point where they could no longer sleep or study in peace and wholesome quiet.
Alas, we have come to the point in society in which it's necessary for a university to make a "new stipulation to its guest policy" dictating that we cannot engage in sexual activity in the presence of our roommate. No. Freakin'. Way. According to the article and Carrie Ales-Rich, assistant director for community and judicial affairs in the residential life office, "...the policy was not intended to dictate behavior."Well, I should hope not. It seems students today are babied enough, they're hand being held throughout the entire transition process between home and college. As a college freshman myself, I can assure you I did not need seminar after seminar of eating healthy, getting along with roommates, and other basic human functions that others apparently need to be spoon-fed. It's honestly quite pathetic that a school must intervene in the personal lives of students because some are too thick to think of such acts as irresponsible and rude. Simply put, if you don't have common courtesy, you don't belong in college.
Link at blogs.nytimes.com:
http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/29/tufts-sex/
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