The Bob Jones University: Utah branch
Brigham Young is one of the finest academic institutions in the United States. Besides in the classroom, this historic Mormon university has had legendary football teams and currently a top five basketball team. However, the decision to suspend center Bob Davies for the remainder of the season for coming to the team and admitting that he had pre-marital sex with his girlfriend is absurd. Instead of welcoming him back with an open hand, they punched him with a closed fist. I have read before about BYU's "honor code". Besides no pre-marital sex, there is no alcohol, drugs (including caffeine) or my favorite... cursing. Not only is Davies kicked off the team, he might be suspended from school. Now you me, I'm a big 1st amendment/free speech/free market kind of guy and I believe that a private institution like Brigham Young University should be able to operate as they please. However, the kid made a mistake, owned up to it, and I feel that the punishment should be a slap on the wrist, not a suspension for the whole season. I might think it's silly if they did something like suspend him for 1/2 of a game, however, this punishment is beyond absurd and I think sheds an awful light on the University.
1. Regarding the opposite of BYU, I have secretly enjoyed watching Charlie Sheen's mind completely disintegrate before our eyes. Here are some of my favorites:
- "I am on a drug. The drug is called Charlie Sheen. It's not available. If you try it once, you will explode and your children will weep over your exploded body.
- "I mean, what's not love? Especially when you see how I party. It's epic. The run I was on made Sinatra, Jagger, Richards, all of them look like droopy-eyed, armless children.
- "I'm tired of pretending I'm not a total bitchin' rock star from Mars. People can't figure me out... they can't process me. I don't expect them to. You can't process them with a normal mind.
There are others but I think those three are my favorites.
2. I've been watching a lot of documentaries recently after Nimit got Netflix. Some of my favorites included this fantastic documentary about the horrendous, immoral dolphin killing in Japan in a movie called The Cove. I also enjoyed the documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop about graffiti legend Banksy and other street art legends. I was really excited to watch It Might Get Loud. But it was basically just watching Jimmy Page, The Edge, and Jack White sitting around talking and jamming a bit. The premise sounded really interested but it came across way too disorganized and I got bored.
3. Imagine my surprise when I pick Allie up from work and she and her co-worker are talking about the sex scandal at her alma mater, Northwestern University. To summarize the story, there is a popular class on campus (which Allie actually took) called Human Sexuality. The controversy, which I now bring up because I have the TV on and they are discussing the story on CBS's national news program, involved Professor John Bailey's decision to bring in guest "lecturers" to discuss the female orgasm. After the two guest speakers declared that a video on the female orgasm was not wholly accurate, they decided to have the female demonstrate live orgasm while he stimulated with her with a "variety of devices" in front of approximately 100 students. I don't actually know whether to be amused or be shocked that this Professor, apparently known for his controversy, thought this was a sage idea. Yes, I understand that the demonstration and class are completely voluntary. Everyone is an adult here. I get that. Apparently before the demonstration, Professor Bailey asked, "Is everyone ready for a live sex show?" However, I do think I agree with Northwestern's president who told the Associated Press that he was "troubled and disappointed" and felt that Professor Bailey represented "extremely poor judgment". I actually took Human Sexuality while I was at ISU and I thought the class was fascinating and certainly one of my more memorable classes. It opened my eyes on not just different sexualities but also about my relationships with different people. I like that the class is offered... I just think maybe Professor Bailey needed to have toned it down a bit. Demonstrating what a "sex saw" is in front of a bunch of college students is not education... it's porn.
posted by cyclonejohn @ 5:53 PM
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http://michaelgraham.com/archives/northwestern-get-your-degree-in-sex-saw-101/
If this video (link above) is 100% truthful, I don't feel that anything is wrong with what happened. In fact, the only thing I disagree with is when the guys says that it is not porn at the end.
It was not directly part of a class. People were warned. That said, as a professor, I would have left for at least the demonstration. Just in case.
My thoughts are spelled out in my own blog (woot forums!), but I'm in partial disagreement with you. It may not have been the most "sage" decision, you're right, but when the opportunity arose for experiential learning, I'm happy that Bailey seized it. I will bet you $100 it wasn't the first time anyone in that auditorium had seen a woman orgasm, and I'd rather people learn about sexuality like that than through Internet porn, where women are often degraded and the female orgasm ignored as inferior or less important than the man's. That was the point -- the female orgasm isn't understood very well because we don't allow access to that information. It's a natural thing, there's nothing wrong with it, we need to stop treating sex like a taboo.
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