Tufts Paper to Media: Leave Our Sex Lives Alone

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Trerhoovief of AL 3:20PM July 12, 2010

This story cracks me up. I went to Tufts and lived in the dorms---I just wrote a piece about my experience as a Freshman and why I think this rule is awesome. Here's the link:
http://thecorner33.blogspot.com/2009/10/tufts-university-how-to-not-get-lucky.html

Paul of NY 8:34AM October 15, 2009

The story was good insofar as it inspired a national debate about selfishnesss and lack of consideration. But if the school asked that the media leave them alone the media should respect that request. Respect makes for a peaceful, civilized world.

Realist of DE 2:05PM October 05, 2009

Perhaps it should "[prohibit] students from [ANY] activity in the dorm room [THAT] interferes with their roommates' [or floormates'] privacy, studies, or sleep schedule."
A statement about SEX just gets more attention, but it really applies to many things, including singing, practiciing instruments, chemistry and engineering experiments, large study groups, parties, loud workouts, music, and also, sex with yourself or anyone else.
Campus' have other places for all of these activities, all open all night. My school even had a deeply subsidized campus hotel, meant for alumni, but more than suitable if hormones could not wait.
This isn't a private space like your house or your apartment. A student agrees to pay for guaranteed housing, utilities, and security, in exchange for sharing the space with someone who has similar academic goals, in a building with like minded neighbors. If they don't like the terms, most campus' have apartments with more negotiable terms.

Brian of CT 4:02AM October 05, 2009

University policy is everyone's business. Current students aren't the only people who will be affected by this policy.
Additionally, when individuals decide to have consensual sex with anther party present to witness, they've made it public.

Karen of CO 11:40AM October 03, 2009

It's everyone's business. This is about an institution regulating adults' behavior in a situation where it is arguably best left to the individuals involved to work it out. What's next? You must watch TV with earplugs? Don't even think of grunting while you do those sit-ups, Lawrence! How dare you snore like that, Ermengard?
In my field, we call this a 'slippery slope'.

Geegee of MD 9:41AM October 03, 2009

I'd hardly describe what US News has done as "Running with it." And the article linked, the one with the Tufts paper "chiding major media outlets" is more a rebuke of how trivialized the media outlets have become.
The relevant paragraph:
"Soon after the article ran, news stations began picking up the story. Now, a week later, Google News has archived approximately 300 recent articles about the rule. Students at Tufts are largely unperturbed by the policy (they’re more interested in why it has caused such a stir among the approximately 6.95 billion people who do not attend Tufts). The fact that national news publications feel the need to report on this insignificant story should provide some insight into the reasons for the degradation that marks today’s news industry."
And I completely agree.

David Gross of MD 7:39PM October 01, 2009

But, this and other "policies" of any incorporated entity ARE fair game for the media to expose---even if the media is only looking for something prurient to talk about.

Muser of NM 6:02PM October 01, 2009