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4A | Friday, September i, 2006 | The Red & Black
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Lyndsay Hoban | Managing Editor
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A wrap-up of the week’s ups and downs
School of Promoting Insider Angst.
The Red & Black receives a lot of inter
esting letters to the editor involving
student disappointment in our
University. However, one email caught
our attention late Wednesday after
noon. It was supposedly sent by Paul
Welch, Director of Undergraduate
Services in the School of Public and
International Affairs, apologizing for
the “pathetic” attempt to graduate
SPIA students in a timely fashion.
After a giggle or two over the preco
ciousness of the email, we received an
apology for the “crude and offensive let
ter” from Thomas R Lauth, Dean of
SPIA. To all the frustrated SPIA stu
dents out there who aren’t interested in
protecting their identities, this editori
als page is always open for your cathar
sis.
It’s not avian flu, it’s fried chicken
fever! Between the Chick-Fil-A, all-you-
can-eat nugget wars and the Out &
About section on Thursday dedicated
to soul food, The Red & Black has a
newfound appreciation for the glorious
ness of all things involving chicken and
a deep fryer.
We know that the newly opened
Raising Cane’s a hop, skip and a tender
down Baxter Street is appreciating the
revenue from our hankering for their
crispy deliciousness. We were their first
customers on opening day and will
remain loyal to the end.
An easy first game for a virgin team.
If only the University’s administration
had as little to worry about on
Saturday as the football team. The
opening match against Western
Kentucky will be much easier than try
ing to find a decent spot to tailgate. A
win on Saturday will be a sweet relief
after the student ticket fiasco and the
death of the intramural fields.
No more ‘Big Love’ for criminal polyga
mist. Imagine living the life of Warren
Jeffs with at least 40 wives and more
than 60 children. This sounds more like ^
an S&M lifestyle than polygamy to us. f
It’s a good thing Jeffs was arrested for V, ^
allegedly arranging marriages between
13-year-old girls and older men because
at least then the man can finally get a
little peace and quiet. Even if he’s
behind bars.
A green thumbs up for Tate II. We feel
for the Tate II Advisory Board folks.
Having to plan a multi-million dollar
facility is no easy task, especially with
all of the delays in planning. However,
there’s an easy solution to all the prob
lematic planning: instead of trying to
build an environmentally friendly Tate
II, just put up the parking deck with a
massive turf space on top. Not only will
that appease the LEED-promoting
folks, but the intramural kids will have
a new field to play on as well.
Quote of the week: “Everybody at the party
wanted to kick the shit out of him, but I said,
‘Don’t swing at him.’”
— Chris Stittleburg recollecting the events
surrounding an alleged rape.
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ESTABLISHED 1893, INDEPENDENT 1980
Sex in the Classic City for Her
W e all like sex. It’s
true. It is the rare
person that makes it
to old age without enjoying
the pleasures of the flesh. If
we were not all sexual
beings, our species would
not have survived long
enough to even walk erect.
There would be no need
for Classic City sex shops or
weekly sex columns.
This article is a call to all
the curious neophytes (even
mildly so) to embrace your
sexuality.
I’m not suggesting throw
ing huge Athens orgies,
unless you’re interested. No,
I am suggesting we all stop
denying our animal side.
This column goes out
specifically to the women of
the University. Total inno
cence may be cute for a
Halloween costume, but it
doesn’t pan out in practice.
Once you get them down
to their skivvies, men know
what they want and aren’t
afraid to ask for it. Why
can’t women be the same?
I’m not requesting we all
turn into Samanthas from
“Sex in the City.” But there
are times when it’s okay,
even preferable, to know
what you want — and get it.
There’s no need to be
embarrassed just because
your libido rivals that of a
man. There’s no need to
hold yourself back for fear of
looking like a slut.
Who cares what other
people think? Instead of
Kelly Wegel
judging those who frequent
Elations or enjoy the occa
sional adult flick, put your
self in their shoes.
Now is the time to find
yourself, not only profession
ally or spiritually, but also
sexually. Doing so without
guilt and in a legal manner
can clear up many issues
that none of us want plagu
ing our adult lives.
Repressing your curiosity
will just leave you bitter and
confused. Better to discover
our fetishes while we are still
young, brash and willing to
make fools of ourselves.
Only you can decide what
to do and not do with your
body. Parents and religious
leaders told us one thing,
while TV tells us another.
We know that only we can
find that middle ground.
But we will never get there
without a willingness to
keep an open mind.
We study for exams and
practice interviewing tech
niques, yet somehow our
sexual education gets left by
the wayside after middle
school even though it’s more
important than what we can
learn in a lecture hall.
If you are afraid or
embarrassed to stroll
through the porn aisle, all
the better. You are breaking
out of your comfort zone,
something professors love to
tell us to do (remember that
for your next scholarship
application).
Having a sexual side does
not make you a pervert. It
makes you a human. Being
an aggressive female does
not make you cheap. It
makes you powerful.
And it gives you an edge
over all the giggling, pony
tail-twisting skirts who
think men want virginal
women — SO not true!
Even if your plan is to
keep sex for marriage, don’t
keep yourself in naivete.
Read some books. See
some movies. It won’t dam
age your mind, I promise. By
knowing what’s out there,
you better prepare yourself
for life, something we came
to college to do. You learn
when to say yes and no with
confidence.
Athens is the perfect
place for all kinds of self-dis
covery, just keep it legal and
keep it safe. And be sure to
let your significant other
know your newly discovered
penchant for feet before sur
prising him with the choco
late syrup.
— Kelly Wegel is a
stringer for
The Red & Black.
Sex in the Classic City for Him
E ver heard this whis
pered the morning
after, “So, was it good
for you?”
A knee-jerk response may
be a cool, “Oh yeah.” But
have you ever asked your
self, was it really “good” for
me?
Even if it “felt right,” even
if you used protection and
got that over-the-counter
pill just to be safe, chances
are that last night’s sexual
exploits did you more harm
than good.
Popping Plan B may get
you off one hook, but the
emotional toll of a careless
sex life can be a hard pill to
swallow.
During my University ori
entation in 2002,1 listened
with other students as a
University spokeswoman, a
giddy young lady, spoke to
us about safe sex. I was
glad. Having worked with
AIDS children in
Guatemala, I couldn’t agree
with her more about the
importance of promoting
protection. But I was dis
mayed when she dismissed
abstinence as unrealistic.
“You’re going to want to
have sex. Besides, it’s a
great stress reliever,” she
laughed.
Her “humor” aside, pre
marital sex, recreational or
with someone you love, like
ly will lead to greater stress
down the road. If you’re not
disciplined enough to prac
tice abstinence, will you be
strong enough to be loyal to
your spouse after “I do”?
Is that why couples who
lack premarital discipline
and live together before
marriage are statistically
more likely to divorce?
I’ve lost count of how
many students I’ve heard
express shame that they let
alcohol or their hormones
get the better of them. At
the moment, of course, they
were sure they’d found the
person of their dreams.
Then they woke up on the
Phillip Blume
wrong side of the bed, wish
ing they hadn’t invested so
much emotion in something
so superficial.
That’s why I’m saving it
for the honeymoon. Not
because I “can’t get any.” In
fact, I’ve had some surpris
ingly direct bids for my vir
ginity. While studying in
Spain, where it seemed a
first date consisted of “cena,
cine y cama” (dinner and a
movie, and jumping in bed),
several women asked me to
join them for a little “siesta.”
Tempting? Sure. Do I
want sex? Let me put it this
way: yes, Yes, YES! Hey, I’m
23 and in the best shape of
my life. I’d be worried if sex
didn’t appeal to me. But a
relationship built on trust is
more appealing. Sex is a
very intimate, very appropri
ate way to seal that trust,
but it can be done only
once, then it’s just another
way to break confidence.
One Spanish friend flat
tered me when I told her I
was waiting. “Why is it
always the cute ones?” she
said. I knew she was wrong.
The “Don Juan” Spaniard
who wooed all the attractive
girls in our dorm was no
saint when it came to sex.
Girls weren’t after him for
his brains. I told him that
when I found my bride, she
could be absolutely certain
she was the only one. That
kind of trust means deeper
intimacy, and more mean
ingful sex, I said.
“But what if she’s no
good in bed,” he said. “Then
you’ve got nothing.” He told
me to end any relationship if
the sex wasn’t good.
If you pick the fruit
before it’s ripe, you’ll never
know how sweet it would
have been. Getting sex is
easy.
Just ask Blake Rouse. He
used, or should I say
demeaned, this space the
past two Fridays to tell us
how to trick drunk, fresh
men coeds into “shacking
up.” I was gratified his col
umn failed to impress two
sensible women who belit
tled it on the next Monday’s
opinion page.
Our generation’s careless
attitude about sex has to
change. How can we joke
about coercing sex after a
week in which four
University women said they
were raped? Consider the
dangerous culture we’re cre
ating.
It’s not that a pair of
pink, padded handcuffs in
last week’s Red & Black was
too risque for print. It’s not
even the classless way PT
Umphress handled his story
that described “orgasm-hun
gry girls” who, if they’re
“worth doing,” are “worth
doing well.” But for me, that
was the straw that broke
the missionary’s back.
For me, waiting until
marriage isn’t a prideful
matter about “not doing it.”
It’s about the pride of what
I did do, the investment I
made in my bride-to-be. She
deserves it. Women, you
deserve a gentleman who
quotes poetry to you, not a
predator who belches the
alphabet then wants you on
your back.
You deserve a guy who
wonders how you feel and
think, not just how you feel
in bed. But don’t worry
about me, you Broad Street
studs. When I do make love,
it will be the best I ever had.
— Phillip Blume is a
stringer for
The Red & Black.
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E-mail, letters and faxes
from our readers
Alumna for
eco-friendly
Tate II
As an alumna of UGA’s
College of Environmental
Design, I can say that
having a “green” building-
on campus, especially one
so central to the
University community,
would be a wonderful
addition. More and more
buildings are going up on
campus; this is inevitable,
the school is growing. But
to build smart, to build
with a conscience that
recognizes our impact on
the world, this would be a
way to teach students
and everyone else what a
wide range of possibilities
exist in construction
today.
Having toured several
“green” buildings, I can
tell you that they are usu
ally the most interesting,
interactive and often
beautiful buildings that
exist. Everything in a
LEED-certified building
has a function, similar to
a human body, and these
components are designed
to work together the most
efficiently (and remember,
folks, efficiency equals
money) and with the least
waste.
And as a graduate of
the Landscape
Architecture program at
the University, I have to
say that having a LEED-
certified building on cam
pus will serve as inspira
tion and motivation to
those in any field related
to engineering and
design, as well as environ
mental science.
Really, there is every
thing to be gained and
nothing to be lost by
becoming the next college
campus to expand into
“green” buildings.
Beth Gibson
Alumna, Gainesville
Landscape Architecture
Use Sanford for
extra parking
So, since football fans
will be able to use the
intramural field for park
ing, shouldn’t students
get to park between the
hedges? Why isn’t parking-
inside the stadium a “rea
sonable compromise” to
the “the lack of surface
area parking and large
open areas close to cam
pus” on days classes are
being held?
Catherine Covington
Junior, Athens
Studio Art
Student woes not
a Univ. concern
After seven years at
UGAI have become
accustomed to the
administration making
policies that negatively
affect student life. The
intramural field issue is
just another straw in the
pile. Perhaps the
University will soon move
to artificial turf for the
fields like our nerdy
brethren to the west.
However, until that
knee-popping day, this
policy will have many vic
tims in the student body
and very few victims in
the precious alumni base.
I hope one day this
University realizes its pri
mary responsibility is to
the current students
before making decisions
affecting students with
out student input. When
a decision is made from
“campus police, auxiliary
services and the Athletic
Association, and then
approved by the
President’s cabinet” it is
quite clear that the
University has forgotten
its most important base.
Rusi Patel
Graduate Student,
Dunwoody
Law
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