Thankfully, my school hasn't slipped quite that far, but even MST (formerly UMR), an engineering school in Missouri, shows signs of sliding in that direction. I agree with the question posed by Mr. Bozell, "After all when does the concept of "inappropriate" porn arrive with this crowd?" How does one decide that this porn is acceptable, but that porn isn't? It's just another example of how moral relativism is actually amorality. Trying to place standards in that framework inherently becomes an exercise in pointless, arbitrary rules with no support.

www.rhjunior.com Great comics with a hefty dose of Christian and anti-nutjob goodness.

"With your mind as high as Mt. Fuji you can see all things clearly. And you can see all the forces that shape events; not just the things near to you." -Miyamoto Musashi

The left and right often cooperate on the porn issue. One of the things I love most about libertarian writing is that it stands up to the test of time to stay relevant for years (another example is Dave Barry's classic Reason interview!).
JMR

A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover.

I am planting seeds in the minds of my children that the best and only college option is USMA (West Point) anything else is a waste of time and they would be better off investing in real estate right out of high school.  I have never saved for their college education.  I save for their future and whatever path they want to go.  I think college is a waste unless you want to be a surgeon or in some other highly specialized field.  Journalists of today have such a horrible education that even my 6 year old can ask them "is that what you know or just what you think?"  Law school has no respect or reverence for our constitution and law.  Business school never taught people how to run a business.  Anything you need to know about math or accounting or cooking or writing....that can all be learned by books, experience, and being around others who know more than you and who are willing to teach you as long as you have the aptitude for it.  I studied math in college, what I learned, I learned from the text.  If I had a question I stopped in and asked the professor.  For the most part, class was a waste of time.  I went to school at night and worked durring the day and on the weekends volunteered with the National Guard.  I did know a few people who went to school durring the day and some of them coasted of off the money their parents gave them.  To me, paying for children to go to school is the worst thing a parent can do for their 18-30 year old.  Most of the kids did not respect their parents for it.  The money was their right and their parents had no say how it was spent.  I could go on, but I don't think I need to. 

Where are the grownups?

They're there, but do they have to step in? Seems like the college students handled the situation on their own. Surely you don't want Yale to be a 'nanny state' where the administration handles everything. 

Isn’t there a one questioning his return on the annual $45,000 investment in "education"?

Sex Week isn't part of your $45,000 investment. It's not a mandatory part of the curriculum. It's an extracurricular.  

Where are the administrators?

Again, why?

Is there anyone at Yale who can provide students with a more rational voice than a hardcore pornographer? 

For Sex Week? Sure. But the organizers chose him. Obviously it was a mistake. People make those from time to time. 

Quote:  To me, talking about sex and one-night stands is superficial. What I keep out of the column is the intimate stuff," says Jenna Bromberg, a sex columnist at Cornell University, adding that she wouldn't write about a serious relationship.

What I wouldn't give right now to get 5 hours with Bromberg, in a lecture hall, with a few hundered of her peers and instructors.*

Brent:  Everyone wants to be "cavalier," because anything less makes you Jerry Falwell.

Exactly!  It wouldn't be as rampant either if the students didn't feel they had something to prove.  The competition of who's more daring is what it's all about. 

Hardcore pornographer Paul Thomas was invited to show films and have a question-and-answer session (and plug sales for his Vivid Entertainment DVDs).

And he has reason to be desperate too.  Vivid's been hemorrhaging money since the mid-90s.  

You know you've totally fallen down the rabbit hole when your heroes are from the Yale Women's Center.

The cure for the problem is not more porn.  And it's certainly not pushing boundaries into violent kink either. 

And the last two paragraphs here are artfully penned.

Especially:  This whole controversy gives off a whiff of the inmates running the asylum. 

To expect the Ivy League to reflect traditional values is to dabble in fantasy. But it’s a sad cultural signpost when it’s considered a prudish traditional value to object to films that seek to encourage men to build fantasy scenarios about violent sexual assault.

The goal-posts are still moving.  It's as I've said before.  The slippery slope argument is not a fallacy when seen in retrospect.  Sadly, there's the irony of it all.  

-PJ  

*No Shawn, I'm not talking about a GB. 

"Trake: Your lofty convictions are another blemish on the rump of congregational sectarianism." -Tumbler 5/15/07

at Yale and at other schools around the country is a perfect illustration of one of the reasons why the culture in America is continuing its slow downward slide into the toilet. We have entire generations that have been and are being raised to believe that absolutely anything goes, anything is acceptable, and there are no such things as too much or going too far. I have a daughter in college, and I began to see this very clearly way back when she was in junior high, and then especially, in high school. The attitude of many of the kids was 'everything goes,' and those who, like my daughter, that objected to the relaxing of, or in some cases, absence of principles and morals, were accused of being prudes and were told to 'lighten up'. She learned early on about this unfortunate "group think" that has taken hold in her generation, and of course in college, it is off the charts, with no parents around to offer any guidance or restrictions. My concern is that this type of thinking extends beyond sexual matters, and reaches into every aspect of these young adults lives. It colors how they deal with other people from an ethical standpoint, and on a very basic level. Many of these young people will be the leaders of this society and this country in a very few short years, and this gives me great cause for worry.