<p>I don’t know about anyone else, but I read the orginal article and got the feeling that a LOT of it was supposed to be in jest and a spoof. I don’t doubt that this goes on, but i think it was supposed to be a funny article and not all that serious. As such, I think it exaggerates a bit and takes a little poetic license as well.</p>
<p>We should be Muslim. Men pray 7 times a day. Devout and Horny.</p>
<p>“We should be Muslim. Men pray 7 times a day. Devout and Horny”.</p>
<p>Yes, to prepare for all the virgins waiting in heaven.</p>
<p>I’ll weigh in as someone who has lived in a Pomona sponsor group sort of recently.</p>
<p>roshke is right that there is an element of spoofing going on here. Serious journalism? Hardly. Treating this as IF it is a serious, newsworthy matter is very funny to 18-year-olds. For those of us a few years older, it’s sophomoric (or freshmoric, as the case may be), but I do recall that the issue of sponcest was a “hot topic” when I was there too, and I found it interesting at the time. I think, for people developing their sexual and emotional identities, whatever those may be like, reading this kind of article assures them that other people are going through similar issues. For freshmen there is also an element of “I’ll write about this because I can,” since HS newspapers won’t permit such things, and the newfound freedom is exhilarating.</p>
<p>That said, I never committed sponcest myself, and there wasn’t much of it in my sponsor group. A couple people had BFs/GFs at home, several others began relationships with students from other dorms, and many of us (myself included) remained single the whole year, maybe having a few dates now and again. Many, many Pomona students end up marrying each other-- I know several couples who’ve tied the knot since graduation. Like most other schools, Pomona has a mix of people. I was/am friends with people who had been having sex since they were 15, and people who got their first kiss sometime during college… one of the strongest assets of attending a residential college is that you meet all kinds of people, and often find that you can get along with any of them.</p>
<p>Thank you Irene
As someone who knows many Pomona grads, you put it so well that I hope this “shocked by outdated silly school newspaper articles” thread can just die here.</p>
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<p>Heh. I have a small box containing the newspapers I was proudest of, as a writer, photographer and editor. The others are lost to history, and the Coyote Canyon Landfill.</p>
<p>I just wanted to share my experience. I am graduating from a top LAC this year. I am also waiting for marriage for any type of sexual activity (this has nothing to do with religion – just what I believe in). I know only a few other people that share my beliefs, and all of us have found that the environment in our school is not very pleasant/accepting. It’s also REALLY hard to find a meaningful relationship – I’ve been lucky, many of my friends have not. If I had to do it all over again, I WOULD consider a school like BYU (even though as I mentioned I am by no means religious).</p>
<p>Slightly OT: My daughter writes often for the not-so-great student newspaper at her great college, and she is constantly upset by the bad quality of the editing. She feels like she can’t use half of her stuff for her clippings portfolio because of obvious grammatical errors or zones of incomprehensibility introduced at the editing stage.</p>
<p>To follow up on JHS:</p>
<p>The editing usually happens late at night under very tight deadlines–hence much of the sloppiness and the frequent inability of authors to make last-minute changes to correct factual errors.</p>
<p>JHS - Tell her to look at the NYT’s. I find several editing errors a day, even in Titles. Their excuse is that they don’t have time to edit, because of the rush to get online and compete with blogs. Who noticed the COLLAGE in the ed section, article title recently?</p>
<p>Back to sex ed. Once, in HS, I was putting my child’s lunch in his backpack and discovered several condoms of many colors. He told me the school had “Condom Fairies”, who stuck them in lockers. No one knew who they were.</p>
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<p>Add in wine and beer and you have college newspaper editing and layout completely defined!</p>
<p>Im sorry to hear that acollegestudent-
at my daughter college, I had the impression that the range of sexuality was accepted, and that would include those who were asexual or who chose not to be sexually active.</p>
<p>I also did have the impression that the article was a spoof so much so that I was surprised when it didn’t have an 4-1 date, but I will have to keep in mind the obstacles towards putting out a decent student newspaper when looking at schools for #2</p>
<p>When we were looking at schools for #1, that actually was scrutinized, and schools with poor writing in their papers- got a black mark .
The issues I saw of the Quest, while topicially were a little out there, were generally well written and edited. Not bad for a school of 1300.</p>
<p>The next article <a href=“The Student Life - Claremont Colleges News”>The Student Life - Claremont Colleges News; shows that original article was taken seriously by Pomona srudents (at least by some of them).</p>
<p>[I dunno- I find the whole thing difficult to take seriously](<a href=“The Student Life - Claremont Colleges News”>The Student Life - Claremont Colleges News)</p>
<p>It does underscore that we are physical beings though and crave touch-
Perhaps they should encourage pets on campus or even have a cat dorm like Reed :)</p>
<p>At least some Pomona students realize they are doing wrong stuff…</p>
<p><a href=“The Student Life - Claremont Colleges News”>The Student Life - Claremont Colleges News;
<p>“And we especially dont take into account serious repercussions like unsafe situations, the bad kind of boundary-pushing, or health concerns like STDs. So why do we do this? I guess it just feels too good to stop.”</p>
<p>Good for you, parents, if you do not see any problem here.</p>
<p>The Millennials didn’t invent sex- and they didn’t invent sex without marriage either.:eek:</p>
<p>[It</a> is a black art, practiced by both sexes, and, once practiced, never laid down. That’s the terrible thing about it.](<a href=“http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~jwheat/flappers.html]It”>What About This Flapper Generation?)</p>
<p>Sex and debauch are not the same.
I am glad that some people, even youngsters, see the difference.</p>
<p>In my days, it was called “sleeping around” or “being promiscuous.” Yes, I know, I’m dating myself here, but really, casual sex has been around before the term “hooking up” was invented.</p>
<p>I don’t think we can prevent our kids from coming into contact with folks with whose values and practices we disagree. We can only try to instill our values in our children and hope that these values will see them through whatever challenges they face. We need to remember that hooking up is a choice–not everyone has to make it, indeed, most do not make it, whether at Pomona or elsewhere.</p>
<p>But there are 3,000 institutions of higher learning in the US. Among them, there may be some where absolutely no hooking up happens; there are plenty with strong bio programs. Can we all think of a few that have strong bio programs and where absolutely no hooking up happens?</p>
<p>To be honest, I’m having a hard time thinking of a school like that, marite. I could be ignorant, but it often seems like schools where no hooking up happens are also schools with very religious leanings. And schools with very religious leanings sometimes have questionable science programs. Since the OP has stated that her daughter isn’t religious, she might feel uncomfortable in a bio dept where many students and professors question evolution. </p>
<p>I’m still waiting to hear what the daughter thinks about all this!</p>
<p>My eldest daughter went off to college a year ago and encountered all kinds of behaviors that weren’t within her normal operating style. I keep remembering the words of Albus Dumbledore: “It is our choices that show what we truly are.” And the adoption of any pattern of behavior in a setting where that behavior is the only norm is no choice at all. Encountering differing choices and making your own decisions regarding whether they are right for you is, I think, ultimately a good thing.</p>