Trumping Moses and Matthew
By Suzanne Fields
November 7, 2005

What do the Bible and the "The Vagina Monologues" have in common? Not much. But surely we can all agree that both are covered by the First Amendment, guaranteeing freedom of religion and freedom of expression.

Well, that's not so at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. At UW-EC you can live in a dorm and watch a performance of "The Vagina Monologues," but you can't join a Bible Studies group. Any resident assistant, or R.A. as the live-in student counselors are called, can put on a performance of the play, and one has, but leading a Bible studies class in his or her own room and on his or her own time, is forbidden. Many students want such a class, but they're out of luck.

The director of university housing says the ban is necessary to enable the RAs to "share" the perspectives of the students, to make RAs "approachable." Vagina perspective trumps the perspectives of Moses and Matthew in behalf of "approachability." That certainly sounds postmodern enough.
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Another perspective:
Saying "no" goes to college
The birds and the bees are off-limits, but a new CU abstinence group adds a sexy twist: The focus is on “relationship education,” and you just might find a date there
By Douglas Brown
Denver Post Staff Writer

Sarah MacIntyre, 19, doesn't have sex - nothing beyond kissing, holding hands and an embrace now and again. So she's excited about the new abstinence group at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

"Half of me sees it as a dating breeding ground," says the sophomore French and linguistics major. "It's like, wow, there are these guys and gals who are abstinent." The rest

FIRE Lawsuit Charges Alabama School With Stifling Free Speech
By Jim Brown
November 7, 2005

(AgapePress) - Troy University in Alabama is being sued over policies that allegedly stifle free speech on campus. The lawsuit being coordinated by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) targets a speech code at the university -- a policy banning age- or religion-related jokes, "derogatory" comments about gender, gossip, and "insulting" or "suggestive" remarks.

The lawsuit against Troy University is the fifth in FIRE's campaign to overturn restrictive university speech codes in every federal circuit in the U.S. The group's legal director, Greg Lukianoff, believes the school's speech code is wildly "unconstitutional" as well as unduly restrictive in an academic environment.
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