MyCNU... this isn't it.

It seems as though this campus has lost some common sense. Yes, the Log has every right to print the Sex Advice article, but we all have to ask ourselves... should it?

Is THIS the image we want to portray? Is THIS what CNU is about? Sexual euphamisms and provocative rhetoric? We are better than this. We are a school that rises above the fray. I have heard the argument "Well (fill in the blank university) has one, so why shouldn't we?" Because we AREN'T (fill in the blank university). We are Chistopher Newport University! A school with morals and decency. A school filled with tomorrow's leaders, not tomorrow's whores.

How are we to explain ourselves to the prospective students (much less their parents), who pick up an issue on their first tour of campus. How are we to explain it to the visiting dignitary or person of influence when they come to visit one of the best up and coming liberal arts schools in the nation, and one of the top schools in the state? We can't, and we shouldn't. There should never be a need for us to explain our actions away, because logic would dictate that the "adults" who wrote and approved this mess should be able to have enough foresight to see, and attempt to avoid, the negative ramifications that posting this article might entail.

I don't want to confuse the issue and have some assume that I am arguing against the students of this university having such discussions about sex and personal relationships. I am not arguing for this at all, in fact these topics are often healthy to talk and debate about. However, it certainly isn't a topic that should be splattered throughout a campus newspaper when it's far better suited for the next issue of Cosmo or Playboy.

Freedom of speech is not the issue here. Honesty is not the issue here. Self control is the issue here. Respect for this school, what it stands for, and all those who attend it IS the issue here. Unfortunately, until that is realized, we are all left waiting for the day that the common sense returns.