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Volume CXXXIII, Number 17 |
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Sex criticism productive?
To the Editors:
Bowdoin College is a place that prides itself on encouraging students to be creative and express themselves publicly. However, as highlighted by the recent letter to the editors, "Real Sex," students are wrongly punished by their peers for doing so.
The weekly column "Sex and the Bubble" is one student's creative outlet, and it exists for the sole purpose of serving the student body as a form of entertainment, and yes, even occasional insight.
Calling "Sex and the Bubble" a "forgery," "unsuccessful mimicry," and "verbal diarrhea" is not productive by any means. Doing so only dissuades other students from ever being creative and expressive in public. This is one trend we don't want to perpetuate. Just imagine how much more boring Bowdoin would be if no one ever acted in a play, played sports, painted a picture, held a forum, or tried something new for fear of ridicule.
To quote "Real Sex," such unnecessary criticism demonstrates "a high level of immaturity that too often plagues college life." The entire community benefits when students take chances in public forums, so let's not cripple the creative process of the entire community by bashing those who have the character to willingly subject themselves to the scrutiny of their peers for the collective good.
Sincerely,
Steve Lampert '04
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