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Colleges With Strict Sex Rules
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Strict-on-Sex Colleges

Brigham Young University's star basketball player Brandon Davies was dismissed from the team for breaking the school's code of conduct regarding premarital sex.
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Brigham Young University's star basketball player Brandon Davies was dismissed from the team for breaking the school's code of conduct regarding premarital sex. And while some may find BYU's stipulations shocking — no foul language; abstain from alcohol, tobacco, tea, coffee, and drugs; no gambling, use of pornography, and homosexual behavior; no beards (?) — I actually attended a private college with similar rules ("dancing" is still listed as a no-no in our code of conduct), so I know there are other strict schools out there. Ready for more surprising collegiate sex rules?

  1. Students of the opposite sex aren't allowed to talk or interact outside of a "chaperoned" area. — Pensacola Christian College
  2. Members of the opposite sex can only visit each other's dorm rooms during certain hours and in certain areas. — Point Loma Nazarene University
  3. Members of the opposite sex cannot be alone in the bedroom on or off campus. — Liberty University
  4. Dating couples aren't allowed to do more than hold hands (one hand, not two). — Clearwater Christian College
  5. Students aren't allowed to be alone in homes or apartments with the opposite sex. — Ozark Christian College

Did you attend a rules-heavy university? What was your experience?

Tufts to Dorm Dwellers: Get a Room!
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Tufts to Dorm Dwellers: Get a Room!

Tufts University has just instituted a policy you'd think wouldn't need to be an official rule: don't have sex in your dorm room while your roommate's present, and don't "sexile" (sex + exile) your roommate, say at 3 a.m., because you want to get it on with your college sweetheart (or random hookup).
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Tufts University has just instituted a policy you'd think wouldn't need to be an official rule: don't have sex in your dorm room while your roommate's present, and don't "sexile" (sex + exile) your roommate, say at 3 a.m., because you want to get it on with your college sweetheart (or random hookup). So basically, if you're dwelling in a dorm, either have enough money to get a hotel room, find a comfy broom closet if passion strikes, or go without.

The Tufts policy arose because students were complaining that their horny roommates were intruding on their privacy and interfering with their studies by either having sex while they were present (ewww!) or asking them to leave for a few minutes. I am so glad I never stayed in a dorm — I just moved in with the boyfriend when I was in college! Problem solved.

How was dorm sex negotiated when you were in college?

Get Educated on the Candidate's Higher Ed Proposals
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Get Educated on the Candidate's Higher Ed Proposals

An educated population benefits an entire country.
by LibertySugar

An educated population benefits an entire country. Thus, both John McCain and Barack Obama have plans to make college degrees more affordable. Both candidates reach for that goal with drastically different plans.

The AP analyzed the proposals, finding that Obama's are more detailed, and expansive, while McCain's are generalized and call for the elimination of pork-barrel university research projects. Both want to simplify financial aid. To see key points from the candidate's proposals, read more

Hungover? Two Withdraw From Petition to Lower Drinking Age
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Hungover? Two Withdraw From Petition to Lower Drinking Age

Pressure from Mothers Against Drunk Driving, safety experts, and politicians has sobered up two college presidents who originally attached their names to a petition to lower the drinking age.
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Pressure from Mothers Against Drunk Driving, safety experts, and politicians has sobered up two college presidents who originally attached their names to a petition to lower the drinking age. In the meantime, 15 other presidents added their names.

Kendall Blanchard, the president of Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus, and Robert M. Franklin, the president of Morehouse College in Atlanta, removed their names from the list of 123 presidents in favor of lowering the drinking age to 18. Blanchard said, “It was clear to me that they didn’t see this as a dialogue; they saw this as some kind of effort on our part to turn our schools into party schools.”

Leaders from schools including Dartmouth, Duke, and Tufts argue that the legal age of 21 brews a binge-drinking culture and is disrespect of the law. Students feel the need to use fake IDs, and drink the forbidden appletini in secret. To see what the other side has to say, read more

Check This: Exporting US Universities
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Check This: Exporting US Universities

It was so gorgeous yesterday that as I was walking around, I thought my whole town looked just like one of those glossy college viewbooks — you know the idyllic pictures of students lounging on the grass, being studious.
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It was so gorgeous yesterday that as I was walking around, I thought my whole town looked just like one of those glossy college viewbooks — you know the idyllic pictures of students lounging on the grass, being studious. I inhaled those when I was picking a college. Apparently, that US shiny-student lifestyle is the new hot export.

According to the New York Times, US universities are racing each other to set up outposts abroad — and their campuses are becoming neighbors all over the Middle East. In the Persian Gulf country of Qatar, students can head to "Education City" and study medicine at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, international affairs at Georgetown, computer science and business at Carnegie Mellon, fine arts at Virginia Commonwealth, engineering at Texas A&M, and coming soon, journalism at Northwestern.

To find out why colleges are rushing to take extended trips abroad, read more

One-for-All's University Branded Remotes
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One-for-All's University Branded Remotes

Show your school spirit with these One For All universal remote controls which come university-branded with your teams colors and logo.
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Show your school spirit with these One For All universal remote controls which come university-branded with your teams colors and logo. Showcased on Popgadget, each remote is compatible with Plasma Televisions, DVR, DVD players, TV, LCD flat panel monitors, VCRs, and front projectors. This remote makes me want to get up and cheer "All for one and one for all!" Get yours at Target for $19.

Beauty Byte: Clinique Goes to College
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Beauty Byte: Clinique Goes to College

The perks keep coming for college students this fall!
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The perks keep coming for college students this fall! Beginning this week, Clinique is doing a small tour of colleges to promote its three-step skin care system. You can get free samples, and the first students to arrive receive Clinique pajamas, too. You can register on Facebook to participate. (Hmm, maybe I can still pass for a college student...)

To see if your school is one of the five tour stops, read more