- The Chicago Tribune reports: Northwestern University acknowledged Wednesday that an unusual demonstration was held on campus last week in which students observed a naked woman being penetrated by a sex toy. The sex act was performed in front of about 100 students from psychology professor John Michael Bailey's human sexuality class. The demonstration occurred after class, and attendance was optional. The university will pay several hundred dollars to guest lecturer Ken Melvoin-Berg, co-owner of Weird Chicago Tours. His Feb. 21 discussion of bondage, swinging and other sexual fetishes was arranged by Bailey, who gets extra funding from the university's College of Arts & Sciences for lectures and other activities he routinely holds after class."... “Northwestern University faculty members engage in teaching and research on a wide variety of topics, some of them controversial and at the leading edge of their respective disciplines,” [University Spokesman] Alan Cubbage said in a prepared statement. “The university supports the efforts of its faculty to further the advancement of knowledge.” ... “Even though it’s controversial now … Over time people will become more liberal. I don’t think it will be an issue,” Lauren Matthew, 18, said. “There should be a line (on what is inappropriate) but I don’t know where it should be."
What is clear is that this is demonstrative of the state of the culture at large, and the state of our finest institutions of higher education in particular. What does it say about education in our country that according to the 2011 US News & World Report rankings Northwestern University is ranked #12 in the country? Tweet
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