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CLASS CRUSH
Continued from Page 2B
a number of student-teacher relationships
budding behind closed doors, most students,
& GSIs and professors are doubtful about the
existence of such scandalous romances.
Erin Buzska, an LSA junior and GSI for
Computer Science 181, thought that students
are unlikely to pursue such a relationship in
the first place. She explained, "I have never
been confronted with the issue. Since I'm in a
position of power I may be intimidating to
approach."
LSA junior Wilson Chow also believed that
actually living out one's romantic fantasy is
rare, based on his own experience during his
first year at the University - when he had a
crush on his biology GSI. He described the
crush as "more of a silly fantasy. The fact that
she was the teacher was part of the allure."
Stefane Cote, a former psychology GSI,
supported Chow's notion that students and
faculty can be attracted to each other simply
because such relationships are somewhat
"taboo." "People are attracted to things they
can't get," Cote said. They like the idea of
"forbidden love." He added that dating a GSI
or professor poses a great challenge for most
students - making a relationship with one of
them seem all the more attractive.
Yet regardless of why love may blossom
between students and instructors, most stu-
dents and staff agreed that these relationships
are generally unsuccessful.
LSA sophomore Andy Lowis has experi-
enced the frustration of a failed fling with his
former english GSI of last year.
"We really liked each other," Lowis said.
"We had common interests. It had nothing to
do with class." Unfortunately for the love-
struck Lowis, the first date that he so anx-
iously awaited never materialized.
Other students .who have managed to score
a first date with a GSI or professor claim the
experience is often not all it's cracked up to
be. One female sophomore, who didn't want
her name used, remembered the unsettling
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sensation she felt when she attended the first
day of class to find her GSI was a man she
had dated during the previous school year.
Ultimately, she dropped the class claiming,
"It was just too weird."
In fact, this seems to be the general con-
sensus among students and staff. While many
students and teachers may entertain the idea
of forbidden romance, very few are actually
willing to act upon their fantasies. Moreover,
of the small class of students who actually do
become intimately involved with their
instructors, many said they were less prepared
to deal with the uncomfortable situations
often brought about by these taboo relation-
ships.
ABSTINENCE
Continued from Page 58
don't ask them about it," Kirschen said.
LSA junior Nora Mahmoud, a
Muslim student, said for her sexual
abstinence is about the holiness of
marriage and self-respect.
"You have to have respect for your
body - if you sell that out, you lose
part of yourself," Mahmoud said.
Although different points of
view about pre-marital sex exist in
Hinduism, LSA sophomore
Vasudev Mahavisno, said that
detachment from sex is considered
essential.
"For me, I haven't done anything
like that yet," said Mahavisno, a
member of the University's Hindu
Students Council core group.
Those who choose to remain absti-
nent often experience the same temp-
tation as any other student.
"Just because I have my religion
N RUFFER/Dally doesn't mean I'm not human;" Kim
len and said.
irriage. In the campus environment, Kim
said, it can be particularly easy for stu-
dents to become sexually active.
M "It's easier (to have sex) here," she
said. "You have your own place, and
j + there are no parents.'
But Kim said the independence of
' college life has not disrupted her moral
belief.
"I think about it, but then I stop,
because I think I would regret it,
especially later on, more than I would
enjoy it," she said.
LSA senior Tim Mygatt, a member
of the InterVarsity Christian
Fellowship, said he feels waiting
until marriage is challenging in some
ways but is within everyone's reach.
"I don't see why if some people
can practice self-restraint, others
can't,"he said.
NATHAt
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