w 0 r V V V V V V IW 9 w 0 0 TCganpus' sexua - es C ampus's sexual history WenedyMrc , 07 heMchgn aly 3 The romantic milestones that shaped sex as we know it at the University. QUOTES OF THE WEEK It turns out you have to go into rehab if you 1870 - The beginning Without crossword or sadoku puzzles, sitting through boring classes was a trying task for male students at the University in its first five decades. But in 1870, University, administrators decided to introduce, something new to the classroom - female students. When Madeline Stockwell walked into her first class in Tappan Hall that fall it was the beginning of the end of gender seg- regation on campus, though it would be years until women were allowed through the doors of the Union. The year 1870 did more than break downthe gender barrier at one of the nation's largest universities; it also;. paved the way for a different kind of education. 1880 - Petticoats and promiscuity Through the 1880s until the turn of the century, women commonly lived in mixed boarding houses with men. Surely there must have been exceptions to Victorian-era norms of chastity. less, and the first balmy evening of 1900 - The modest beginnings of the year, men from South Quad and University Housing West Quad assembled for an inva- Although mixed boarding houses sion. Egged on by hundreds of their still exist, women increasingly live voyeuristic peers, the men ventured in University-supervised houses that into women's dorms and into the house only women. Those women unlocked rooms and rummaged living in mixed boarding houses can through underwear drawers. After be disciplined for "entertaining"men looting the rooms, they returned to in their rooms. cheering crowds with waving pant- ies and lingerie as trophies. 1920 - A long way from East Quad It's generally accepted that this The University greatly expands was the first large scale panty raid the number of dormitory beds ever and it garnered national media available. Those beds, however, are attention. Damages totaled only safely sequestered in all-mall and all- $188, but the trend spread to other female dorms. campuses. 1927 - Driving them crazy 1961- Term ends for last dean of The University Board of Regents women bans students from bringing cars to Deborah Bacon couldn't take it campus, in part to prevent under- anymore. graduates from being able to drive to It wasn't just that being the dean speakeasies - or have trysts. The ban of women was a tough job, though it wasn't fully overturned until 1968. was. The position called for a surro- gate mother for female students, enforcing curfews and dress codes, even monitor- ingstudents' dates. It was that the stu- dents were rebelling. As the 60s took hold, 3 there was growing unrestoncampuswith the restrictive policies Bacon enforced. In particular they pro- tested what they saw was Bacon's unwill- ingness to allow white women to date black - . men. - 1952 - The first panty raid As the sixties picked up steam Spring madness hit the Univer- and women across the nation pio- sity hard in 1952. The men were rest- neered sexual liberation University camped out in Johnson's office demanding that the University cre- ate an anti-rape center and better address women's safety on campus. The general uproar didn't fall on deaf ears. A month later, the Univer- sity dedicated a $75,000 piece of the budget dedicated to the creation of an anti-assault program. 1986 -SAPAC created The Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center opens an office on the third floor of the Michi- gan Union with a $75,ooo budget. TALKING POINTS Three things you can talk about this week: 1. Hollywood finally finding Jesus 2. Scooter Libby 3. North Korea And three things you can't: 1. Ann Coulter 2. Your Spring Break sunburn 3. The Oscars A enforced constraints also fell by the wayside. Bacon stepped down and was never replaced. 1961 - Going upstairs for a night cap Women over 21 are no longer required to live in University- approved housing or observe cur- few, giving these women more control over when - and where - they sleep. The University also relaxes rules on "visitation privi- leges" that kept callers from enter- ing the dorm rooms of opposite-sex acquaintances. 1964 - The end of the great divide Students have more opportuni- ties to mingle with the opposite sex when South Quad, an all-male dorm, and Markley, and all-female dorm, both become co-education- al. By 1972, Stockwell is the only remaining large female-only dorm. 1970 - Out past curfew The Regents officially abolish mandatory curfews for women liv- ing in University residence halls. 1971- The start of LGBTA The University opens the Human Sexuality Office,whichlater becomes the office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Affairs. 1985 - A gaffe and a gift "Rape is like Alzheimer's," Henry Johnson, then Vice-President for Student Services told the Metropoli- tan Detroit Magazine. He was trying to explain why the University played down instances of rape in order to make campus appear safer to incom- ing students. "(It) impacts a small but sizable part of the population.... To dicuss sexual assault is to send a message to your potential students ... that it is an unsafe campus." This statement triggered wide- spread campus outcry. Protestors 2002 - The last naked mile The longstanding campus tradi- tion where seniors ran naked down Washtenaw Avenue and State Street was deemed unsafe by campus cops and ended without a bang, despite the best efforts of a few students who tried unsuccessfully to resuscitate it. 2007 --Illegal roommates Think the consequences over before moving in with your signifi- cant other: While we've never heard of a prosecution, a Michigan state law still on the books says that any unmarried man and woman "who lewdly and lasciviously cohabit together" can face up to 1 year in prison and a $1,000 fine. -Information for this time line was compiled from "The University of Michigan: An Encyclopedic Sur- vey," a1979 booklet issued by Univer- sity Housing, and HowardPeckcham's "The Making of the University of Michigan:1817-1992" use the word 'fag- got,' so I'm kind of at an impasse - I can't really talk about Edwards." - ANN COULTER, conservative author and University Law School alum, throw- ing a jab at presidential hopeful John Edwards. The remark triggered wide- spread outcry and earned little support even from her right-wing counterparts. VIDEO CAF Thinking about vegetarianism? You will be. Warning. This video is not for the faint of heart or weak of stomach. At first it's hard to identify exactly what is happening. It looks like the Loch Ness Monster beached itselfs THEM in the Amazon, but the truth is THM much more horrifying. It is an anaconda regurgitating a hippopotamus.Yeah, Watching it, questions might pop into your head. One might be: tan yo How did a snake fit a hippo into its gan wh mouth? Answer, snakes do not have jaws so they can open their mouths Throwin as large as their hearts desire. Why are they hitting the snake with a paddle? To make it throw up so all the curious locals can dis- cover what animal lies beneath that scaly skin. And finally: Why am I watching this? - Well, gross, shocking videos are The G what YouTube is all about. as Rose's PETER SCHOTTENFELS A 192: (D. B. W See this and other YouTube gimlet is videos ofthe week at tive Phil www.youtube.com/user/michi- Accor gandaily. gimlet (1 "2i * 1/4 Mr 4 *1/ *Ga The B * 2 *1/ Ga Regan impressi ent thati "(The Iraq War) goes even beyond the brutality of slav- ery and the lynchings." - CHARLES RANGEL, a U.S. representative from New York, on the relative horrors of the war and slavery. "If (Britney) is reading my book. I hope it's helping her. If it's not, and she wants to talk to some- one, I'm available." - Actress BROOKE SHIELDS on the purported frag- ile mental state of pop star Britney Spears. BY THE NUMBERS Years after the first slaves arrived in the Virginia Colony, the state's legislature adopted a resolution formally apologizing for its role in perpetuating race slavery for two-and-a-half centuries. The number of slaves owned by Sen. Barack Obama's maternal ances- tors. Obama, who is vyingto become America's first black president, is the son of a black Kenyan father and a white mother from Kansas. Number of Civil Rights leader Al Sharpton's ancestors who were owned as slaves by the ancestors of former Sen. Strom Thurmond, who ran for president as a segregationist. Source: The New York Times, The Economist ED PARTY SUGGESTION went somewhere for Spring Break - Mystic irself so you look like everyone else from Michi- o went to Acapulco. At least you saved money. g this party? Let us know. TheStatement@umich.edu WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE OF THE WEEK Gimlet (cocktail) imlet is a cocktail typically made of gin and lime juice (such s). 8 description of the drink was: "gin, a spot of lime, and soda" esson, I'll never be Cured III). A 1953 description was: "a real half gin and half Rose's Lime Juice and nothing else" (detec- ip Marlowe in Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye). 'ding to the Wall Street Journal Weekend Edition on 8/4/06, a lowercase "g") consists of the following: oz. gin 4 to 1/2 oz. simple syrup 2 oz. lime juice (for example, Rose's) arnish with alime artender's Bible by Gary Regan lists the recipe as: oz. gin 2 ounce Rose's lime juice arnish with lime wedge n also states, "since the Rose's product has such a long and ive history, Iam inclined to think that Rose's was the ingredi- invented the drink."