Ah, the abstinence speeches, classic. The Daily put out an article the other day about the need for a pro-abstinence group on campus in order to keep up with the likes of Princeton and Harvard. Last time I checked, the sexual activity and partying at UM along with its strong academic reputation is what brings people here. If they wanted to live library sexless lives in the Ivy League, they should have gone there. If not they’re probably in the RC.

A few things stood out when reading this article, the first thing was from a health educator from the University Health System who claimed she had “found that high school students are more likely to make abstinence pledges than college students because they're told more frequently told not to have sex”. Yeah, ummm, I’m gonna have to go ahead and disagree with you there. Kids in high school are more likely to make abstinence pledges because they haven’t gotten laid yet and need a cover-up for their lack of success. Not only that, but most people in college have already had sex by the time they’re asked to make that pledge, and that’s not the case for high school (well, my high school at least).

Religion is something I try to stay sensitive to, but an LSA senior made the claim that she abstains because of the first two commandments. Yes, the one about recognizing one G-d and not worshipping false idols. She claimed that sex could be considered an idol and it’s about loving G-d. I don’t know how everyone feels about this, but G-d created women, I love women, so ipso facto, having sex is an expression of love for G-d.