Series grosses me outWow, how silly of me to think that Technician was a serious excursion into serious journalism. All of those totally off-base thoughts have been thrown out the window this week with “The Sex Series.” Two days after a completely tasteless picture to go along with the “serious discussion” (HA-HA) of orgasms, the Sex Series gave some shameless male a chance to let the world know that “I shave my balls because girls don’t want hairy balls in their mouth.” This disgusting article finished up by letting another describe the sensation of a sweaty, shaved scrotum for all of us to read. This ridiculous, disgusting article belongs in some Cosmo-whatever mag that you pass by in the grocery store check-out line, if not in the trash. I open the pages of the school newspaper to find out what’s going on around campus and town and to read the free exchange of ideas, not be grossed out by some guy’s crass description of his “ball sack.”
Will RayJunior, Communication
Bad time for shavingI wish to write you in response to the article regarding shaving. Although I found the points the author brought up about gender roles, stereotypes of beauty and what impact that has on the individual and society important — I simply could not believe that this article was “featured.” I am a strong supporter of gender and sexuality discussions and am generally supportive of this article. However, I do not believe it was printed in the appropriate time. We are in the midst of elections on national, state and local levels and many, many students on campus are unaware of who their congressional representative is or when election day actually occurrs. Furthermore, there were a number of amazing cultural events on campus this past weekend including Asia Scope and International Night which of course, went without recognition yet another year. Not to mention the efforts of students on campus to bring attention to the rape crisis — which only earned a small section in the newspaper. Perhaps if this article had been printed during a different week, or under any section but “featured” it would not seem so tasteless.
Andy BeckmannJunior, Religious Studies
Inappropriate seriesHonestly. Nether Regions, vibrators, “ball sacks,” “a man’s goods” and a picture of a girl wearing only a bra acting out an orgasm? It’s not radical or open-minded, its immature and crass. The things you are printing could be found in Playboy. They have no place in Technician or any other ‘respectable’ newspaper.
Joey LaneFreshman, Engineering
Playing rough looks bad for UniversityFirst I’d like to say congratulations to N.C. State’s rugby team for winning the state championships. I wasn’t at the game but based on the scores, I would say they were the best team that day. However, to brag about stomping on another player during a game is completely ridiculous and brings shame not just upon the State rugby program, but upon the University itself. Rugby is a tough sport and stuff happens, but to go out of one’s way and stomp on the head/shoulder area of a player is completely unacceptable and that player should be kicked off the team. Perhaps the team would get more University support if they stopped embarrassing the school with these type of antics.
Matt RichmondJunior at UNC-Chapel Hill
