Because: I think everyone is seriously overreacting about this whole “f*cksaw” scenario at my alma mater. It was even reported in La Nacion down here in Argentina. Granted this is a country obsessed with psychology, I still find it ludicrous.
I agree with this author that Northwestern, in many ways, needs the Human Sexuality class, panels and saws and all. It is the largest, most popular class at Northwestern, one that students from all schools and majors make it a point to take. I also agree for the most part with the intellectual landscape the author paints of Northwestern. I do think, however, based on talking with friends at other schools, it is idealistic to think it is all that much different at schools of similar caliber to NU. For that reason, I hope students at other universities also have the chance to take sexuality courses as expository, surprising and open as this one. I also wish that during my time at Northwestern I had found more classes that generated intelligent, intense discussion half as interesting as what went down in Human Sexuality. I cannot, and will not, blame Northwestern for that, though.
If a university, its professors, lectures and discussion sections didn’t challenge students intellectually, what would be the point of attending? To grab a degree but be no different for it? No, thanks.
P.S. - I never did get to stay after for one of the panels. I always had another class immediately afterward, and all I can remember about that class is being upset it made me miss the panels.
