College Clips
Published March 16, 2007
Sex doctor cracks myths, jokes in speech at Virginia Tech
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, author of "Sex for Dummies," spoke to students and local residents about sex on Tuesday, cracking its many myths and discussing her opinions of sex.
Westheimer began her lecture on the subject of masturbation.
"There is a myth that women don't masturbate, that men lose their hair, people have to wear glasses and that boys grow hair on their palms," she said. "There is nothing wrong with masturbation."
Westheimer also gave the audience some homework. She advised the girls to contract their vaginal muscles and "wink at the driver next to you."
For the men in the audience, she advised to stand in front of a mirror and to examine and admire their erection.
"Penis size has nothing to do with sexual satisfaction," she said. "Unless its minuscule."
— The Collegiate Times (Virginia Tech)
YouTube lets politicians upload campaign videos
Youtube.com announced on Feb. 28 that the company would launch a voter education initiative that will allow politicians to upload videos onto the popular online video Web site.
For the 2008 presidential elections, major candidates have already begun to take advantage of the new feature.
The new extension of YouTube allows candidates to post videos under one video channel. For the elections, videos fall under the channel heading "politicians."
Jesse Drew, director of the Technocultural Studies program at the University of California, Davis, said YouTube is an important social tool that will change the way politics works.
"YouTube is a very effective social tool used to bypass official channels of media and communication," Drew said. "YouTube is already playing a large role in politics, in that it is seen as eliminating official spin propagated by politicians."
Only candidates of legally registered parties can use the service.
— The California Aggie (University of California-Davis)
Kansas experts skeptical of alleged Jesus tomb
James Cameron has found Jesus. Or at least he claims he has.
The director has faced criticism because of his documentary about finding the tomb of Jesus. Cameron claims the remains of Jesus and his family were found in Jerusalem.
Paul Mirecki, associate professor of religious studies at the University of Kansas, said the remains are an issue of interpretation.
"The names scratched into the boxes were very common names for Jews during the first century," Mirecki said.
He said though it was custom to write only the first name, a person of this magnitude would have had further information on their tombs.
The limestone coffins, or ossuaries, are inscribed with names that correlate with factual and disputed members of Jesus' family.
Mirecki, who specializes in analyzing ancient scrolls and texts, said the problem would be proving that this is not another Jewish family by using standard scientific methods.
— The University Daily Kansan (University of Kansas)
