Legislators Condemn University Of Tennessee's Sex Week With Resolution That Doesn't Really Mean Anything
ByTennessee lawmakers put forth legislation - if it should be even called that - against the sex weeks that pervade college campuses this time of year, in particular the one that's annually taken place on the University of Tennessee's campus and scheduled to kick off once again on March 2, the Huffington Post reported.
The resolution, sponsored by 29 parties, does nothing but express its condemnation and "distress" of Tennessee's event, and its "misuse" of school funds, according to the document.
"If those people who organize this thing want to have it, hey, let them get off campus," state Rep. Richard Floyd (R-Chattanooga), the resolution's driving sponsor, told the Chattanooga Times Free Press. "They can go out there in a field full of sheep if they want to and have all the Sex Week they want."
But the First Amendment means it won't impede this year's week or future weeks, UT-Knoxville Chancellor Jimmy Cheek told HuffPost. Though Floyd's resolution mentions "taxpayers," no tax money is spent during the week. Instead, the $25,000 budget, which pays for events morning through night including discussions on pornography, a lip sync, an aphrodisiac cooking class (highlighted on Floyd's report) and a concert, is funded by private donations and voluntary student fees, according to the HuffPost.
Though the university has received no complaints from alumni or community residents, they agreed to cut funding (presumably from student activities funds) in response to complaints from Floyd and gang last year. That deficit was covered this year by private funding, which means 2014 Sex Week will be as glorious as it has been in year's past. Last one, 4,000 students attended. If I was a student, that "Sexy Oscars Party" looks like a winner.
Sex Week is so big at Tennessee -- and so big in general -- it has its own website, sexweekut.org.