The Warped Woodturner (TWW) is a local artist traveling his artist's journey in a suburb of Springbrook, WI (pop. 536). TWW's creative calling is to use a wood lathe to make useless objects from locally-sequestered organic carbon for tourists to bring back to the city to give to people they had to buy something for but do not like that much. His target market is the senior citizens since their vision is not as good as it used to be so cannot see the defects as well. His marketing jingle is: “Bowls as simple as their creator”.

Wednesday, March 02, 2011

What are they thinking?



The Harrad Experiment was a book TWW read during the 1960s about shacking up in school.















Now this week we have a new version of the story.  See the news story:

"  Rutgers Dorms Going Co-Ed After Student's Suicide

New pilot program set to start in the fall

By JENNIFER MILLMAN
Updated 7:21 PM EST, Tue, Mar 1, 2011 | Print
People participate in a candlelight vigil for Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi at Brower Commons on the Rutgers University campus in New Brunswick.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rutgers University is set to launch a pilot program this fall that would allow students living in campus dorm rooms to pick roommates of the opposite sex.
The move intends to welcome more gay students to the campus.  " 

TWW's puzzlement
What does letting young men and women live in the same dorm room have to do with hostility towards gay men and lesbians?  If a guy and gal are staying in the same room you you could either assume they were were straight or a lesbian and a gay guy putting on a front to please their parents.  What are people to assume about all of the other students who have same sex roommates? Do they need to show people they are straight? The logic of academics continues to amaze.  



Source of story: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Rutgers-To-Allow-Co-Ed-Dorm-Rooms--117121553.html
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