Sex Week Explores Controversial Issues March 19-23

Lafayette Activities Forum (LAF) is organizing a series of events, including comedy, films, and brownbag discussions, in celebration of Sex Week Monday, March 19-Friday, March 23. All events are free and open to the campus community.

“LAF is holding Sex Week in order to educate the campus community about issues that are related to sex and are often under-acknowledged, and to emphasize the importance of communication, understanding, and education in relationships of all sorts,” explains psychology major Jennifer Lutz ’07 (Seaford, N.Y.), who is co-chair of LAF’s issues and culture committee.

The issues and culture committee is responsible for planning events for the campus community regarding campus, local, and large-scale issues. It also organizes informative and exciting events about the cultural aspects of different groups.

“This is an especially important component of maintaining the kind of unity and breadth of knowledge the Lafayette community prides itself on,” says Lutz. “There are a lot of new events coming for Sex Week this year, as compared to years past, with some different approaches, and they will be very exciting.”

Sex Week schedule of events:

• March 19: “Sex Rules” – 7 p.m. Oechsle Hall, room 224. Comedian Maria Falzone performs her hilarious and inspirational act, addressing serious sexual subjects in a frank and funny manner.

• March 20: Bridget Jones Movie Marathon – Bridget Jones’s Diary 6 p.m. and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason 8 p.m. Both in Limburg Theater. Starring Renée Zellweger and Hugh Grant, the Bridget Jones movies are based on the popular books by Helen Fielding. The first film earned Zellweger an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.

• March 21: Books & Coffee: Wicked by Gregory Maguire – 7:30 p.m. Gilbert’s back room. Michelle Geoffrion-Vinci, associate professor of foreign languages and literature, leads a discussion on the untold stories of the witches of Oz. Now a Broadway musical.

• March 22: “A Kiss is Worth a Thousand Words” – noon Oechsle Hall, room 224. Neuroscience major Carey Wilson ’07 (Hamilton, N.Y.) leads a brownbag discussion. Cosponsored by Lafayette Society for Neuroscience.

• March 23: “Signs and Signals in an Abusive Relationship” – noon Oechsle Hall, room 224. Evi Pover, counselor at Women’s Resource Center of Monroe County, presents brownbag lecture.

• March 23: “Beyond Sex and the Exotic Other: New Mappings of Queer and Mixed-Race Sexuality in Communities of Color” – 7 p.m. Oechsle Hall, room 224. Andrew Jolivette, assistant professor of American Indian studies at San Francisco State University, visits campus. Cosponsored by Association of Black Collegians and Questioning Established Sexual Taboos.