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Great sexpectations Photos by Rachel Orlow
Students reveal what really happens behind closed doors on campus
Marissa Smith Chief Proofreader
Rebecca* stood outside her downtown Ithaca apartment in a bathrobe. She kissed the boy she had just had sex with good night and put him in a cab to take him home. From that same cab emerged the next boy she’d have sex with that night. “A very wise man told me once that everyone has a ‘slut phase,’” Rebecca said. “Whether or not they’re successful is another thing, but everyone definitely has their slut phase, men included.” Rebecca said the last semester that she was single she had 12 sexual partners. According to an online survey conducted by The Ithacan, Rebecca is among only 0.4 percent of women who had six or more sexual partners last semester. The survey polled 450 students at Ithaca College and showed
that overall, the LGBT community is more sexually active than straight students, women are less likely to regret drunken sexual encounters than men, and students believe fellow students are having more sex than they actually are. Psychologist Ritch Savin-Williams, professor of human development and director of
the sex and gender lab at Cornell University, said the tendency to think people are having more sex than they are comes down to what he calls "selective attention.” “One listens to all the people that are talking about it, but what they don’t take note of is all the people who are not talking about it,” Savin-Williams said.
Special online feature
Rumor : LGBT students have more sex
Find out if this and other sex stereotypes are true at theithacan.org/sexpectations.
Vandals smash taps Class finds outdoor equipment ruined By kacey deamer staff writer
Students in the Natural Resources & Ecology: Farming the Forest class found their maple syrup production equipment on South Hill intentionally damaged Saturday morning. About 40 of 75 taps and hooks were destroyed, amounting to $300 worth of damage, an estimate made by Professor Jason Hamilton. The course gives students the opportunity to learn about forest products through three projects: edible mushroom cultivation, maple syrup and beekeeping, and honey harvesting. The sugarbush, which is an area of maple trees, is located toward the southeast side
See vandalism, page 4
A step ahead Personal trainer combines dubstep with fitness after switching major, page 23
Nationally, nearly three-quarters of college students had one or no sexual partners in the last 12 months, according to the Spring 2011 American College Health Association’s National College Health Assessment. At the college, more than 65 percent of students reported having one or zero sexual partners last semester. Freshman Elliot Castillo had no sexual partners last semester — not because Castillo can’t pick up a girl, he said, but because he chooses to remain celibate. “I don’t want to get distracted from my career goals,” he said. “I don’t need a baby trying to suck up my energy.” Castillo said his choice to stray from sex came after he had sex with three people, all of whom he dated in high school and said
See sex, page 13
HSHP dean search under way by ithacan staff Ithaca College is in the process of finding a new Health Sciences and Human Performances dean. Two candidates have already given presentations, one more presents today and the final candidate will speak Monday. John Sigg has been acting dean of HSHP since the beginning of the academic year and will remain in the position until May. The search for a new dean officially began in October.
Diane Gayeski, dean of the Roy H. Park School of Communications and head of the search committee, said the candidates must have a doctorate or equivalent in one of the fields of HSHP and have experience in academic administration. Besides the on-paper credentials, Gayeski said, the new dean should have experience leading initiatives such as updating existing degrees and adding new ones. “Especially given the IC 20/20 initiative, one of the desirable characteristics is candidates who have
another side
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experience in creating or innovating general education or various kinds of integrated curricula,” she said. The first candidate, Ming Li, director of the School of Recreation and Sports Science at Ohio University and a professor of sports administration, visited the college last Thursday. Li said if he was hired, he would focus on maintaining the school’s national prominence while building on the college’s mission as described in the IC
See hshp, page 4
immersion Intensive study diversity courses should be integral to a degree, page 10