Dictum Diei: All men by nature desire to know

"All men by nature desire to know. An indication of this is the delight we take in our senses; for even apart from their usefulness they are loved for themselves; and above all others the sense of sight."

- Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 1

News to Know: Sex & College

Parental Warning: 
Please note that many of these articles contain disturbing details and may include explicit quotes. 
I do my best to keep my posts suitable for all ages, but there's no getting around the subject matter here.

YALE UNIVERSITY
Survey: Nine percent of Yale students have accepted money for sex. 
Feds investigate sex misconduct complaints at Yale.
Yale acknowledges 'historic' levels of sexual misconduct.
Gender-neutral housing increases risk of sexual assault.
Yale hosts workshop teaching sensitivity to bestiality. 
Yale adds 'sex-reassignment surgery' to student health plan.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Harvard University sponsors 'Hindu same-sex mock wedding' using student funds.

PRINCETON UNIVERISTY
Did Princeton hide a damaging rape survey? (16% of female undergrads at Princeton said they had been raped in an unpublished 2008 survey.)

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE
Swarthmore College accused of under reporting sexual assault crimes.

BROWN UNIVERSITY
Brown Spectator reports, "rape pandemic" is a myth created by poor survey methods

DUKE UNIVERSITY
Duke University will cover sex-change surgery on student insurance.
Duke hikes fees to provide sex-change surgery for students

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
University of Pennsylvania becomes latest Ivy-League to offer "Sex Week"

PASADENA CITY COLLEGE
Pasadena City College offers course devoted to pornography.

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
University of Tennessee yanks funding for 'Sex Week.'
Unitarian church helps raise funds for UT's 'Sex Week'

COLLEGE CULTURE
The decline of men in one word - porn - and how colleges aid and abet it
'Tinder got me laid' - College hook-up culture goes virtual, viral
College hook-up culture leaves students clueless about courtship.
"The Blizzard hook-up" - Professor Cronin on college culture
Professor Cronin defends dating

Verseday Thursday: For though the caves were rabbited - Thoreau

For though the caves were rabbited,
     And the well sweeps were slanted,
Each house seemed not inhabited
     But haunted.

The pensive traveler held his way,
     Silent and melancholy,
For every man an idiot was,
     And every house a folly.

– Henry David  Thoreau

Brick Architecture (VIDEO)

Architecture has always fascinated me. In high school, I thought seriously about studying to be an architect. I ended up getting a degree in English and Music instead, but I still find myself drawing plans for buildings and houses that will never be.

At any rate, here's a fascinating documentary on brick as a building material. It makes me want to spend the next 6 months building a furnace and making bricks.