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junior kinesiology major at the college of William and Mary, said. ''To me it is something I pass over when I read the Flat Hat because it's not really a strong point."
"Repression causes curiosity. Having everything in the open replaces curiosity with knowledge," Charlie Grugan, a junior graphic design major, said, "All in all, I think a sex column would be better for the health of the student body."
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When asked if having a "Sex and the City" type column in a school like Cabrini College would be a good idea, Dawn Francis, an assistant professor of English and communication and a former managing editor of the Loquitur from 1991-1992, said, "Faculty, staff, alumni, parents of students attending the college and community members are all audience targets. While a sex column may appeal to a certain segment of this population, it is not something that all readers would consider newsworthy."
"In general, people enjoy reading it and support me, or they choose not to read it, which is totally cool too," Prengaman said. She added that readership has gone up and that this is the best paper on campus.
A Philadelphia Inquirer staff member, Rita Cellucci, who is also a former Cabrini Loquitur editor, mentioned that the Inquirer just recently started its very own sex column. Furthermore, a sex column in a college newspaper would not bother her if it were done in a professional manner, which she thought was not the case in the Flat Hat.
According to the Society of CoUegiate Journalist National Bylaws in Article XVIII, Section 2 journalists should: "Show good taste. Avoid pandering to lurid curiosity."
"I believe the column in the College of William and Mary's student newspaper eschews this principle in an attempt to pander and shock readers," Francis said.
"When I first ·started, I got some negative attention, hate