Since a group of Harvard University students announced last year that they would be creating a college magazine about sex, featuring nude photography of Harvard students, others have turned to follow suit.
Students at Boston University (BU) recently announced that they would be starting their own sex magazine, called Boink, made by and for BU students.
According to the Boston Globe, the debut issue of Boink is planned for January, and will be even more explicit than the Harvard publication.
In an interview with the Globe, Boink founder Alecia Oleyourryk said "her magazine would be pornography."
Boink staff members were unwilling to comment on further details of their plans.
But the reaction of Boston University administrators was clear. "The University does not endorse, nor welcome, the prospective publication Boink; nor view its publication as a positive for the University community, because of our concern for the treatment of serious sexual health, relationship and related issues," said Kenneth Elmore, dean of students, in a statement quoted in the Globe.
BU student Helen Lowery supported the university's decision.
"A university should not condone . . . the sexual . . . exploration of its students," she said. "Providing sexual and reproductive health information is one thing, but porn is another all together."
Lowery also noted that the school had no obligation to fund the magazine, especially because Boink involves non-university students and it may become a for-profit enterprise.
At Princeton, Projects Board chair and Student Groups Recognition Committee member Jennifer Albinson '05 said she knows of no attempts to start a student-run sex publication.
"If [someone] were to come [to us with plans to start a sex magazine], we would approve or deny them based on the same criteria that we use to evaluate other publications," Albinson said in an email.
One question of the committee that would be particularly important, Albinson said, would be "does this publication conflict with any University policies or regulations?"
"I'm honestly not sure if there are any regulations in effect that might interfere with a sex magazine — but there may be," Albinson added, noting also that funding would rely on the approval of the USG.
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