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Vassar, the Alumnae/i Quarterly
Winter 2000 Volume 97 Issue 1

Forbidden Fruit: Sexuality Education

Sex happens. Sexuality education often doesn’t. And when it does, it is almost always controversial.

The Grandmother of Sex Education

Like many other Vassar freshmen in the Class of 1925 and afterward, Mary Steichen made certain she did not miss the notorious "sex lecture" in her required first-year hygiene course.

Media Cloisters: Technology Center

Media Cloisters. A place where nuns read newspapers and catch up on the evening news? A retreat for burned-out and broken-down journalists? No to both. Vassar’s Media Cloisters is just one of several campus initiatives that are creating a high-tech liberal arts for the 21st century.

Let's Get Physical: New Athletic Facility

Nestled between Walker Field House and the ninth fairway of the Vassar golf course, a new and as yet unnamed athletic facility opened for business this semester.
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      • Forbidden Fruit
        Sex happens. Sexuality education often doesn’t. And when it does, it is almost always controversial.
      • Sex Education
        Like many other Vassar freshmen in the Class of 1925 and afterward, Mary Steichen made certain she did not miss the notorious "sex lecture" in her required first-year hygiene course.
      • Media Cloisters
        Media Cloisters. A place where nuns read newspapers and catch up on the evening news? A retreat for burned-out and broken-down journalists? No to both. Vassar’s Media Cloisters is just one of several campus initiatives that are creating a high-tech liberal arts for the 21st century.
      • Let's Get Physical
        Nestled between Walker Field House and the ninth fairway of the Vassar golf course, a new and as yet unnamed athletic facility opened for business this semester.
        • First Words

        • Letters

        • Vassar Today

          • Matthew Vassar Has a Farm...
          • Exhibits at the Loeb Center
          • Summertime, and the Living Is Studious
          • Santagate
          • Campus Miscellany
        • Beyond Vassar

          • Being a Capitalist
          • Giving Legal Help to Children
          • Capturing Extraordinary Moments
          • Vassar People
          • About Books
          • Mixed Media
          • And the Winner Is...
        • Vassar Yesterday

        • The Last Page

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