Why IU lost the white

Dorm Porn issues aren't exclusive to the IDS.\nAdult Video News (AVN), the CNN of the porno industry, has been vigorously reporting on the status of Shane Enterprise's latest escapade in Bloomington.\nOh, and did I mention that a Shane's World publicist, Calli Cox, was also interviewed on the "O'Reilly Factor" and is slated for time with "Inside Edition" and NBC News?\nIt's no wonder that the administration has its edible panties all up in a bunch.\nHopefully, we all seem to understand the big wigs' concerns over associating IU's name with Shane's video. Already under the stigma of being the No. 1 party school, possibly being branded as the number one orgy academy places a lot of pressure on the sensitive spots of those in Franklin Hall.\nYet, in the end, whose fault will it be for the nation becoming aware of Shane's merrymaking in Teter and abroad?\nIt seems that the "investigators," concerned with preserving IU's virginal image, have been providing the Cognac, satin sheets and Marvin Gaye background music needed to pump Shane Enterprise's profits.\nWhy, you ask?\nWell, Shane's IU video is aptly titled: "Shane's World #32." \nHave any of you heard of volumes one through 31 -- aside from my roommate?\nThe porno industry doesn't make feature films. Companies can produce at least four videos a month, and those buying them aren't particularly interested in location and cinematography, unless it obscures their view.\nHad IU not pressed the issue, Shane's video would have receded into the multitude of new releases that emerge every week. "Shane's World #32" would have become just another name amongst "Black Booty Cam #9," "Hot 50 Plus #14" and "Casting Couch Cuties #16," each of which would eventually take the back seat to the 20-plus new releases emerging the next week.\nSo who's the sinner, and who's the saint?\nWhile Shane and her friends can be branded as lustful harlots tempting the minds of impressionable college students, IU seems to be reaping the consequences of what Pacino's Satan terms his "favorite sin."\nVanity.\nIn their attempt to simply live in the false reality that IU is a bastion of propriety, they have aided the sirens in their quest to lure followers to their video. After all of the bustle, who's not going to try and buy the tape?\nIU is a college campus, one where students -- as shocking as it may be -- are interested in much more than their studies. \nThere's indeed another reason why white is no longer a school color.\nOf course, first and foremost, we should promote IU's myriad of academic opportunities before thinking about tempering our response to after-hours activities. We should encourage art exhibits, concerts and lectures. Students don't have completely one-track minds. \nBut you can't keep kidding yourself by thinking IU is a dry campus or that students don't devote a certain amount of their time to sex.\nWhat happens then when you do? Issues get muddied, and true concerns are put on a backburner in favor of quick fixes that only preserve the façade of an untainted IU.\nWe have a controversy over the dress code at the SRSC, when the more pressing issues of parking go unresolved. Investigations probe for students having consensual sex, when the constant dangers of assault remain seemingly unsolvable.\nThese actions won't make your skeletons disappear from their closets. In fact, when they're exposed, they'll emerge much larger than they actually are.\nAnd if the dorm porn incident has proven anything, it's that IU is not particularly capable of handling a large group of bones.