Collins celebrates seven days of sex

Sex Week at the Collins Living-Learning Center kicked off Sunday with a screening of “Kinsey,” a movie about the famous IU sex researcher. The week’s sex-related festivities will continue until Monday.\n“Sex is something that at this age we think a lot about,” Collins residential assistant Esther Hunt said. “There is a lot of misinformation about sex and that it just seems like there was time to get some programming to just get people actively talking about it in a way that let them learn new stuff.”\nAll of the programs were put together by different RAs. \nMost of the programs, such as “Sex Education and Healthy Relationships,” are open to the public but others such as the Kinsey Institute tour are exclusively for Collins residents. Fee money paid by all Collins residents funds the events that are not open to the public. \nFreshman Christopher Heinrich does not reside in Collins but still went to “Sex Education and Healthy Relationships” and plans to go to a few other events during Sex Week. Although he felt that the program was based too much on people who have a highly-active sex life, he feels like the information was important and necessary. \n“A lot of Collins kids seem more open with themselves and possibly more mature,” Heinrich said. “So a sensitive subject, such as sexual education, is easier to talk about with the Collins kids. I think it is information that should be available to all IU students.”\nSex Week at Collins is set apart from the rest of the sex-related events on campus because the activities go beyond just talking about STDs and the consequences of indulging in sex, Hunt said. The events put more focus on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues and on actual relationships as oppose to other programs about sex that are held on campus.\nFor more information on Sex Week events contact the Collins Center Desk.