This week, news broke that Yale administrators have approved a proposal crafted by the organizers of Sex Week 2012, to allow the event back on campus. This news comes in the wake of the announcement last fall by President Levin that Sex Week organizers would no longer be allowed to use Yale facilities for their events due to the “highly problematic” nature of its programs and activities, as well as the accusation that student organizers were taking kickbacks from the [explicit] industry for their efforts in promoting that particular industry on campus. Levin’s decision followed the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Campus Climate that Yale ban the event’s activities on campus.
In an email sent to the Yale Daily News on Wednesday, Yale College Dean Mary Miller said that although there are “some aspects of [the proposal] that do not seem to underpin our own educational mission,” she is allowing Sex Week organizers to reserve rooms on campus for their activities, which will take place from Feb. 4-14. Miller did not respond when questioned about which elements of the proposal were not in line with Yale’s educational mission.
