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Sex and the Campus: Bundy Benefits
By Sawyer Frisbie '19
September 1, 2016
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So it’s your sophomore year and you’ve been banished down the Hill to Bundy due to a terribly unfortunate lottery position. Bundy is confusing, it’s far away, the walk is a killer. The laundry list of complaints goes on and on. Some choose to try to see the bright side of living in Bundy, hoping for a bangin’ “Bundy Butt” because—let’s face it—anyone can appreciate the benefits of great glutes.
Unlike my counterparts both pessimistic and desperately optimistic, I revel in the glory of the Bundy lifestyle. For those of you who know me, and maybe even some of you who don’t, you’ll know that last year, as a first-year (and a Jan), I was number one in the housing lottery. How I got that lucky I will never know, but with that number I did the unthinkable. I chose to be in Bundy. *gasp*.
Of course, many factors played into my decision, but this is the sex column after all, so I’ll stop beating around the bush and get down to the real reason we’re all here. If you’re in a Bundy single and haven’t considered the sexual possibilities, I’m here to help.
We’d be lying if we claimed that the hookup culture wasn’t alive and well on the Hill. We’re all pretty people, have great personalities, are smart individuals, so why wouldn’t it be? What people often don’t think about is the ugly twin sister to the hookup culture: the sexile culture.
When it’s your first year, you live in a quad, a double, or whatever, with maximum people and minimum privacy. I guarantee that you or someone you know has sexiled a roommate, been sexiled or housed a wandering sexiled friend. It’s something we all accept at one point or another, but I’m here to tell you that, as a Bundy resident, you no longer have to accept this fate. (Unless you’re in a double. Then… you’re a trooper.)
Most sophomores are still fairly young. A few 18-year-olds still linger and 20-year-olds pull up the top, but regardless of age, many students’ first years in college were their first real chances to become sexually active, or at least do so more freely.
Sophomore year, you suddenly have the privacy of your own room to explore that sexual freedom. Behind your closed door you can create your own sexual safe haven. You and your partner want to have a quickie at 9:00 a.m.? No problem. You want to have a sexual experience with multiple partners? Also not a problem. You want to partake in a little self love? Encouraged.
There are no roommates to answer to anymore, only yourself. A single in Bundy provides the opportunity for you to take total control of your sex life. Sleep with who you want, when you want and however you want—no one else needs to be involved. No roommates asking why they couldn’t come back early last night, why you’re coming back to the room at 8:00 a.m. in your clothes from last night or trying to figure out who you could have been with. No more. This year in Bundy is yours and yours alone. It’s a time to learn about your body and your sexual preferences, while having to explain yourself to no one. The possibilities are endless. So, I wish my fellow Bundy residents a pleasure-filled year down the Hill.