Should sex talk be prohibited?

Talia Shifron
To You Editor, Fused

Last fall, a student newspaper in Montana started publishing a sex column in their newspaper. The column focused on student relationships of all different kinds. After this column was published, a law professor named Kristen Juras got upset and said that the newspaper needs to have new standards for hiring processes, and that the person who wrote this column should be fired immediately.

Juras said that she was not opposed to a column being written about specific sexual topics, however she saw this specific column as inappropriate. She feels that since the newspaper is payed for by tax dollars, it needs to be written "for educational purposes only", and that the columnist needs to be an expert in the topic in order to be able to write about it.

However, Juras is completely incorrect in her opinion on this issue. As a student newspaper with freedom of speech, all students have the right to write to express their opinions about any topics that they feel are relevant. In addition to this, sexual relationships are a huge topic among students, and many students are involved in sexual relationships. If anything, this column seems extremely relevant and very important for students to discuss.