Jumbos Will Do It Anyway: New No-Roomie Sex Rule at Tufts "Unenforceable"

You may have heard that Tufts University recently outlawed doing it while your roommate's in the room (which appears to also exclude doing it with your roommate). Official text of the rule: "You may not engage in sexual activity while your roommate is present in the room. Any sexual activity within your assigned room should not ever deprive your roommate(s) of privacy, study, or sleep time." Now, Tufts students are calling this rule unenforceable.

Given that it would be pervy for Tufts officials to barge in while one roommate's getting it on and the other is cowering under the covers, that's probably true. But the point isn't that college officials should stop sexual encounters, it's that you're kind of a douche for bonin' when your roomie's around.

As a commenter points out, "What kind of weirdos WANT to have sex with another person 5 feet away?" (Lots of kinds of weirds, but one hopes not to have to live with them.) Back in our low-tech college days, the sock on the door handle was still a valid signal. Do the kids these days text each other their nooky plans? Maybe roomies should have a shared Google Calendar: days when you get to do it; days when I do.