College newspaper editor resigns over racy "Bed Post" column

"Hindsight is 20-20, and, if I ever had the chance to do this all over again, I would have never run the column in the first place," former Towerlight editor Carrie Wood writes in her resignation column. || Towerlight statement: "We do not apologize for the sexual content of the column. We wish it had been written less provocatively." (ABC2News.com)

Comments

[nellagain]

*That* passes for a scandal in Baltimore?

I hate to think what would happen if Heaven's 17 took a road trip to Charm City.

[LimeGreenLizard]

I found the article quite informative, as well as entertaining.

Of course, now I need to go squeeze off a round.

[Torgo]

I'm guessing this isn't safe for work.

[Jim Romenesko]

There aren't any photos that would offend workmates.

[LimeGreenLizard]

Jim, I think hhe meant mutual whacking at work. LOL!

[Torgo]

The comments on this are intriguing. How badly do I want to be fired...

[LimeGreenLizard]

She describes some pretty good detail, Torgo. You know you want to.

Mmmmmm..... Mutual Self ABUSE!

[RockyMtnMac]

I read all of these - twice - and I'm having a real hard time seeing how this could be offensive.
The student body is over 18.
Most of them are capable of not reading it if it offends them.
Just.. Wow.

[Duck Woodiedick]

Heaven 17 nellagain? What about The Divinyls? "I TOUCH MYSELF"?

Sorry, I need to sit down . . . getting faint . . .

[dANO]

Oh My God...they're Masterbating out there...

As my Daddy explained to me a long time ago there are two ways to tell if a person is a liar...One who says: I never masterbate and One that say: I stopped.

[Jack Mehoff]

I got a chubby reading that.

[GWC]

This Thread Is Worthless Without Pictures!

[Phranqlin]

Paging Jocelyn Elders ....

[johnjohn]

Well, living in the great state of Texas has taught me one thing.

"Sex is the most horrible, filthy, awful thing in the world and you should only do it to one person (of opposite sex!) you love the most whom you have chosen to share a life."

No wonder our closeted governor is so confused all the time.

[Handy Dandy]

That was a great article!

Let's all give the author a hand!

[GranniiGetsHerCookies]

Wished they would have gotten a hold of Grannii. I could showed her about "gettin cookies".

[JayB]

From the article:

"Several community members, even the adminstration, voiced their opposition."

My question would then be: Are they opposed to writing about masturbation, doing it, or both?

[WellThen]

"if I ever had the chance to do this all over again, I would have never run the column in the first place"

Then you don't deserve to be editor and you never should have accepted the position. If you are going to let public opinion sway your editorial decisions, you are too weak to be an editor.

[LimeGreenLizard]

And if you read the comments in the article, she’s accused by a commenter of plagiarizing the article. Her whiney “apology” certainly doesn’t appear to be written by the same person. She doesn’t have the guts a true journalist must have.

[meh]

The content isn't bad, but the actual writing is pretty abysmal. Seriously, this is barely a sketch for a column, let alone the final version. Don't step down because of the content -- step down because you aren't so great with the words.