Lecture kicks off four-part series
Sex isn’t just physical, author says
By Julie Shippen
Of tba Emerald
Contrary to popular belief, sex takes
place more in the mind than it does in
the body, and those who want to in
crease their sexual pleasure should
forget technique and focus on improving
their relationship, said Rusty Wright, a
traveling lecturer for Campus Crusade
for Christ International.
“One way not to have a dynamic sex
life is to concentrate solely on tech
nique,” Wright said. “There is certainly
nothing wrong with learning sexual
technique — especially the basics — but
technique by itself is not the answer.”
Wright, an author, international
speaker and alumnus of the Creek
system, spoke to about 40 students early
Monday afternoon in the EMU, begin
ning his four-part series of campus lec
tures on sex, success and satisfaction,
dating and racism.
Avoiding discussion of techniques.
Wright turned the talk to the reasons for
and principles behind “dynamic sex,”
which he said are pleasure, physical and
spiritual unity and, perhaps least impor
tant, procreation.
Sex involves “a whole lot more than
just physical contact” in that the two
participants also become united mental
ly and gain “interpersonal knowledge”
in doing so, Wright said.
For this reason and others, a person
should have sex only with someone to
whom he or she feels a “total permanent
commitment,” Wright said, and that
person is their husband or wife.
It is only with such a person, he said,
that one can best experience the qualities
of “unconditional” love, complete com
mitment and good communications that
make sex truly dynamic.
Wright said there are three types of
love, the first being “love if. .. ” or lov
ing someone if he or she will have sex,
for example. The second type of condi
tional love is “love because. ..” or be
ing loved for physical attibutes such as
good looks, Wright said.
The last form of love is simply “I love
you. . .no matter what,” in which part
ners are willing to forgive each other and
place the other’s needs above their own,
he said.
“In order for sex to be most fulfilling,
it should be experienced in an at
mosphere of caring and acceptance,”
Wright said. “Sex, viewed in this man
ner, becomes not a self-centered perfor
mance but a significant expression of
mutual love.”
The presence of total commitment in a
relationship also is vital in that the coup
le is freed from “performance fears,”
which are the worst problem facing rela
tionships today, he said.
Performance fears arise often in pre
marital sex, Wright said, as one partner
may wonder about the other partner’s
previous sex life and worry that they
may not be “performing” as well as past
partners.
This also can bring on doubts about
the partner’s present fidelity and poten
tially break down an otherwise healthy
flow of communication, which is the last
of the three qualities that add to sex,
Wright said.
Rusty Wright
Dean cites increase
in need for teachers
By Robin Joannides
Of the Emerald
After a decade of budget
struggles and staff reductions.
Oregon public schools are
beginning to face a new and
unexpected problem — a
teacher shortage.
According to Diane Dunlap,
assistant dean of the Univer
sity’s College of Education,
nearly 25 percent of teaching
positions and 30 percent of ad
ministrative positions will open
up within the next five years.
The future shortage will be
good news for students who
have been scared away from the
teaching profession as a career
because of poor job prospects in
education, Dunlap says.
The increased need for
teachers is caused partially by
increased college admissions
standards requiring more math
and foreign language, Dunlap
says.
This creates a need for more
teachers in math, science and
foreign language as well as
special education, says Ardis
Christensen, assistant
superintendent of curriculum
for the Oregon Department of
Education.
Other factors also brighten
the employment picture for pro
spective teachers.
Dr. David Myton, coordinator
of teacher education for the
Teacher Standards and Prac
tices Commission (the state
licensing commission), at
tributes the future need for
teachers to changes in the
state’s retirement policy, allow
ing teachers with 30 years of ex
perience to retire early.
This high number of
retirements could stem from the
tremendous number of people
entering education during the
"baby boom" era after World
War II, Dunlap says.
In 1972, issued licenses to
more than 4,000 teachers, but
the most recent statistics —
from 1983 — show only 1,400
licenses, Myton says.
Myton also cites the increase
of children entering elementary
schools throughout the state
and an overall increase in the
population of Oregon as factors
in the predicted teacher
shortage.
"The need for teachers will
increase as long as Oregon con
tinues to see immigration of
people from out of state,”
Myton says.
In addition, an increasing
number of current teachers are
seeking administrative creden
tials to move up the ladder of
education, Dunlap says.
This will push current
teachers who already have ad
ministrative credentials and
those that are pursuing these
credentials into administrative
positions, opening up their
positions to incoming teachers,
Dunlap says.
As openings appear on facul
ty and administrative rosters,
fewer trained teachers will be
ready to fill this demand.
Dunlap thinks students can
bank on the predicted teacher
shortage enough to invest four
years toward a teaching
certificate.
This expected teacher short
age could be alleviated on the
University level by recruiting
new students into the teaching
program now.
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