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University is, and should be, a magical time in a young person’s life, in which he or she is free to challenge social and political truisms, meet like-minded people, and embrace experimentation in all its forms.

So I, for one, applaud a student at the University of Alberta who is trying to organize an orgy off campus.

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According to the campus newspaper the Gateway, the “sexual mixer” — which is not a joke — will be held sometime, somewhere on Nov. 13 and is intended for students of all experience levels who may be interested in group sex. It will be a “sex positive” event, organizer and prospective orgy moderator Matthew James Hardy told the campus paper. Participants will be screened and gender and sexuality ratios carefully balanced to ensure everyone “can actually explore and not feel suppressed,” he said.

And one needn’t fear this will be a sausage fest, he added. Lots of women are interested as well, although our culture of “slut shaming” tends to make them less likely to be open about it.