he next day, while Johnny walked to anatomy class, he couldn’t stop thinking about his steamy encounter with Dr. Jewels in the shower room. How was he going to hold down his boner in class listening to Dr. Jewels talk about bodily functions for a whole hour? And how was he going to keep himself from running out of the classroom in embarrassment? He was nervous.

After taking his seat, he watched as Dr. Jewels’ perky buns oscillated to the front of the classroom. For 60 minutes he watched the professor pointing at different body parts on the board all the time thinking about the Dr.’s other pointer. Nor could he ignore the tension between them. After class Johnny walked slowly past the professor’s desk, waiting for him to say something, to wink at him. But as soon as he came close to the professor’s desk, Dr. Jewels averted his eyes to a particularly interesting crack in the wall and Johnny passed with no recognition. “WTF?!?” he thought profoundly to himself.

So the question of the week is, what do you do when you see the person that you just gave a BJ to in the shower room the very next day? Or, how do you handle an encounter with a one-night stand? We have some fairly strong opinions about this. First of all, at Macalester, there seems to be this pervasive tradition of ignoring people. Even your best friends might not receive a hello or so much as a nod on the path to the library. So we realize that an encounter with one’s sexual past may pose some serious insecurities for our community. But let’s face it, folks. It’s not like you were just lab partners or something. This person was screaming, “I like it when you call me big poppa” while you sprayed whipped cream on their ass. No one can pretend that didn’t happen, and when you see each other coming down the sidewalk you both know, and you’re both thinking about the same thing. There might even still be a little whipped cream on your upper lip to prove it. So why not just say “hi,” or even give a simple smile. That’s all we’re asking, folks! We don’t think we’re being too harsh here. At the very least, you can say you are the bigger person for acknowledging the situation. Even better, that smile may lead to a second encounter…this time you might use caramel sauce.