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Changes in UW-SP’s fall timetable sends entire campus into (dancing) frenzy - The economy might be falling, but it’s not going down alone
The Pointless
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As a result of the current economic downturn, the General Education Policy Review Committee has integrated some practical alternatives to the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s general degree requirements. Classes in the new curriculum will include pole dancing 203, booty shakin’ 101 and history practicum 354: dirty dancing through the ages.
Bachelor of Arts and Fine Arts students can opt to take the classes in place of science requirements, while Bachelor of Science students can take the new additions in place of foreign language classes.
Professor Meena Je-Twa, who will be instructing booty shakin’ 101, said she thinks the classes present a viable, albeit unconventional, expansion to the traditional liberal arts education.
“This is no time for naïve optimism ... We need to prepare these students for reality,” she said. “We can do so by giving them the tools they need to succeed.”
GEPRC director Juan Bailador said the new classes are supplemental and not intended to mitigate the students’ academic focus.
“We don’t want these classes to distract students from their original career goals, but at the same time, it’s important for young people to have a cushioning in this economy,” he said. “In this job market, they simply need something to fall back on.”
Bailador also pointed out that most of these classes are ostensibly gender-biased.
“Well, there’s no ‘g’ in booty shakin’,” he said, “but we certainly do not discriminate on the basis of sex … males are more than welcome to enroll in the classes.”
Natural resouces major Jake Jones said he plans on signing up for at least one of the courses this fall.
“The times are changing, and men are facing the same job market as women, so we should be allowed the same opportunities,” he said. “We need to dispel the stereotype that women are better dancers than men.”
Jenny Smith, a Spanish major who plans on enrolling in pole dancing 203, said she wholeheartedly supports men enrolling in the new classes.
“It’s a new age, and we should be allowed to shape it to include both men and women equally,” she said. “Together, we are the movers and shakers of this generation.”
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