Next month the Student Activities Council will be all about sex. SAC is offering a new week this semester entitled "S.E.X. Week." Each semester the Student Activities Council at The University of Memphis offers themed weeks.
"Why Do You Hate Me Week?" was one of the more recent themed weeks. It dealt with the environment and its problems.
"I hate UT Week," will be held during the week of the Tennessee-Memphis football game.
S.E.X week stands for "Sexual Education Xperience." SAC plans to have a different sexual-related activity each day from the 2nd to 6th.
"The goal is to get people to step out their comfort zone," said Julia Adames, the chair of the SAC Ideas and Issues committee.
SAC members were inspired to do S.E.X Week after seeing a program called The Female Orgasm. It features a mature married couple discussing sexual awareness and being comfortable with your body.
"We wanted to make it (the week) about safety, but still be fun," Adames said.
The Female Orgasm will be held on Oct. 5 in the Rose Theatre at 8 p.m.
One of the other events will be a health fair on Oct. 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
It will feature over 50 vendors, including Planned Parenthood, HIV testing, syphilis testing and other booths.
Other planned events include a speech from the psychological counseling department about healthy dating and relationships and a movie screening.
Some students are not so excited about the new week,
Timothy Buolamwini, a freshman business marketing major, said he did not think the week was a good idea and would not be attending the events.
"I think it is unnecessary, because we are all in college and we should have all had the talk in seventh grade," he said. "More people are going to start thinking about (having sex) and more people are going to start doing it."
However, some students do think the week would be a good idea.
Kandice Voss, a sophomore nursing major, said she would not attend because she does not have sex, but thought the week would be a good idea for students.
"I think (SAC) educates them on sex because you have so many diseases and so many things people don't know because they are afraid to ask and ask their partners," Voss said.
If the week is successful, Adames said she hoped it would become an annual SAC event.
"I want people to get a sense of who they are and what they value."
