Oh, my. It looks like it's going to be a beautiful day here in New England. It's a bright and sunny Saturday morning here in Raynham and I for one just can't wait to go outside. Days like that are becoming increasingly rare as the cold weather moves in, as it's prone to do in October. On days like this, I truly feel like I am blessed. Do you ever get that feeling? Everything is going alright in your life and you feel like giving thanks. Well, that's how I feel today.
My name is Jessica MacLeod and I am a student at Raynham College in the city of Raynham, Massachusetts. Who am I? The heroine of this little tale. A five-foot-nine, slender, blonde-haired and green-eyed Irishwoman. Straight from the city of Galway in Ireland. I moved to America recently. I major in Nursing and I love my campus. Especially since there are all these new men on campus. Five years before I came along, Raynham College was an all-female institution. Now, it's a coed school. Fifty percent of the student body is male, a fact which surprises the hell out of the faculty and administration but thrills the students. There have been a lot of changes on campus and I feel that it's mostly been for the better.
There is a really cute guy in my Psychology class. His name is Luther Thomas and he's so fine. A six-foot-one, big and tall, sinfully sexy black man with the kind of smile that could melt an iceberg. The first time I laid eyes on him, it was hard not to stare. The guy was so damn fine! He's got the build of an athlete and the face of a male model. Not to mention that farm boy charm that simply drives me crazy. Luther hails from the farmlands of Georgia. He came to Raynham College the year they decided to add a varsity football team.
A lot of people had doubts about Raynham College fielding a varsity football program. Personally, I was all for it. Especially if it would boost male enrollment at the college. I mean, the world is a diverse place and women are working in fields like the armed forces, engineering and business. I don't feel that all-female schools are a necessity anymore. As modern women, we're going to encounter men in the workplace. So why not have them in the classroom? I support single-sex education, but mostly for high schools and in the interests of special populations. The only single-sex institutions of higher education which I respect are Morehouse College and Spellman College. They take care of the unique educational needs of black men and black women, respectively. They're good schools which should remain single-sex. Raynham College however was a bastion of all-white ideological feminism and I feel it's about time they invited men to join their ranks.
And so, Raynham College opened its doors to men. And young men came by the droves from high schools around the state of Massachusetts. They came in all shapes and sizes. Black. White. Asian. Latino. Middle-Eastern. And they made their presence felt. Raynham College had a reputation for being one of the quietest college campuses in America. The only time the school was even remotely animated was during sporting events or intense debates between this club or that one. To their credit, Raynham College had one of the best sports programs in the state of Massachusetts. The Raynham College Department of Athletics originally sponsored Women's Intercollegiate Softball, Basketball, Soccer, Cross Country, Ice Hockey, Field Hockey, Swimming, Volleyball, Water Polo, Rugby, Lacrosse, Golf, Tennis and Equestrian. They compete in the NCAA Division Three.
With the arrival of the male students on the college campus, the school had to diversify its sports programs by adding new opportunities for incoming male student-athletes. Thus, Raynham College began to sponsor Men's Intercollegiate Baseball, Basketball, Soccer, Cross Country, Ice Hockey, Football, Swimming, Volleyball, Water Polo, Rugby, Lacrosse, Golf, Tennis and Wrestling. If you ask me, they were none too happy about it. I'm talking about the athletic department's staff. I smile when I think of their discomfort. I mean, in colleges and universities across America, a law called Title IX is making headlines and not always in a good way. This rule was designed to ensure equality for women in educational opportunities. Its impact was mostly felt in collegiate athletics.
For decades, as female students began to outnumber male students in college, schools were forced to slash men's sports teams to cooperate with Title IX. This law demanded that the number of women in a college or university should match the number of sports teams offered to female student-athletes. Many men's college sports teams became casualties of this rather unfair and rigid, decidedly outdated law. Personally, I feel that sports teams at the college level should be offered according to the specified interests of male and female students. We don't need a rigid quota system to ensure equality and fairness. In the case of Raynham College, Title IX actually worked for the men for a change. Since male students made up half of the campus, they were granted half of the athletic department's sponsored teams as a matter of law.
I was happy to see these changes on the college campus. My girlfriends and I were thrilled to see so many sexy young men walking around. I noticed changes in them. When Raynham College was an all-female school, female students didn't seem to care too much about their dress code or appearance. When the male students arrived, the young women on campus began to dress sexier. Conversation themes varied greatly. We talked less about academics and more about the cute guys who were walking around. And they were cute.