Text of TN HJR 661 (2014)

HJR0661 012072 -1- HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 661 By Floyd A RESOLUTION condemning the administration of the University of Tennessee for permitting "Sex Week" to be held on the UT-Knoxville campus. WHEREAS, the members of this body were most distressed to learn that "Sex Week" will once again be held on the University of Tennessee at Knoxville campus during March 2-7, 2014; and WHEREAS, this news has also distressed countless University of Tennessee alumni and Tennessee taxpayers who are extremely upset by the event; and WHEREAS, last year, approximately $10,000 in state funding was revoked from this atrocious event after legislators expressed outrage over the subject matter; and WHEREAS, the announced activities of "Sex Week" include an aphrodisiac cooking class, drag show, and condom scavenger hunt; and WHEREAS, this year’s budget for “Sex Week” is $25,000, with most of that amount coming from student activity fees supplemented by a $5,000 “Ready for the World” grant from UT; and WHEREAS, the funding of "Sex Week" at UT-Knoxville is an outrageous misuse of student fees and grant monies; and WHEREAS, "Sex Week" fits nowhere within the mission of the University of Tennessee, nor should it ever; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE SENATE CONCURRING, that this Body hereby condemns the administration of the University of HJR0661 012072 -2- Tennessee and expresses its displeasure with the University for permitting “Sex Week” to be held on the UT-Knoxville campus for a second consecutive year. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that certified copies of this resolution be prepared and transmitted to the Chancellor of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and the President of the University of Tennessee.