By Sarah Snyder Staff Writer When University of Texas at San Antonio students return to campus for the spring semester, there will be another new club for them to consider – a pornography club. Two UTSA sophomores are in the process of finding an advisor for Club X, an organization founders would like to have sanctioned by the university. The campus has granted them three meetings in order to gauge interest. “Club X’s objective is the liberation of sexuality,” said Andrew Steveson, who co-founded the group with Riley Jackson Starr, whose MySpace page paints her as a stripper and aspiring model. “We advocate de-censorship and normalization of the sex industry, encourage open discourse of sexual intercourse in public forums, and, in doing so, promote a culture that fosters a more liberal view of sexual intercourse.” The club’s first on-campus meeting drew about 40 students, exceeded the room ‘s capacity and had to be relocated. Among the ice-breakers was a roundtable introduction in which attendees stated their name and who they would like to have sex with in the room, according to The Independent, a UTSA media organization. “Our next meeting will be next semester on campus, with or without a sponsor,” Steveson said, adding that after many attempts, various faculty and staff members declined to serve as an advisor for the organization. “We have had several faculty and staff members sign the physical document agreeing to be our adviser only to call Riley the next day and say that they suddenly have an unexpectedly large workload or some other reason why they won’t be able to fill the role, he said.” Stevenson believes faculty and staff are being coerced by the administration, but the UTSA administration denies those claims. “That’s always up to the faculty,” said UTSA spokeswoman Marianne Lewis. “We haven’t weighed in at all.” Not all UTSA students are thrilled to be associated with a club whose goal is to watch and talk about sex. “This is shameful,” says Tony McDonald of the Young Conservatives of Texas. “UTSA recently unveiled its master plan to become a major research institution. Club X has already tarnished the university’s positive image.”
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