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Some of my best memories of being a student at Vassar include sex toys. I remember teaching women in my dorm about vibrators, all crowded in our little dorm room for a lesson on the range of bullet vibes, battery operated vibrators, and the "cadillac of vibrators" the Hitatchi magic wand.  We also ran sex toy auctions, flooding the campus with a variety of toys, and I even took trips to New York City to buy sex toys with friends.

At the SQUIRM conference, I was happy to be the sex toy santa for the weekend, bringing up a wonderful selection of toys and products from the good folks at www.BetterSex.com The students were so excited - gathering around to ooh and aah over the vibrators, lubes, books and videos. Each student had their favorites - one member of the SQUIRM staff fell in love with a Rabbit Vibrator and another was eager to watch the DVDs, especially the oral sex video. The toys will be auctioned off on campus to raise funds to publish the campus sex magazine, and the students were really grateful from the support from the Sinclair Institute.

One of the ongoing themes from the conference was the relationship between the student run campus sex magazines and the larger sex positive community. Sex toy companies, adult sex educators and sex-positive activists can all look to these student groups to learn about the future of sex culture - and we can in turn support them by making sure they have the resources they need to continue publishing campus sex magazines and shaping the sex culture of their own campus, one vibe at a time.