For those of you not in the know, “B.D.S.M” stands for bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, sadism and masochism” – and it figures prominently in some colleges’ health fairs and other events. On one campus, as Miriam Grossman notes in Front Page Magazine, students may win cutesy stuffed toys – “Giant Microbes” – as raffle prizes for knowing their STDs, such as “the bright yellow Herpes, the pink Pox (Syphilis), the blue-grey Clap (Gonorrhea), and … the Kelly green Chlamydia.”

At another university, students can attend events such as the following sponsored by a campus organization dedicated to “discussing” B.D.S.M. issues:

‐Dominance and Near-Death Experiences with Jeff: “A practical guide with demonstrations.”

But worry not. On campuses where such “salutary discussion” abounds, smoking is usually “strictly forbidden.”