We get a publication at work called RA Manager which is usually a pretty good monthly newsletter about issues of importance (or at least interest) to anyone who manages resident assistants.

This month's lead story, though, seems a little dated. Entitled "Living on the Straight Edge," it discusses the straight edge philosophy and the "hundreds of adolescents and twentysomethings" who've adopted the no alcohol/drugs/casual sex credo. The article goes on to note that "[s]ome of these young people may be coming to a campus near you - if they aren't already visible at your school."

This would all be well and good if this were, say, the issue of RA Manager from 20 years ago. Heck, there are probably RDs who got the issue who were or still are straight edge. Not that there isn't relevance for today's college students, but terming it like it's something new is kind of worrying. I'm expecting an article sometime next year about that new "rap" music and the spine-shattering danger of breakdancing.