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Discuss “Dr. Ruth would be welcome at MOSAIC”

The CMU rumor mill works in mysterious ways. Just this week, The Tartan caught wind that the organizers behind MOSAIC were considering various keynote speakers for their 2006 conference, held in February. One name, apparently to be hotly-debated in planning circles, drifted our way: Dr. Ruth Westheimer.

Westheimer, known simply as ?Dr. Ruth,? is a sweet-faced septuagenarian with a thick German accent who looks like she should be baking strudel. Instead, she?s reviewing sex toys and telling you how many orgasms are too many. (Answer: it depends on the individual.)

Known as America?s top psychosexual therapist, or ?sexpert,? Dr. Ruth has worked in radio, television and the lecture circuit to spread what she calls ?sexual literacy.? If Dr. Ruth...

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