Despite efforts to rid the University of glory holes, the anonymous sex hot spots continue to pop up on campus.
 
Glory holes, which are carved in the partitions of bathroom stalls, are typically used for anonymous oral sex between men who insert their genitals into the hole. On-campus holes were active as recently as this summer, according to anonymous sex website CruisingForSex.com.
 
One of the men’s restrooms on the first floor of Coates Hall had a 2- to 3-inch hole cut out of a toilet stall partition, but it was patched Tuesday with a metal plate.
Paul Favaloro, director of Facility Services, said Monday that Facility Services was not aware of a glory hole in Coates Hall.
 
Favaloro said blocking holes with steel plates is the main way Facility Services combats glory holes, which he called a “recurring” problem.
 
“We got them out of Coates, and they went to Middleton. Now it seems they have been chased back into Coates,” Favaloro said.
 
The custodial staff in the area is aware of the restroom misconduct but would not comment on the situation.
 
Postings on CruisingForSex.com indicate the glory hole in Coates has been in operation since July.
 
“The glory hole in Coates Hall is up and running again. Traffic has been steady,” July postings on the website said. “[Middleton] is completely shut down, but Coates Hall is once again like it was back in the day.”
 
This is not the first time Coates has had trouble with glory holes, said Cpt. Russell Rogé, LSU Police Department spokesman. Police responding to complaints from students made a series of arrests in 2001 involving the same restroom in Coates.
 
The University Student Recreation Complex saunas and showers, the Paul M. Hebert Law Center’s second floor men’s restroom and Middleton Library are the three other places on campus listed as sex hotspots, according to CruisingForSex.com and CruisingGays.com.
 
CruisingGays.com also lists certain “tips and tricks” for hooking up in certain locations.
 
The tips section on how to initiate sexual activity in the second floor bathroom of the Hebert Law Center instructs users to “go into one of the stalls and give a subtle signal to the person next to you … If they touch your foot back, you [are] in luck.” The website also lists this hookup location as being “wheelchair accessible.”
 
Older users tend to visit the UREC SRC bathroom for sex before 9 a.m., and the younger crowd visits from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. during the semester, according to CruisingGays.com.
 
“I have gotten lots of action here and never found any risk of being caught,” said one commenter on CruisingGays.com.
 
The UREC SRC is also listed as a wheelchair-friendly hotspot.
UREC Interim Assistant Director for Marketing and Promotions Scott Belanger said he was unaware of any recent happenings at the UREC SRC.
 
Baton Rouge Beach, the park area at Stanford Avenue and West Lakeshore Drive, is also listed on the website as being a popular area for early morning joggers to engage in anonymous fellatio either in the park’s restroom or in the parking lot.
 
In the past few years, Facility Services spent nearly $40,000 repairing the damaged wood partitions in Middleton Library bathrooms, according to an Oct. 1, 2008, story by The Daily Reveille.
 
There are undercover LSUPD officers patrolling the library area during the evenings, and there are also uniformed officers on patrol at night, said Nancy Colyar, assistant dean of libraries.
 
However, there have been no obscenity complaints in reference to this type of act on campus since the start of 2008, according to Sgt. Blake Tabor, LSUPD spokesman.
 
Penalties for drilling a glory hole and exposing oneself would result not only in a property damage charge, but also a felony charge of obscenity, Tabor said.
 
If students are approached, they should notify police, Tabor added.
 
 
 
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