January 17, 2003

Policing Public Sex

By ERIC HOOVER

Colleges confront 'cruising' in campus men's rooms

Two years ago, the Boston University Police Department began hearing more complaints about campus bathrooms. Then officers saw the writing on the wall.

Graffiti in a bathroom stall led the police to a Web site, http://www.cruisingforsex.com, that lists popular places for public sex between men, including bathrooms at dozens of colleges nationwide. After logging on, officers learned that the site noted numerous lavatories on the

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