Recently, two UF students were found guilty in a courthouse, but not by a jury.
Jared Dauth, 21, and Maya Mansuer, 23, were spotted trespassing at a construction site for a federal courthouse in Jacksonville during the Florida-Georgia weekend, according to reports.
But it wasn't their property violation that warranted attention from the media.
The students, after having a few drinks, apparently decided they needed to get to know one another better. Who knows? Perhaps they met at the game and needed some privacy to explore their feelings.
So, they climbed the fence at the construction site and proceeded to "confess" their newfound love for each other all over a nearby picnic table, taking the phrase "eating out" to a whole new level.
OK, we'll get to the point.
They were naked and having sex.
Someone spotted them, reported it to authorities and now they are facing charges for trespassing and indecent exposure.
Come on, people!
Have some common sense. Yes, the Florida-Georgia game is the "World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party," but not in the way that these students interpreted it.
UF not only lost the game that weekend, it also lost a few "class" points.
For one thing, don't have sex in public. Don't do it. Yes, alcohol impairs your judgment, but getting a no-tell motel room in Jacksonville can't be that difficult.
If this is too hard of a principle for you to wrap your brain around, maybe you either shouldn't drink, or you could tattoo "Don't have sex in public" on your forearm. That's classier than actually engaging in the act.
For another thing, don't trespass, and especially don't trespass on state or federal property to perform your dirty deeds. Do you really want to have a felony trespassing charge for doing the nasty?
One would hope that college-aged individuals, especially those over the age of 21, would be able to control their carnal urges.
Clearly, this wasn't the case.
Everyone has crazy stories from college, but something about "remember the time we were caught butt-naked having sex at the construction site for the new federal courthouse during the Florida-Georgia game" doesn't have the nostalgic ring to it like other crazy college stories.
Let these two individuals serve as an example of what not to do while representing UF students anywhere and everywhere.
