While nearby colleges battle over the visiting sex workers show on their campus, some students at Randolph College in Lynchburg, Virginia visited a Las Vegas brothel as part of their studies in the American Culture Program.

The brothel tour was a natural fit for a class that tells students, “don’t just study America–live it,” according to program director Julio Rodriguez, who said his original interest in the Nevada trip focused on water rights and conservation.”

If you would like to let him know how you feel about it, you can e-mail him at jrodriguez@randolphcollege.edu.

Deborah Lambert writes the Squeaky Chalk column for Accuracy in Academia.