Archambault: Students should understand all contraception options
Sex and Health columnist Alex Archambault shares her first experience choosing birth control and advises other sexually active students to use contraception as well. Read more »
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Thaw: Preventable sexually transmitted infections spread often among students
Sexually transmitted infections are more common and widespread than you might think. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, about 25 percent of… Read more »
Thaw: These foods boost personal health, sex performance
Chocolate-covered strawberries and vanilla-scented candles may seem like ideal items to have in the bedroom, but they actually do very little to boost your sex… Read more »
Thaw: Seasonal beverages contain more calories, sugar than expected
Nothing warms the heart during times of seasonal change quite like your favorite warm beverage, nestled between gloved fingertips. But unless you like your coffee… Read more »
Thaw: Columnist suggests discreet exercises to perform during class, work, long waits
The urge to shake it out always comes while you’re sitting in class, drumming at a keyboard in a lab or waiting impatiently in line… Read more »
Thaw: Columnist teaches protocol for answering late-night booty calls
The challenge of deciphering text in little thought bubbles on a touch screen is an art form in and of itself, but there’s one text… Read more »
Thaw: Columnist reflects on experience with overeating, encourages healthy lifestyle
My biggest problem is emotional eating. If I get upset, I’m often too nauseated to eat anything. Then, when I’m so hungry I can’t see… Read more »
Thaw: Women should pack overnight necessities when going out, just in case
Sometimes, when you go out for a night on the town, you don’t end up sleeping in your own bed. So on the morning after,… Read more »
Thaw: SU gym etiquette 101
Listen up gym newbies. After today, the grace period is over. Schedules are settling in and people are making friends, getting involved and establishing a… Read more »
Thaw: Use new semester as initiative to become fit, stay positive
Dates are a magical thing. They make things official. They serve as a launching pad, a starting line. I’ve always tried to use that to… Read more »
Holloway: Soon-to-be-graduate researches best sex spots on SU campus
Bottoms up, pants down. The sun’s out, campus separation anxiety is wetting the sticky air and MayFest is heading toward campus like a steam train… Read more »
Even in times of adversity, honor through athleticism can shine
Bombs — not guns — killed three people and injured at least 176 in Boston on Monday afternoon, but the words of retired American distance… Read more »
Holloway: Stress less, choose class schedule based on sexual needs
If it feels like the weight of the upcoming fall semester is bearing down on you, breathe deep, my non-graduating friends. That MySlice shopping cart… Read more »
Holloway: Bananas provide numerous health benefits and are a favorite with foodies
They’re green, hard and taste like they’re having an am-I-a-fruit-or-a-vegetable identity crisis. Blame it on the April snow showers or blame it on the boogie,… Read more »
People who dislike their given names celebrate National Joe Day
The name’s Jackson. Tonsillitis Jackson. On Aug. 26, 1955, The Toledo Blade ran a story on poor Tonsillitis Jackson, an average Joe whose parents named… Read more »
Holloway: Researchers show multiple psychological effects from having sex with exes
I nodded when he passed me his phone. In the photo, they were a big, round handful. They had perfect areolas, with no rogue nipple… Read more »
Holloway: Religion can be good to your health, depending on which statistics are analyzed
Meet Heather Iona Holloway, my little Scottish sister who’s just back from her latest edition of God camp this weekend. Facebook posts from her 1,000-plus… Read more »
Bicycles present risk factors for certain parts of the anatomy
I have a secret. See that beautiful aqua-green and white Huffy bike rusting his chain away outside the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications for… Read more »
Holloway: Bowel movements provide uncomfortable subject matter, but important to discuss
Every day, life is ruined by a poo in cubicle two. On campus, at some point in the day or night, someone forgets to flush.… Read more »
Holloway: Dating an introvert provides insight into the way people interact with conversation, quietness
Introverts are some of the most misunderstood people, especially when you love one. From the outside looking in, it may appear that you’re dating a… Read more »
Holloway: Push for LGBT rights in US as Britain legalizes gay marriage
At a Danish zoo last December, two king penguins adopted an abandoned egg after the mother laid it. And after a torturous hatching process, little… Read more »
Holloway: Phone apps cater to maintaining healthy habits, advancing sexual needs
As a child, my nightly assault course to reach the cupboard containing the biscuit tin always drew the same response from my mom: “Where there’s… Read more »
Holloway: Tips, tricks to cure weather-damaged skin
Your feet are soaking wet from sludgy snow creeping into your holey snow boots, but your skin is drier than the Sahara Desert. You want… Read more »
Holloway: New York shines bright in terms of pornographic consumption, but viewers should exercise caution
CORRECTION: In a previous version of this column, the date the United States had the highest porn traffic was misstated. The highest level of porn traffic… Read more »
