Content Warning: This column discusses the author’s experience with sexual assault and subsequent trauma. During my first year at Pomona College, I was transported after binge drinking in preparation for a 5C party. I had been sexually assaulted several months earlier, at my first college-sponsored party. I told myself that to
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Senate Briefs 10/11/10
How many times have I told you?! After calling the meeting to order promptly at 5:15, ASPC president Stephanie Almeida gently reminded her fellow senators to bring their binders to their weekly meetings, which a number of them had forgotten to do. Let’s keep it PG While explaining what her
One Night Stand: “I Was a 20-Something Hedonist”
My story had all the makings of a Lifetime cautionary tale. Raised Catholic in Texas, by the time I hit college I was still entirely in possession of that greatest of conservative euphemisms: my virginity. My treasure, my precious gift, my stalwart ship. All my life, my virginity had been
“Confessions of a Scripps Freshman”
I entered college as a virgin, having never had a boyfriend and having only kissed one boy. And now, with only a month until the school year is over, I leave with 12 hookups (in this case meaning making out and hand play), two of which included sex. I guess
One Night Stand: “Memento”
I watched Memento the other day. To be honest, it didn’t really do it for me. Anything in reverse just makes me a little disoriented, and I hate feeling like I’m not in control. There’s an order in which I expect certain things to unfold, and when they don’t, I
One Night Stand: “Lamentations of a Freshman”
Sex. What is sex? I don’t know. But I sure would like to. When I came to college I thought I might finally get my opportunity to learn. I had always been too nervous to talk to girls in high school, but this was it. A new beginning. A new
One Night Stand: “Pillow Talk: How Much is Too Much?”
It is ironic that the coy, flirtatious talk that amps up the attraction and seals the deal can become unnecessary, even a deal-breaker, after a certain point. After all, as soon as you stumble back to a cutie’s room you just want to shut up and do the deed, right?
One Night Stand: Ode to Men
We all know that women’s bodies are objectified and overrepresented in the media. But why the exclusive focus on the “fairer sex?” I know it wasn’t always that way, and the Greek sculptors agree with me. So does Michelangelo. So, in this semester’s first sex column, I offer a celebration
Claremont Climax: Guide to STDs
Did you know that you can give your partner genital herpes even if you don’t have it? This happens because there are two strains of the herpes virus. Herpes simplex 1 is the virus that causes cold sores, and herpes simplex 2 is the virus that is typically associated with
Claremont Climax: Thoughts on Dating
I have never received a hand job. Unfortunately, I probably know what you’re thinking. “Stephan, that’s because no one wants to give you a handjob.” Touché, reader.Let me rephrase: hypothetically, if someone (hopefully a human girl) were to offer me a handjob, I would refuse. Women, unlike men, are not