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Ask Addison: On navigating friendships, making the first move, and more

Q: “A few of my close friends have recently started experimenting with hard drugs. Although they’ve invited me to join them each time, I’ve

Q: “I’m miserable here. I have friends and I like class and I have a job and I really am trying to have

Ask Addison is a print column of The Student Life for all of your life conundrums. A note from Addison: I’m Addison but feel

Dear Jasper, Everyone seems to only see me as someone they want to hook up with, rather than someone they want to spend time

Hey Jasper! When do you think are appropriate times to approach someone to talk to them? Everyone always seems so busy and there never

Dear Annie, Recently I’ve been having trouble with a guy friend of mine. Basically, he acts like we’re dating, even though we’re not. He’ll walk

Dear Annie, How do I ask a guy out? We have class together, but I’ve never really talked to him outside of it. I

How do we accept what we need to change about ourselves without hating ourselves, and how can we love ourselves without becoming egocentric and

Dear The Rev, Lately, I’ve been dating a guy that I’ve been really into for quite a while. But I keep getting nervous that

Dear Rev, I hooked up with a friend last weekend because I was bored, but almost immediately I realized that it wasn’t working and