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COVID-19 and sex: How to protect yourself

Lauren Campbell September 4, 2020

Editor’s note: This story contains language and terms that some readers may find graphic.College is traditionally a time for students to have the freedom to explore sex and relationships in an environment...

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There is more to me than my virginity

Ryder Noah From January 21, 2020

High hopes and realities of a college freshman is a bi-weekly column by Ryder Noah From.Some Christians believe that sex before marriage is a sin, while some people in college believe that premarital...

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Spread love and knowledge on Valentine’s Day with UK’s safer sex week

Emily Laytham February 11, 2019

UK will be celebrating Valentine’s Day in style this year with safer sex week.Safer sex week is the joint effort of several campus organizations, including University Health Services, the Sexperts and...

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UK needs to refine its zero-tolerance alcohol education practices

Amy Tesfayesus October 30, 2018

College students are all too familiar with a time when sex education wasn’t an education at all. The abstinence-only sex-ed, which was only recently somewhat redacted, taught us that if you have sex,...

University Health Service and UK Sexperts partner for Safer Sex Week

Kamilah Williams February 8, 2018

University Health Service and UK Sexperts have partnered together for a week to promote safe sex, consent and STI testing.Safer Sex Week is full of unique events that offer important information to educate...

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Facts call for sexual education in schools

Blake Blevins June 2, 2017

Sex, the three-letter-word parents dread entering their child’s vocabulary, is a widely tabooed subject. Perhaps this is why the goal of education on the matter seems to be concerned not with providing...

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Could this be love, or is it just sex?

Mellisa Estebo January 26, 2016

This week’s question comes from an anonymous listener. They ask, “I find myself falling in love with someone after I sleep with them, is this really love?”Many of us find ourselves with feelings...

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