As Valentine’s Day quickly approaches, passions are running at an all-time high for young and amorous Wash. U. students. In such lusty times, however, inexperienced lovers often affirm their mutual desires in experimental or creative places that may sound good in theory but in actuality provide little but a few unpleasant bruises.
Fashion – that elusive concept most of us hope to encapsulate when we greet the world each morning.
Whether you’ve learned how to put one on a banana or just saw them featured by early 1990s R&B sensation TLC, by the time we are legal we have all been exposed to condoms in one way or another.
During the first few weeks of classes the average student’s wardrobe nearly doubles from the bombardment of free T-shirts given out by every group, from Red Alert to Residential Life.
All summer long, the members of the class of 2010 have eagerly awaited the most important letter before the start of their Wash. U. careers. There will be lucky ones and there will be unfortunate ones, but despite the hand they’re dealt, destiny has brought them together and everyone will have to learn to live with their new roommates.
From chemical straightening to rollers, to flat irons, to blow dryers, to oversized juice cans, girls of all generations have tried everything and anything to overcome their curls, often to no avail.
Whether it is due to work constraints or restless empty nesters, for many students the return home is not to the house they grew up in.
Issues between roommates range from the noise level to personality problems, but nothing can provide more awkward moments than a sexually active or promiscuous roommate.
For all the possibilities Facebook created, the new Web site also opened a Pandora’s box of online irritation.
Whether that hard-to-shop-for person is getting you down or crowded malls are inducing claustrophobia, avoid the stores this year and let www.surprise.com take care of your gifting needs.
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