December is upon us. The air is brisk, our breath is visible, and the grass is frosted in the mornings. It is time to stand by the window in a sweater and sip coffee while little specks of white dance...

This past week, [according to The Guardian](http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/dec/02/fda-blood-donations-gay-bisexual-men), a group of advisers met for two days to discuss the ban enforced by the...

Happy endings are arguably what this column has been about all semester, but this particular ending of my time with The Maneater is rather sad. You’ve let me jabber about vibrators, grill my roommate...

Thanksgiving break made me realize a lot of things. I remembered how thankful I am for my family, I rediscovered my love for homemade noodles and I learned that I would go to great lengths to avoid homework. I...

We’d been apart for six months, and our text conversations were going the way of summer’s leftover hot dog buns, sitting forgotten in my cupboard: stale. Stale! We were two young 20-somethings. We...

Dear Readers, Having sex with someone is a lot like sharing your first secret. After all’s said and done and the glass of water has been fetched, there's still all of this pleasant oxytocin and dopamine...

HIV, human immunodeficiency virus, is a deadly disease that kills millions of people every year. [According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC)](http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/whatishiv.html),...

I like Thanksgiving, but I’m not crazy about it. It’s a holiday of extremes. The food is hot, but the weather is cold. The break is nice, but it’s spent studying for finals. And of course, there...

I once had a high school health teacher named Mr. Taylor, and he once told us, “You all don’t know how to talk to each other. All you know how to do is type.” Unfortunately for Mr. Taylor, who taught...

“Homosexuality” has long been synonymous with “sin” in the Catholic Church. It was clear that previous papacies and their administrations did not support the LGBT community in any way. The Catholic...

Imagine a world in which we all wear deodorant, brush our teeth and treat each others’ genitals with the love and respect (and the gentle grip) that they deserve. A world in which bedside faux pas are...

Halloween has come and passed, and it was certainly a weekend to remember. Unfortunately, many people don’t remember it, what with all of the … candy they ate. Luckily, I was the designated driver...