Melissa is a senior from Joliet, Ill. She’s working on a double major in journalism and English and a French minor, and is quite amazed that she’s still on track to graduate in May 2010. In the past, she’s been a correspondent and copy editor for The Kansan, and is currently a copy chief. When not working or doing homework, she enjoys reading trashy fiction — the sort that would make most English professors cringe.
Recent Stories
Did You Know: Nov. 15
Elizabeth Miller Watkins was one of the University’s biggest benefactors during the 1920s and ‘30s. Her contributions include the chancellor’s residence, the University’s health center and two scholarship halls.
Dining centers serve up homecoming meal
All-American foods highlight special menu
Bailey DeReus, community and campus outreach chairwoman of the homecoming steering committee, said that the meal helped bring homecoming to all parts of campus.
Keep it safe, sane, consensual
Fetish followers should respect but experiment
Charlene Muehlenard, professor of psychology and women’s studies, says those with fetishes are better off with understanding partners who have compatible fetishes.
No sex is good sex
Abstinence provides perfect protection from babies, STDs
It’s hard to ignore sex as a college student, and often virginity is not the “in” thing. Some students do chose abstinence, though, and have their own reasons why.
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