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You should be more cautious around campus petition booths

Their brief, buzzword-full rushed pitches aren’t great indicators of credibility. These types of petition booths on Cal Poly’s campus, while not all necessarily harmful or badly intentioned, should be treated with caution and skepticism upon encounter. These booths are trying to receive as many signatures as they can, and if they can rush you into signing something, they will, whether or not you even know what you’re supporting.

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Charge your brain’s battery: Taking a nap is a smart, productive move for college students 

Yes, I know taking a nap feels wrong because you should be busy with school or “making the most” out of college. It feels like college is a constant competition between Google Calendar schedules, comparing who’s taking the hardest classes or who’s more booked and busy — so it can easily feel like taking a nap means you are lazy, not taking enough classes or not having enough club meetings. 

However, if you keep pushing yourself through the day on little fuel, you’re going to burnout and there will be catastrophic consequences on your health. Naps can actually be productive and help you become more creative.

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Recipe: Beans for two

Beans, beans, the magical fruit, the more you eat, the more you… fall in love! That’s what I’ve always said. Loving or crushing on someone is the best feeling. Whether it’s a class crush, work crush or maybe you are still crushing on your long-term partner, the giddy feelings never dissipate.  With love in the […]

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Sex karezza: a meaningful alternative to no-strings-attached hook-ups

How would the intimacy of sex be different when climax is not the main goal?  Regardless of relationship status, intimacy and closeness during sex is still important to some college-aged students, but is losing its way in many people’s experiences. In the age of modern dating, moving along the bases often happens in hyperspeed, creating […]

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I have a crush on… Heated Rivalry

** This article contains spoilers to the television series, “Heated Rivalry.” This article includes adult language, viewer discretion is advised. Sex is one of many words that can be used to describe the six-episode series that everyone has been talking about. Yet, “Heated Rivalry” is more than your average slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers or LGBTQ+ romance story.  […]

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