I’m a little angry, Colgate. Why did no one tell me? I’ve been excited to study abroad since I was a high school student. I used to spend hours googling places to go, things to see and most importantly,...

One of the cornerstones of hookup culture is its ability to be “easy.” A Huffington Post article once described this culture as, “easy, sleazy college sex,” and enumerated how millions of students...

After writing this column for a year and half, I sometimes feel like all the great topics have already been covered, and I’m out of ideas and washed up in my prime years. I sound like I’m having a...

People say you never forget your first love. Maybe it’s because of the fluttering butterflies in your stomach, the nervous tick of your heartbeat or just the idea that there is someone in the world who...

I shouldn’t be eating this mac n’ cheese, but here I am yet again. I’m in week three of six of Yes Means Yes, and every week I head to my session telling myself I won’t cave, I won’t eat the...

The advent of hookup culture on college campuses throughout the United States came as a sign of the sexual liberation of young women. For centuries, women had been classified as “prude” and were automatically...

Welcome back, Colgate, I hope you had a safe and sexy break. I know you’ve been dying for the return of the weekly “Minus the City” column to inform your love and sex lives, and I promise not to...

The other night, after an exhausting week, I found myself watching the movie, That Awkward Moment, with a couple of my really good friends. I’m not a huge movie fan, but for some reason, this one really...

Thanksgiving isn’t what it used to be. As a kid, Thanksgiving meant making crafts of turkeys with finger paint, writing a list of what you were thankful for in crayon and learning about the pilgrims...

I am a firm believer that men and women are completely capable of maintaining a friendship without sex getting in the way. Some of the greatest friends I have ever had in my life are guys that I have never...

Happy Halloweekend Colgate! I hope it was three days of minimal effort costumes and blissfully ignoring the swarm of parents that arrived for the Family Weekend. The student body seems to be in agreement...

Sophomore year at Colgate, and at most universities, means declaring your major. Even though most of my friends have already declared their intended majors, there is a sense of hesitation that comes along...