Tobin Lehman is a senior majoring in graphic design and is the Collegian's photo editor. When I was planning to write this column, I thought I should write about something that would appeal to the more than 40,000 hormone-infested students running around State College.
College is a great exploratory time for many and sometimes a fearful time too.
No one really knows how to go about this whole relationship thing, and that is what makes it so exciting and interesting. Relationships and their definitions get stickier when you put sex and the inherent problems that follow in the mix. With dangerous STDs and other sex-related epidemics looming over us, it's no wonder sex has more negative connotations than positive ones. The AIDS epidemic is no laughing matter, and I am not the first to say that a cure is way overdue. But for this article, I want to set those thoughts aside and speak about sex as a functional part of a relationship, not just an irresponsible post-drinking escapade.