Sex. It’s more than just a carnal desire, more than a
drive. More than escape, more than procreation, and
more than I’ve ever pretended to comprehend, sex is
the fuzzy grey logic that makes life make sense for a
fleeting moment before vanishing back into the ether
from which it came.

Good sex is like poetry. Crappy sex isn’t usually real-
ly that bad—it’s more like momentarily realizing you’ve
been taking life way too seriously: kind of annoying, but
it passes. Mind-blowing sex is worth searching a lifetime
for. Sex can be ethereal. Sex can be traumatic. Sex can
be a whole pack of Bubblicious stuffed with candy-

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coated dreams and injected straight into the veins of a
dieting diabetic: pure naughtiness.

But more than any description, for better or for
worse, sex is something damn near every person is
going to spend a whole lot of time thinking about. It’s a
commonality among mammals, a travesty amongst cler-
gy, and a secret between drunken friends.

To this day, I still have no idea why wishing extra
hard for something during orgasm seems to work, but it
does. It’s one of the ways I pray, I guess.

And speaking of prayers, yours just may get
answered by The Other Press Sex Issue.

FEATURES 17

OPINIONS 7

If you’ve been asking God to provide you with a
new form of birth control that you only have to insert
once every three weeks, well, you’re probably sinning,
depending on your God of choice. Don’t worry,
though, Nicole Burton’s non-denominational article on
the Nuvaring will accept you as just you are, starting on
page 4.

The Opinions section is so chock full this week that
you'd think everyone had an opinion about sex. J]
McCullough gives politics a brief rest to focus on vir-
ginity in this week’s Right Hook, while Iain Reeve exam-
ines prostitution in Leff Overs. Opinions Editor Brandon
Ferguson lets it all hang out while sharing what he’s
learned during his meteoric rise from virgin to slut, and
newcomer, Angelia Fabbro shares ten things the boys
need to know about sex.

Just when you thought it was going to be all Wonder
Bread and processed cheese, Brady Ehler brings you the
Students Guide to Lewd Sexual Acts. And that’s all ?m
going to say about that.

Refusing to be outdone, the A&E section comes as
close to fulfilling your Sex Issue needs as is possible
using words alone.

Excuse me one second...okay, thanks for your
patience. I just got an instant message from “Hanover
Hottie” that needed my immediate attention. Where
was I...oh yeah, A&E.

A&E has sex music, sex movie and book reviews,
crikey, it’s even got a picture of the face that A&E
Editor, Iain Reeve, saves for those “special moments.”
From the New Pornographers to first time stories from
this year’s first DC Pubnight, A&E is a sexual extrava-
ganza you won't soon forget.

So turn the lights down low and get out that Barry
White album you’ve been saving for the right moment,
because you're about to be tripping the light fantastic
with The Other Press.

—Colin Miley, Managing Editor

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