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The Orion

Chico State's independent student newspaper

The Orion

Chico State's independent student newspaper

The Orion

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Girls get smegma too: Things I wish I learned in sex ed

Molly Myers, News Editor // September 17, 2022

At age 20, I found out pee does not come out of the clitoris. I am a woman with a vagina. Needless to say, the sex education I received in high school was comically brief. Outside of school, my parents...

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STIs: It could be you.

Janette Estrada // April 7, 2019

Let’s talk about sex. The good, the bad and the gossip.Over the past year, California and Butte County have experienced an alarming increase in STI rates. Chlamydia is the most reported in Butte...

O face: Drunk sex kills orgasms

Janette Estrada // April 2, 2019

Spring is here and as the trees and flowers are blooming, so to are the birds and the bees.Congrats on attending one of the biggest party schools in California, where alcohol penetrates livers in a rallying...

Condoms one of the many ways to prevent STD's. Photo credit: Dominique Wood

DTF with protection?

Rachael Bayuk // September 25, 2018
Keeping your health a top priority in today's sexual revolution.
On this week's podcast, Racheal Bayuk, Rayanne Painter and Brooke Martin talk about two topics; friendships and using lubrication in the bedroom. Photo credit: The Orion

Off the Record: Friendships and lubricating in the bedroom

This week, columnist Rachael Bayuk, Rayanne Painter and Brooke Martin hit on topics about friendships in and out of college and using lube in the bedroom.Rachael Bayuk, Rayanne Painter and Brooke Martin...

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STDs are being ignored

Rachel Reyes // April 25, 2017

While the social atmosphere ranges differently from campus to campus, at Chico State, the social life and hookup culture is universal and plays a huge part to some degree in a student’s lifestyle....

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Sexually transmitted diseases on the rise in Chico

Michael Catelli // April 27, 2016
Chico State students admit to regularly not practicing safe sex.
Lisa Almaguer, Communications Manager at Butte County Health Department, provides insight on sexually transmitted infections in light of recent statistics. Photo credit: Sarah Strausser

STDs on the rise in Butte county

Sarah Strausser // September 11, 2015
Students are encouraged to get tested as reported gonorrhea and syphilis cases increase in Butte County.
The biology fair was a day dedicated to biology majors and their opportunities in the job field. Photo courtesy of the School Biological of Sciences

Biology job fair discusses gonorrhea

Brianne Mcevoy // February 11, 2015
Student's career day results in discussion about recent gonnorhea outbreak in Butte County.

Chlamydia test rise warrants awareness

Matt Murphy // December 4, 2014
Chico State's lack of sex education requirement will catch up to it.
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