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Dud on the Barbie

Music not as worthless as some might think

I'm the weakest link: Goodbye!

All good weeks must end

4 years of my life

It all started inside a dorm room. You moved your things in and wondered what kind of weirdness your roommate was going to bring. You waved goodbye to your parents, and thought about the sudden lack of air in your dad's voice when he said, "Be good, and don't forget to call."

Lawmakers should consider proposal

Many lawmakers have been stating their opposition to Democratic Gov. Frank O'Bannon's proposal to raise cigarette taxes by 50 cents a pack. But they should realize that O'Bannon's proposal would offset the budget shortfall and allow funding for entities that might otherwise be neglected. With the $923 million budget shortfall that O'Bannon announced last week, lawmakers are trying to figure out where that money can be recovered. In early proposals, higher education funding has suffered.

Best of the Sexpert

Dec. 9, 1997 Dear Sexpert, My boyfriend wants me to have anal sex with him. He says he fantasizes about it regularly and has always wanted to try it. We have sex on a regular basis, but I don't think I would enjoy it. He says if I love him, I should do this for him. What do I do? Can anal sex be pleasurable? How?

Columnist says goodbye, thanks 'faithful' readers

Dear Readers, As some of you might have figured out, I'll be graduating in a little less than two weeks, thus ending (at least temporarily) my four-year run as the IDS Sexpert. It's been a wild ride. When I started writing for the IDS, I never thought the column would take off the way it did. And that means I have you, my dear, faithful readers, to thank for keeping the Sexpert column alive and healthy for the last four years.

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The Aussie final four

Dud on the Barbie

Essence of college runs deeper than classes

You\'re a good man, Joey Ramone

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John Kay: Heretics & Privateers

That's disgusting: Freddy Got Fingered

May 15 will decide alt-rock's fate

Earth and Music

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