It seems a lot of people decide to have sex when they’re at college.  Go figure. Maybe this is the first time they can actually “get a room” but once they get there their roommate has beat them to the sock on the door. Sexiled again.

Sex and the roommate may create a lot of issues and can leave you unable to do your homework at critical times. Once you and your new dorm mate have settled in, picked your beds, and learned each other’s names you might want to talk about setting ground rules for your room. It’s easier to discuss it now before anything, well, comes up. There are lots of awkward scenarios that may cause future drama if you don’t deal with this issue before the fact.

Discuss whether it’s acceptable to sexile each other; if yes is the universal sign of the sock on the door sufficient or should it be something else? Do you view sex as something so wrong to you that you really just need your roomie to find another place for these activities?  Is it okay to wake up in the middle of the night to, ummm, the siren sounds of them – doing it? Are you allowed to watch since you’re being forced to listen or do you make wake up noises to make it stop? These and other questions are good to ask before the fact.

You may as well know which schools have been identified by Playboy as those best known for having the best student sex lives:
1) University of North Carolina;
2) New York University;
3) Georgetown; 
4) UCLA;
5) Yale University; and 
6) Syracuse University.

"Omg", you say, "I wanted to go to Yale but not if there is a continuous sex fest!" Where are the safest places for you to attend school?

Well, that depends on how you’re defining safe. Is safe defined as a school with a well-defined goal of making school a place where no means no (i.e., charges of rape are taken seriously) and yes means you have access to condoms and health services? Or is safe defined as schools where there is reportedly not a lot of sex going on?

A survey by Sperling’s 2012 Sexual Health Report Card and Trojan (yes, the condom company – who do you think is interested in the sex lives of students?) lists top schools that provide the best environment for sexual health are:
1) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; 
2) Brown University; 
3) Columbia University; 
4) Princeton University; 
5) University of Wisconsin – Madison; 
6) Yale; 
7) University of Arizona; 
8) University of Iowa; 
9) Colorado State University; and 
10) Oregon State University. 

According to a Playboy survey, the schools with the least amount of sex happening at school are:
1) U.S. Air Force Academy; 
2) Brigham Young University; 
3) Providence College; 
4) Troy State University; 
5) Chicago State University; 
6) University of New Orleans;
7) St. John’s University of New York; 
8) Louisiana Tech University; 
9) Savannah State University; and 
10) Seton Hall University.
Please note, this doesn’t conclusively mean the students aren’t getting sexually involved. It’s saying they may be abstaining from sex or just aren’t admitting to it. 

Now you’re in college you work hard; play hard; and seldom go home. But you still need sleep! This is one of those times when you can learn the hard way that mom was right all along....or you can learn the easy way. It's tricky to balance homework, friends, parties, and fun and often time sleep is what gives to let you do everything you want to do. But that will catch up with you - usually around finals when it matters the most. 


The next time you're tempted to pull an all-nighter, consider these 5 facts:

• Every night you need to experience four to five sleep cycles, which are made up of four different stages. Each stage is quite different and is designed to maintain bodily well-being and good mental health.
• When young, your body produces growth hormones when in a deep sleep. Sure you’re pretty much finished with the growth spurts but, still, a little more growth isn’t bad for you.
• Sleep may well help you lose the Freshman Fifteen. It’s common knowledge that Freshmen will gain weight. Recent studies suggest this may be tied to your new-found lack of sleep. When you don’t sleep your leptin levels go down (causing you to not feel satisfied after eating for the entire next day) and causes your ghrelin levels to increase (meaning your appetite is stimulated so you want more food). A very bad combination if you need to lose a few pounds.
• Deep sleep is when when your body mends its cells and strengthens your immune system. If you pull a lot of all nighters (for fun or work alike) you'll get sick more easily. This is why you always get sick during finals.
• A person kept awake for long periods will die after ten days of total sleep deprivation. So, pulling all nighters right before a big test is not your best plan. Sleep deprivation leaves you unable to think cohesively, prone to hallucinations, and unable to perform simple cognitive tasks like counting from 1 to 100.  Sleep early the night before a big test for maximum performance.  
  

Just think, if you get the sleep you’ll need, you’re more likely to ace your tests while keeping your party body ready for Spring Break!