5 ways for anyone to enjoy Valentine’s Day
When we were little kids, we all looked forward to Valentine’s Day. We decorated shoeboxes with construction paper and distributed character cards to every member of the class. No one felt excluded,...
View ArticleSocial media changes how people find dates, check up on their significant others
Will you swipe right? Should you snap back even if you’re in a relationship? What if he or she liked someone else’s selfie on Instagram? Is he or she in your best friends list, or is someone else...
View Article‘Food porn’
“Dripping Thighs, Sticky Chicken Fingers, Vanilla Chicken, Chicken with a Lardon, Bacon-Bound Wings, Spatchcock Chicken, Learning-to-Truss-You Chicken, Holy Hell Wings, Mustard-Spanked Chicken and...
View Article‘Epic love translated in film’
If you are going to be single this Valentine’s Day and would like to enjoy watching epic love that can only be translated in film, then I have the movies for you. These four films will go down in...
View ArticleWomen’s Center offers new initiatives to address issues, raise awareness
Slippery Rock University Women’s Center is a campus resource whose mission is to redress gender inequity through educational programming focused on empowerment and advocacy. Women’s and men’s lives...
View ArticleReflections club members discuss body image problems, social media...
Male or female, the depictions of what it means to be sexy surround society through social media, commercials and celebrities. The Reflections Body Image organization at Slippery Rock University is...
View ArticleHOPE Peer Educators inform students about safer sex choices, options
Sexual health is a central piece in maintaining a healthy lifestyle, and plays a large role in college students’ lives. The HOPE (Healthy Outreach Through Peer Education) Peer Educators’ goal is to...
View ArticleFrom The Rocket: Sex edition serves to open discussions
Since 1934 The Rocket has provided Slippery Rock University with a quality, student-run newspaper, covering breaking news, athletic events and student life in some form or another. The final section of...
View Article‘Logueberger’ voted as SRU’s cutest couple
While taking a walk around Slippery Rock University’s campus, it is common to come across a wide-variety of romantic couples. They may be seen walking through the quad, sharing a booth in Boozel or...
View ArticleMobile technology brings access and efficiency to users
Singles aren’t meeting the way they used to. Shy glances eventually leading to “hello” are frequently replaced by planned meetings of virtual strangers in bars, coffee shops and diners around the...
View ArticleSurvey results open door for conversation on the effects of mainstream...
This article contains sensitive content. Reader discretion is advised. In a recent survey conducted by The Rocket, Slippery Rock University students had the opportunity to discuss their pornography...
View ArticleTop 10 songs to create a steamy bedroom session
Being that The Rocket is having a special “Sex and Love” issue, I thought it would be very beneficial to generate a playlist for all the lovers out there to take their “bedroom session” to the top. A...
View ArticleSenior SRU student makes successful career from Pure Romance
Among the 20,000 Pure Romance consultants around the globe, one consultant in particular probably looks very familiar to all of the women in Slippery Rock who have attended a Pure Romance party. Pure...
View ArticleSex Survey reveals students’ opinions on sex
Eighty-eight percent of students are sexually active, while only 33 percent have ever been tested for STDs and STIs, and even fewer are tested the recommended amount, which is twice annually, according...
View ArticleCollege students’ sexualities do not determine morality
College is one of the most opportune times for personal growth and discovery. This self-discovery can come from academics, participating in extra-curricular activities, making friends and by becoming...
View ArticleAsexuality is underepresented in Valentine’s Day hype
With Valentine’s Day nearly here everything I see seems to be more sexualized. The commercials have started featuring half-dressed couples draped in bedsheets with thread counts higher than my SAT...
View ArticleIs romance still alive, or long dead?
It’s alive and well What is romance? When a couple goes out for a ‘romantic dinner’ does the romance come from the act of eating the dinner or does the romance come from the feelings the couple has...
View ArticleFootball player proposes to girlfriend before final game
During the pre-game ceremonies of the season finale for Slippery Rock football, Cody Conway, senior defensive end, popped the question to his now fiancée, Alissa Kelty, 2013 SRU graduate. “I would say...
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