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Touch Yourself, It's Masturbation Madness
BY BILL LASCHER

Bored? Lonely? Stressed? None of the above? Why not masturbate?
And what better time to do it than National Masturbation Month. That’s right. For the sixth year in a row, the month of May has been dedicated to one of the most common, but least acknowledged, forms of recreation in human history. 
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Other News
Harvard Hullabaloo Halted
BY VIVEK BHARATHAN

A sit-in by students at Harvard University’s Massachusetts Hall has ended with the students proclaiming victory. The sit-in, which began when 50 members of the Progressive Student Labor Movement silently stormed Massachusetts Hall on April 18, lasted for three weeks, ending peacefully on May 8.
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