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    Opinion: Valentine’s Day is not about love, at least not in the way it should be

    by Vayle Lafehr February 12, 2020
    by Vayle Lafehr February 12, 2020

    Love is gravely ignored every Feb. 14, not celebrated. Man-made, store-bought conceptions of love are an insult to human complexity. By Vayle Lafehr

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    No bromo, bro: Part 4, consent and bro culture

    by Robert R. Denton May 8, 2013
    by Robert R. Denton May 8, 2013

    By Kyle Ward:
    In the fourth and final installment, CU Independent reporter Kyle Ward connects how bro culture’s use of hyper masculinity and hetero-normativity manage the construct of femininity at CU and how their relationships skew the lines of sexual consent in situations through social pressures and drinking, that may lead to acts of sexual assault that go unreported.

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