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Sexual Health Information Center will no longer distribute sex toys to students for free.

SHIC “shifts away from sensuality and exploration” after restructuring

Claire Giannosa, Staff Writer December 4, 2023

Pamphlets discussing sex positivity, dick pics and other sexual-related topics line the back wall of SHIC, Grinnell College’s student-run Sexual Health Information Center, located in their room in Main...

Sexual Health Information Center will no longer distribute sex toys to students for free.

SHIC faces restructuring

Henry Horn, Staff Writer September 18, 2023

Though nearly a month of the fall semester had passed, the student-staffed Sexual Health Information Center (SHIC) remains closed following a reorganization effort by its parent department, Student...

SHAW and SHIC establish reproductive rights task force

SHAW and SHIC establish reproductive rights task force

Marcy Cassidy-Mapp, Staff Writer September 26, 2022

This semester, the student- run Sexual Health Information Center (SHIC) joined Grinnell College’s Student Health and Wellness (SHAW) in working with a new reproductive rights task force on campus. This...

SHIC sold out of numerous sexual health and pleasure items during their first day open after a two-year shutdown. Photo by Ohana Sarvotham.

SHIC reopens after two-year hiatus

Gabby Hernandez February 13, 2022

On Monday, Jan. 31, Grinnell’s Sexual Health and Information Center (SHIC) fully reopened and is now ready and able to provide resources related to sexual health for all students. SHIC is currently...

Durowaa Ageyeman-Mensah

SHIC facing delays with staff applications

Libby Eggert October 7, 2021

After almost 19 months without the Sexual Health Information Center (SHIC) running formal operations, student leaders Zama Buthelezi `21.5, Durowaa Agyeman-Mensah `22 and Nazma Noray `23 are working...

The Sexual Health Information Center (SHIC) is now under the umbrella of the Student Health and Wellness Center (SHAW) to provide more support for student staff. Graphic by Shabana Gupta.

“I just want this place to exist:” SHIC persists through a year of organizational challenges

Lucia Cheng April 9, 2021

After a tumultuous 2020, the Sexual Health Information Center (SHIC) is not only navigating the murky waters of sexual health and COVID-19 restrictions, but also setting up new foundations by partnering...

Photo by Paul Hill.

SHIC partially reopens after Student Affairs put them “on pause”

February 7, 2020

On Friday, Jan. 24, Student Affairs announced in an all-campus email that they were putting the Grinnell College Sexual Health Information Center’s (SHIC) operations on hold, citing employees’ lack...

SHIC administrator Zama Buthelezi 21 in SHICs now-closed Main Hall office. 
Photo by Mahira Faran.

Administration shuts down SHIC, student workers plan next move

January 26, 2020

  By Zoe Fruchter fruchter@grinnell.edu NOW AVAILABLE: Click here to listen to Co-Editors-in-Chief Jackson Schulte and Tommy O'Donnell interview Dean of Students Ben Newhouse, who stated...

SHIC administrator Zama Buthelezi 21 in SHICs now-closed Main Hall office. 
Photo by Mahira Faran.

SHIC hosts Tinder workshop

December 6, 2018

By Sarah Licht lichtsar@grinnell.edu For those looking for love, dating apps can be an easy and accessible way to find others. Thanks to smartphones, anyone can easily download Tinder and a multitude...

A.T. Tambay 20 and Carson Dunn 18 serve students getting tested for STIs during the first day of Sex Week.

SHIC and SHACS collaborate for free STI testing

Emma Friedlander February 9, 2018

The foreplay to Sex Week kicked off on Tuesday, Feb. 6 with free STI testing on the second floor of the JRC. The event was hosted by Student Health and Counseling Services (SHACS) and the Student Government...

Jherron Sutton 18 lounges in the welcoming and fun SHIC space. Photo by Govind Brahmanyapura.

SHIC: resources both practical and pleasurable

Audrey Corcoran November 17, 2017

Grinnell students know the Sexual Health Information Center (SHIC) as a source of advice, support and free and discounted — $10 or less — supplies of all kinds. SHIC sells both “health products”...

SHIC, in partnership with the SGA, has stepped in to partially fill the void left by the closing of CIFP.

SHIC offers discounted binders to students

April 20, 2017

By Louise Carhart carhartl17@grinnell.edu The Sexual Health Information Center (SHIC) has recently begun offering binders at a discounted rate, in an effort to make transgender inclusivity a priority...

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