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There's more to the campus sex scene than plentiful booze and raging hormones. College students are unwitting practitioners of little-known mating rituals that can reignite your sex life

By: Nicole Beland

It's 4 a.m. and I'm drinking Blue Moon beer at an off-campus house party with a University of Florida senior nicknamed Tones. Tones shares the house with his brother and three friends. He has spiky, blond hair, and has let his kimono hang open, revealing a pair of package-hugging briefs. A few girls in matching minidresses are perched on the edge of a pool table, wondering aloud whether they should change into T-shirts for a soak in the 12-person hot tub. Others jam to Guitar Hero on a huge TV, mix drinks in the kitchen, or smoke while watching YouTube videos in one of the bedrooms -- which is outfitted with a vibrating, adjustable, memory-foam mattress.

Tones shows me his tattoos, then stares into my eyes, as if to say, "Wouldn't it be fun just to disappear for a second and bone in the shower?" Maybe it would be fun. But I'm 10 years his senior (and engaged), so I excuse myself to watch animated penguins lip-synch to rapper Soulja Boy on someone's 17-inch MacBook Pro.

This is the sort of scene most grown men described when I asked them to look at their college days in a rearview mirror. They told me about parties fueled by cheap booze, big speakers, and ample student bodies. They quoted Old School. They wallowed in Girls Gone Wild-style highlights. And then, inevitably, they said something like, "If only there were a way to recapture that magic."

Here's the thing: You can. Recent research suggests that there's more to the college sex scene than free-flowing alcohol and runaway hormones. I visited a handful of campuses and talked with experts around the country to figure out those secrets. What follows is your five-point plan for re-creating the steamiest parts of your undergrad experience.