"Dating is
more like a
drunken
hook-up tlnui
a nice dinner
and a
movie. "
)l ANSI I l t, Ml . SI MUH.
I . 1 II Nt IN I II ( Mil II IN A.
didn i have thn type of tuc» At l Nl more than
half of the itudenti art women. which fugate uvv
. Iiimbin in \.t /*••»../in (hr eve* ■( tome men
Men don ( (tel pressure to neat women nisei*
she *av* I hr* ian lie more predator*
Bui women chop al (he mea( market. too 'A il
’ !cv *a> * Marshall women ate (along on iht old
j sieteorvptvjd men * role*
It * hard to find a girl that you tc *ompanble
j with U die* vay* ’ Vou find go I* who like to drink
a lot of heet and who look more hit a tine night
*
(hr* it (hr onr* who air being *tood up
So it * even mote ham then1 W r tr trplasing
1 dating with wv
i ti* tho tins w is* v
1 r* a*, i of ding to l.lien tjciotblitt, who s|*cak* a(
more than 100 voltage* and uniscnittc* a veat about
, relationship* < oumhip, *hr *4v». ha* been reduced
i Id I lello I low are *ou? l ft * go lo tied "
I liete * no m*h thing a* dating on man* cam
I puce*. (oHilblatl iai* Student* hair a feat of
othet people knowing then buunc** W hat bight
| cm me u the uiaticr attitude thei te adopting
i toward m
Bi the desperate ipteitiom itudenti atk bet
\X hv doein t he > all' Win don t women like nice
guv*' How do you take a relationship ftom
! htcmhhip to romance'' l.ooiblall hai toil*Inti
rti that itudenti have a huge feat of tiemg atone
I hat *au*e* them to make had thoues. *he *an
Often night Is a different sclcstton each night
"1 want them to look inward first.' die lav*
and not to a**cpt anyhodv iuu to have wunehod*
in then Inci
I fit perceived casual attitude uudetus have toward
wv mas Iw a *ign of ctmfuvMin afiout geudrt roles., say*
Kchc**a Adam* an assistant protocol in family and
lonsumet «kiw* at Indiana * Bail State l She fra*h
o ilawei mi tiuttugr and family relation*
XV c te m an eta of transition. and it * a little
uncomfortable for both genders* Adam* *av*
Some women Mill Hint
men to open
them And there * still a lug dn hotorm with vex
it v vtiil the walk ui tame tut men and the walk
of shame (for women], Some women ate becoming
fleet and that v good. hut 1 hope thev re being
responsible '
Hut even hugalc wouidn t vat that dating c dead
'Just aitetrd sigmficanth It v not the SO* idea
of the drive-in, holding hands
What was thfl question?
I hat » it It s not that dating v dead It v that it's
UI done Something out parent* did and that we
patked awav with out hand (aikrtv and prom kev
chain*
People ate vtiil doing the old fathioned
thing, saw Renee Norcott, a ventot at San
Diego State 1 "But only if thev want to
impress wnneone In college, there are no
parents to impress Your friends aren't
going to see you meeting someone at
'Uf KAMI IIM III HIHHH
liadly NXr're at college to
mm no* 4ml dttfeirm people, to
expand our horizon* Not to hole
up with one person lor lour yean
"I hive 4 lot more tun when 1
go out with 4 bunih of people."
uyt Robert (iircu. 4 tumor 41 Flori
da International U. "I've never
actually tried to meet a temale [to
date) at ithool."
Norcott hax a boyfriend now. hut
she didn't tump into a rclanonxhtp
* 1 he lirxl year, I carnally dated a
whole lot ol people Date* were
r—more hanging out with triendi
No, dating i not dead
“Maybe deeping." vavi Roger
Sikcc a sophomore 41 ihc l ol Dcntral Arkansas
It % harder in find wmroftc who wants to settle
down during college 1 Hey msi will to hasr fun
Since college 11 by uc cere nature a transitory
esper lensc, it makes ccrtce to chc awas Iron) com
moment
A lot ol ctudetilc doll t knocc where they is
going to be alter graduation, Norton pomis out
I bei mas not even know il thee re going to be
around nett semester ’
When th« party's over
Il dating s deeping, when will it wake up' |um in
time to enter the Real \X orld. for mane Sow while
vmi te eurrounded by people ol cimilar ago and
interests. it c t)K to Ice unattached
After college, though, you mac not Inc in a col
lege town I he pool ol eligible cinglec grtc tmaller
Relaticec and Iriendc who when you were l S vaid
vou were too young to get venous and that you
should concentrate on school Iscgtri making that
ticking noise
I he older I get. the more pressure I lee! to have a
boyfriend and to date seriously," l St v l ugatc ease
'Peoples priorities change." San Diegos Not
toll rsplaini 1 hev become more concerned with
finding a person who would benefit them socially
and he a lifetime mate Doing to a bar with beer on
sports night might become going to a nice dinner ”
I II s Ciarcia compares the change to the transi
lion from high school to college
Ihcrc was rhts whole group ol people you only
saw during class Once you graduated, you saw only
your good triends I guess the same thing might
happen Vou get better |obs. more responsibilities
You have less time to iust hang out."
And once we have the means to date, suggests
AX Si c ( ory, we mac not know how
"A recent graduate maybe neede to use different