College Confidential

Campus Report ^ | February 19, 2008 | Deborah Lambert

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College Confidential

by: Deborah Lambert, February 19, 2008

Remember the days when movies like “Love Story” recounted the joys of campus courtships?

Things have changed, according to the Wall Street Journal’s Sue Shellenbarger, who says that today’s pragmatic students are more focused on grades and careers than on moonlight serenades.

One survey found that nearly 20 percent of young marrieds or those in serious committed relationships were more likely to have met at the office than at school. This all makes sense. After all, since today’s competitive work environment requires post-graduate degrees and flexible re-location plans, it could take years before most young people put marriage and family on the front burner.

This may help to explain the casual attitude toward the opposite sex that has resulted in 76 percent of students reporting that they “engaged in hookups, which usually stop short of intercourse, according to a study of 4,000 students by Stanford University.”...

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I feel like I’m the only college student who doesn’t just randomly hook up with girls. “Nice” girls don’t seem to exist any longer. And people wonder why I’m so bitter about relationships.