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Undergraduates bemoaning their singledom this Valentine’s Day perhaps should read no further. The following young couples, married or engaged, have taken a romantic plunge that remains foreign to many of their peers. But the experiences that led them there—late-night talks in freshman dormitories, commiserating over lab work, and even Internet flirtation—are as familiar as the sight of a tourist taking a shot of the John Harvard statue. FIRST IMPRESSIONSLuke A. Langford ’06-’07 and Amy L. Langford walk side-by-side into the Science...

Author: By Aditi Balakrishna, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Some Undergrads Tie the Knot in the Ivory Tower | 2/14/2007 | See Source »

...better relationship status domains. Dartboards bestows a big-up to thefacebook.com for facilitating online dumping! Never has not having to stammer out “it’s not you...” to end a doomed pairing been so easy. Just click remove and find sexy-singledom waiting for consumption...

Author: By The Editors, | Title: DARTBOARD | 4/9/2004 | See Source »

Faced with the dismal prospect of all her friends attending the House formal stag, in 1992, a senior in Leverett House realized that unless she took action, her peers would be doomed to singledom. With an altruistic spirit, this dating activist created a free—and appropriately confidential—dating service to match Leverett House members with their hopeful admirers...

Author: By Lia C. Larson, | Title: Resisting Romance | 2/13/2004 | See Source »

Earlier this year came Melissa Roth's On the Loose, a sort of slapdash anthropology of real-life dating women on both coasts. The book was meant to show that not every woman is marriage hungry, that singledom can amount to a grand old time in its own right. Recent months have also brought three books by conservative social critics, notably Wendy Shalit, arguing that no, professional pursuit and sexual gallivanting aren't good for women at all. In fact, such endeavors leave women flummoxed, dissatisfied and dead--if not in a literal Looking for Mr. Goodbar sense, then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Beyond Bridget Jones | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

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