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DATING ON WEDNESDAY | PDA: Please Detach Already
Have you missed me? I missed you! What I missed the most — because I’m always going to be honest in this column — was telling you all how to not be super freaks, and attempting to, (desperately) single handedly, fix the dating scene on this campus. On the topic of super freaks, some of you need to get a grip, and not on each other. This is my plea and my threat: stop publicly displaying your affection. What I mean by this is that your PDA is too much, and if you don’t think it is, you should reassess. Don’t get me wrong, there are certainly places, times and…
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Swiping Left: Valentine’s Day for the Cynics
Just like that, we’re approaching another Valentine’s Day. Another day of hefty and cringey paragraphs on Instagram, expensive dinners full of awkward, lovey-dovey small talk and expensive (allegedly “marked-down”) chocolates, flowers and Hallmark cards. The holiday of overconsumption and exploitative consumerism has arrived. And, paradoxically, I’m excited. Every year, my feelings about Valentine’s Day fluctuate, but my general attitude remains the same: it’s the same dose of insincere and superficial, year after year. This time around, I’m feeling relatively calm — though ask me again after seeing the explosion of newly formed (possible cringe) Cornell couples parading their love around campus, and I’ll probably have a different answer (and a…
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Radhika Gupta ’18 Chases Love, Embraces Indian Representation on The Bachelor
On an average day, finance lawyer Radhika Gupta ’18 closes deals in the office. But recently she traded spreadsheets for roses, appearing as a contestant on the 29th season of The Bachelor. Despite being eliminated during week one of the show, she found love in new friendships while filming, describing how “there were 25 of us, so making 24 new friends amongst the girls was amazing.” “At this age, it’s hard to find friends, because you’re kind of ingrained in work and you’re not in school anymore — you’re not joining anything new,” Gupta said. “Meeting so many accomplished, beautiful, very smart and great personality women [through the show] was…