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Ask Abby (Or Analise): Networking your way into someone’s heart

Analise Bruno February 2, 2025
No one really thinks of turning to LinkedIn, and I can’t really blame them — it’s academic-facing, and has always come across as being “strictly business.” Yet, the more I toiled with the idea of LinkedIn being a one-stop shop for all things romance, I couldn’t help but wonder: could this be the revolutionary answer to modern dating troubles?
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Dating During COVID

Annie Sheehan September 23, 2021
How do conservations in real life or relationships operate anymore?
East to West: Sept. 10, 2021

East to West: Sept. 10, 2021

Veronica Thompson September 10, 2021

Content warning: this episode contains discussion of sexual assault. Cloudy days! Today on East to West, we cover sexual harassment accusations against a CFA professor, discuss the current standings...

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Students question University’s commitment to sexual misconduct prevention after accused CFA professor messages student through Bumble

Daily Free Press Staff September 8, 2021
Allegations prompt students to question the authenticity of increased focus on assault prevention.
Angela Ao/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: College dating services provide common ground, connection

Editors March 30, 2021
Marriage Pact and Datamatch connect the community and offer a good substitute for meet-cutes.
Boston University students found socially distanced ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day Sunday, including participating in Datamatch. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU students celebrate an odd, simplified Valentine’s Day

Ilana Keusch February 19, 2021
Terriers celebrated Valentines Day differently in 2021 with an emphasis on simplicity, with some turning to Datamatch to meet new people.
Vanessa Barlett /DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: The pandemic poses new opportunities and challenges for dating

Editors September 21, 2020
Surprisingly enough, the coronavirus has posed even more dilemmas for the online dating world.
Ladies I Am Right: The chemistry behind online matchmaking

Ladies I Am Right: The chemistry behind online matchmaking

Meredith Wilshere February 25, 2018

I was recently talking with a few of my coworkers about my relationship status. We got on the subject of dating apps, and the ways in which they’ve started being taken seriously in recent years. Then...

Ladies I Am Right: To ghost or not to ghost?

Ladies I Am Right: To ghost or not to ghost?

Meredith Wilshere November 13, 2017

Imagine this: The conversation has been going really well, and then suddenly the other person stops responding. You try not to check your phone every five minutes — maybe you throw it across the room...

WILSHERE: Tinder is the night of the undead

WILSHERE: Tinder is the night of the undead

Meredith Wilshere April 2, 2017

Recently identified in an article in London Evening Standard, “zombie-ing” is the latest dating trend that just won’t die. Comparable with ghosting in both terribleness, name and nature, zombie-ing...

WILSHERE: Bumbling around on dating apps

WILSHERE: Bumbling around on dating apps

Meredith Wilshere February 27, 2017

Either out of boredom or a general interest in the dating culture abroad, I decided to rekindle my relationship with Bumble and Tinder. It’s been a complicated relationship and I have a long history...

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