Stories from the October 3, 2005, Print Edition
There are a lot of things that have contributed to the emergence of the hookup culture and caused today's generation to move away from dating and toward random rendezvous. One reason, which can be an essential hookup tool, is technology. Think about it - before cell phones, pagers, beepers and online instant messaging, people couldn't instantaneously contact someone for a make-out meeting.
Senior James Daley woke up one morning naked and drunk in an unfamiliar apartment with condoms strewn about the room. A girl next to him rolled over and introduced herself.Daley said he felt taken advantage of and would not have hooked up with her if he had not been so drunk.
These unusual-looking animals seem like they might belong in some type of forest creature circus than scurrying around campus. Black squirrels are all over D.C., and the occasional white squirrel sighting is known to happen too. D.C. is, after all, widely cited as one of the cities with the largest squirrel population in the country.
Junior Geoff Bendeck, an international affairs major, will spend two semesters studying abroad in Cairo and - Office of Study Abroad permission pending - Beirut, Lebanon. Twice a month, he will share his experiences and observations from the Middle East as one of GW's many expats.
The word "hookup" is as vital to the college vocabulary as pronouns. But for some college students, it's just a word, not a lifestyle. While hooking up - or participating in a casual sexual encounter with little or no emotional involvement - is the norm, some students choose not to conform to the culture.
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