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In all honesty, the dating scene isn't great. While a fair number of people "hook up" in some way or another, the actual amount of dating going on seems fairly limited. In general, I know a far larger number of single students than I do ones in relationships. That being said, I've been out of the dating scene for the past year and a half or so, so there's a chance that things have changed. For the sake of future students, I hope it has.

The dating scene is pretty much what you'd expect. People meet somewhere, they like each other, they decide to hang out more and pick a place to do said hanging out. Being a Chicago suburb, Evanston has a lot of nice places for dates, like cool ethnic restaurants and coffee shops. Campus sits on the west side of Lake Michigan, so a lot of couples like to take walks down the lakefront. You can walk on the beach, or you can pick your way around the lakefill where students have painted hundreds of rocks over the years. It's very beautiful and Northwestern-specific, and some people have even proposed there. You can see a ton of rocks that have anniversaries and "XYZ, will you marry me?" on them. Students also like to take public transportation into Chicago to see shows and concerts or go to museums.

The dating scene really sucks at Northwestern. In all honesty, I still can't figure out why. It's almost like people are afraid to just go out and see what happens with a person. Rather, people want to go out and hook up with someone. Then if they become a regular a relationship may pop up. It kind of sucks. But be happy if you're a guy--less money for you to shell out.

Junior Naomi Pescovitz says that attraction isn’t all about good looks.