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Study sheds light on effects of being dumped

According to a recent study by the University of Michigan, being dumped has a negative effect on a person’s attractiveness to the opposite sex.

The study, published in the scientific journal Evolutionary Psychology, tracked how 198 U. Michigan students reacted to various advertisements for potential mates. Each advertisement specified whether the person had been dumped by his or her last partner, done the dumping or preferred not to say.

Women, the study found, felt more strongly than men about not dating a person who declined to share how their last relationship ended, and were more sexually attracted to those who dumped their past partner. Men did not show greater desire to have sex with women who dumped their previous partner, though did show a lower desire to have a long term relationship with her.

--U Wire

Survey shows “helicopter parents” too involved in college admissions process

Parents are increasingly involved in the admissions process, a survey by Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions found. The survey also stated that the greater role played by parents in the process may not be in students’ best interest, either.

Wren Singer, director of the Center for First-Year Experience at U. Wisconsin, believes that allowing children to speak for themselves and ask their own questions is important. She emphasized that the primary role of parents should be that of supporter.

For those students who felt their parents were hovering a little low, Singer recommended they give friendly reminder to their parents saying gently but firmly that they need independence in the process, but still would like their parents involved.

—U Wire

Repeal of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” leads colleges to consider reinstating ROTC

After the recent repeal of the controversial “don’t ask don’t tell” legislation banning gays from openly serving in the military, elite universities are considering welcoming the military back to their campuses now that the armed forces do not violate the universities’ respective antidiscrimination policies.
Since the Vietnam War, universities including Harvard, Yale and Columbia have outlawed the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC)
The repeal alone, many observers comment, may not be enough though to bring the military back to these institutions. As these institutions cost as much as double their public counterparts, the military may not be able to continue to afford to offer scholarships that cover as much as the entire tuition of participants, but it raises the issue.

— The Chronicle of Higher Education