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Article: Speed dating sets up Stanford graduate students from around campus
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- University Wire
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- February 7, 2006
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Mima Mohammed
University Wire
02-07-2006
(The Stanford Daily) (U-WIRE) STANFORD, Calif. -- Graduate students are often pressed for time, as they pursue their advanced degrees and research projects within their respective fields. Accordingly, opportunities to meet students from all across the campus are rare. But some graduate student groups at Stanford University have come up with a unique, if not romantic way to bridge the gap -- speed dating.
Speed dating is one of the biggest dating trends in the country; it is almost old-fashioned in contrast with other dating services that use videotapes or the Internet in matchmaking. However, there are numerous speed-dating companies that hold events ...