## Recent Articles

**To Care or Not to Care: Students and the Blasé Olympics**  
The "blasé olympics" is the idea that after a hookup, you have to show—above all else—that you aren’t overly attached. How stiff is the competition?

**An Uber-Ordained Romance: Anna and Dorian’s Story**  
Anna and Dorian had been dating for close to a year when the annual Stanford Marriage Pact rolled around.

**Takes From the Team: Getting Revenge**  
Two Marriage Pact team members discuss one of the most divisive queries on our questionnaire: “There is a place for revenge when someone has wronged me.”

**How Have We Grown, Stanford?**  
Now that the 2020 Marriage Pact has closed, we can look back and see how much the Stanford population has changed since the last Marriage Pact.

**The Future of Dating Apps, as Told by You**  
The people know what they want--better ways to meet "the one".

**Takes From the Team: Leave or Be Left**  
Keep the veil or hit the trail—two Marriage Pact team members discuss the question "Would you rather leave someone at the altar or be left at the altar?"

**Deal breaker: How Politics Broke a Year-Long Relationship**  
How far can we really compromise on our beliefs? It likely varies from individual to individual, but here’s one person’s perspective.

**Takes From the Team: I Like Drama**  
To spill the tea or not spill the tea—that is the question tackled this week by two Marriage Pact team members.

**Takes From the Team: Are Expensive Dates More Fun?**  
Hear from two Marriage Pact team members as they debate the better date: a thrifty one or an extravagant one.

**The Not-So-Perfect Connections**  
Matching 5,000+ students at each campus is bound to lead to at least a couple duds.

**Dealbreaker or No Dealbreaker: Partner Politics**  
Do we care if our significant others match our political beliefs? If so, how much?

**Bright Lights in the Quarantine Sky: Kyra and Alden**  
Although they’re not dating, Alden and Kyra have each found a best friend in the other. And a great story.

**From Instagram to the Polls: Do We Really Care About Voting?**  
Generation Z is far more meaningfully engaged in political discourse than the generations that precede us (or so we’d like you to think).

**When Meeting the Parents Turns Into a Six Month Stay: Shan and Cristina**  
When Stanford students Shan and Cristina were unable to return to COVID due to campus. their spring break trip to Shan's house simply didn’t end.