College Clips

By Meg Walsh

Published Feb. 13, 2007

Student, professor relationships not prohibited by Texas Tech

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, students dating professors at Texas Tech University do not need to beware. Texas Tech does not have a policy explicitly forbidding professors from dating students attending the university.

But the university does not allow a professor to date a student currently enrolled in his or her class.

Vice Provost Liz Hall-Burns said the relationships are those of adults, and because it is a relationship between adults, the university cannot prevent it from happening.

Junior Kristen Goade said she believes the relationship's circumstances determine whether it is acceptable.

"If you met the professor outside of school it would be one thing," Goade said. "Because I don't know of anybody who would meet somebody and be like 'Hi, I'm a professor at Tech,' they aren't really going to advertise that."

— The Daily Toreador (Texas Tech University)

Rutgers professor creates real-life 'Love Calculator'

The possibility for success in a romantic union could decrease after each relationship failure, according to a professor at Rutgers University's Camden campus. These results were found when he applied a statistical theory to romance.

Psychology professor Sean Duffy conducted a casual, unscientific study with 10 friends and applied statistics of succession to the number of relationships each individual had been involved in.

On average, each person had been in seven relationships for at least seven months, and statistical theory gave each person in this range an 88 percent chance that their next relationship would fail and a 12 percent rate of success.

Duffy remains positive about the results. According to the law of succession statistics, the percent rate of success will never hit zero, he said in a prepared statement.

— The Daily Targum (Rutgers University)

Ball State adopts kosher menu for Passover

In the past, Jewish students could consume very few foods from dining halls during Passover, said Hilary Gordon, vice president of Hillel, Ball State University's Jewish student organization.

But starting this year, Jewish students will be able to choose from a variety of foods during Passover. Last year, BSU Dining tried to provide kosher-style meals, but, the meals contained bread, which isn't allowed during Passover, Gordon said.

Passover, a major Jewish holiday, is the week of remembrance for when the Jews escaped Egypt.

Certain food ingredients must be avoided during this week, including leavening, which helps make bread rise.

Gordon said Orthodox Jews follow kosher dietary laws all year round, while other Jews might follow them on a less-strict basis, such as only during Passover.

— The Daily News (Ball State University)