Do you think JMU deserves its title as #1 hookup school?

If you’re looking for love: good luck

Has the hook-up completely replaced romance on campus? According to a dating app called Clover, it has.

Last September, Clover released statistics attempting to rank schools in terms of their students’ sexual behavior based on data gathered from their app. One of the categories was “Wants hook-ups” with none other than James Madison University gracing the top of the list, and this news was covered by People, Total Frat Move and more.

However, this claim that JMU is the most hook-up-oriented college in the nation seems unfounded, so we decided to ask some students whether or not they thought James Madison deserves the notorious title.

Emily Hall, Sophomore, IDLS

“No, I don’t think so. I think JMU has a lot more to offer than just the idea that we are a hook-up school. I don’t really think that’s a compliment.”

Leanna Governale, Sophomore, SMAD

“A lot of people are looking for [hook-ups]. It’s the main goal of a lot of people when they go out. They have a one-track mind like, ‘I’m gonna go home with someone tonight.'”

Michael Jacob, Senior, Computer Information Systems

“I think JMU deserves the title of ‘greatest school in the world.’ I guarantee there are more hook-ups at Virginia Tech. I think the reputation comes from the fact that we have very good looking people, and people want to hate us ‘cause they ain’t us.”

Maddie Pfaff, Sophomore, Health Sciences

“I feel like it’s just a college thing. All colleges have hook-ups, so I don’t believe we’re number one.”

Melanie Farrell, Junior, WRTC

“I don’t even know where the information is coming from. What poll was made to measure this? Any school has a hook-up culture, and it’s not a super bad thing. Let people live their lives.”

Richard Carey, Freshman, Biology

“No, and I think that giving us that title glorifies hook-ups even though some of that activity is not consensual.”

Robby Smith, Senior, Psychology

“If you come to college looking to engage in partying and hook-up culture, you will find that, but there’s also a wide breadth of things to get involved with. I think it’s about where we place our priorities individually.”

Tyler Smallwood, Sophomore, Business Management

“No, not really. If it has that title, it’s because of who you’re talking to.”

Kristen Watson, Sophomore, SMAD/SCOM

“I feel like I know more people involved in casual hookups than relationships, but that’s just our age group. Not everyone is involved in that culture though.”

Muhammad Mehdi, Senior, Communication Studies

“Knowing how college culture is now, I don’t think it’s specifically JMU. That’s just how our age group approaches relationships. It’s more of a national issue.”

Alex, Sophomore, English/History

“I believe in old fashioned romance. Speaking from personal experience, I don’t see that that title fits, but judging from the Snapchat stories of my acquaintances, I would say so.”

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