Is eating at the dining hall considered a date?

Technically he did pay for my meal

What could be more romantic than the combined smells of egg rolls, Sbarro’s pizza, and a slight hint of cleaning products?

Not much to the common college scholar.

So is this dining hall experience considered a date?

Ariel & Niles

Niles and Ariel enjoying a lovely 3-star Graham dinner

Niles and Ariel say no way, “On a date I like to dress up and look nice, I’m not going to dress up for the dining hall!”

Even dining hall workers can feel the love

Next, I asked freshman Sydney Hughes if she agreed, “I think the dining hall isĀ considered a date. We’re college students on a very tight budget. If it’s just you and your significant other eating, it’s a date!”

Annie & Pepe

Annie pictured double fisting ice cream cones

Couple Annie and Pepe both agreed that it’s not a date, “We go to eat here everyday, it’s better to go somewhere special on a date.”

When’s the wedding?

Jules has a unique outlook saying, “The dining hall is considered a date… well, at least private dining.”

So, the next time a guy asks if you want to sit inĀ private dining, you know what he’s implying…

So Syracuse students, take your lover somewhere a little more special than the dining hall… or at least reserve a table in private dining.

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