Those looking for love on Valentine’s Day have an extra chance to find a significant other this week — the University Student Activities Board Pop Fusion Committee is hosting a speed dating event Tuesday.Two sessions of the fourth annual speed dating event will be held Tuesday, one at 6 p.m. and one at 7:30 p.m., in the Student Union’s Magnolia Room.Each session lasts an hour and enables students to spend about three minutes with between 10 and 12 potential mates according to Mallory Trochesset, assistant director of Campus Life, who said the event has boasted a high success rate in past years.”With so many people in one room … you’re going to meet someone you connect with,” Trochesset said. “It’s probably that it’s an outlet for students to meet students they wouldn’t otherwise come into contact with.”Each student will be required to fill in an information sheet before the session begins, and they will be assigned numbers for anonymity, Trochesset said. After the session, students will turn in paperwork with the numbers of people who sparked an interest. Students will be contacted with their potential matches within 72 hours of the event according to Trochesset. Each session will be able to accommodate 76 students, Trochesset said. The event will have two sessions for the first time because of popular demand.”Last year we had a lot of attendants, and we actually had to turn people away,” Trochesset said. “We increased the number of sessions this year to two. Last year, they exceeded 70.”—-Contact Lindsey Meaux at [email protected]
Speed dating event to be hosted in Union
February 5, 2009