This is a story from September 2006, but worth repeating because (1) it helps support this valuable dating tip of not dating college students with misguided causes and (2) it features a local college student whose misguided cause landed him coveted mockery on The Daily Show.
Binghamton University student Aaron Akaberi became a Rastafarian in the summer of 2006 and decided to follow the Rastafarian diet called ital. This posed a problem for the returning sophomore: Binghamton University requires that all students living on campus have a university meal plan, but the school, like many (most) schools, does not have a Rastafarian dining hall, so what was the Rastafarian to do? Despite Sodexho's willingness to prepare food within ital's requirements, Akaberi felt they wouldn't keep their word, and so he decided to go on a hunger strike in support of his Rastafarianism - or so he said.
It turns out Aaron's real beef was with the mandatory meal plan. If he had made this his cause from the beginning, he might have gotten much more support and much less mockery. You don't want your boo to end up on The Daily Show, so ensure as soon as possible that any dating prospect who has a cause has clear motivation, logical complaints, and a desired outcome. It wouldn't hurt if he or she could articulate one or all of these things.
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