Before the mid-semester crush, you may still have time to go out and enjoy the “I am a college student with no homework” phase. The first question to be answered is: Where do I go? There are the single vs. not-so-single places to go. You can go to the movies with a significant other or you can go with the girls (or guys) to a bar to meet some new friends. I would choose the latter and go out with the girls. Once the first question is answered the second decision is what to wear, but that is a whole other column.

If you choose to hit the bar scene, you may have inadvertently become the subject of this column: Why exactly do women go to bars?

Some women go to boost their self-confidence; others are looking for boyfriend material. There are even women at the bars looking for sex and, believe it or not, some go just to have a good time. Why not have a one-night stand? You have no homework to go home and do (please remember to practice safe sex).

There are many types of women you could possibly encounter at bars, just as there are numerous types of men to flirt with. Most women would agree that men are dogs, but I beg to differ, some men just have not quite matured yet.

Those women who go out to boost their self-esteem by treating men badly and the women who go out with one thought on their mind create a bad name for women like me. My friends and I go out to have a genuine good time.

Personally, I don?t classify a good time as having men hanging all over me and grinding on me on the dance floor. I am a firm believer in personal space on the dance floor.

Men, take this single piece of advice: Women find it much more attractive if you look them in the eyes while dancing instead of humping them like the neighbor?s dog. A man who can look me in the eye and have a conversation, although we may be shouting to be heard over the music, always scores much higher in my book than the man who lurks over to me and begins dancing on me without even acknowledging me.

If you are interested in a woman the traditional way, buying her a drink usually works, but in this day and age of date rape drugs it?s best to order her drink while she is with you. Many men, especially the nice ones, do not think of this because they are the good ones, but women must never let their guard down while out on the town.

I will admit that not everyone in a bar deserves a bad wrap. Think about it ? you are in the bar too. Does that make you a bad person? Of course not, you just want to have a little fun.

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