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Students Go Digital In Valentine Date Search

"It's neat if you get matched with one of your friends. Otherwise, I never really gave it a second thought," said Steven J. Kruckzek '01. "It's amusing."

And some of those who have already been visited by cupid say they are not too enthusiastic about digital matchmaking.

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"I haven't done it and I probably won't do it. I just don't have any motivation," said Molly T. MacKean '02. "I'm dating someone. I'd be more inclined if I were single."

Datamatch ran from 1997 to 1999, but not in 2000.

Jinger Y. Zhao '04, the leader of the project, started to update Datamatch's questions and revamp the website in December.

This year, more complex algorithms prevent a student with popular responses from appearing on too many lists, said Scott A. Golder '03, HCS president.

"It's really gratifying to see the team do something cool," Golder said. "And we can do it at no cost. If it's free, more people will participate."

The Undergraduate Council is a co-sponsor of Datamatch.

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