Not only are there so many of us, we're also intelligent. In very few other places are so many amazing Jews in such close proximity. Columbia Jews often place too much emphasis on the externals when looking for a good match. Because he's not AEPi. We tend to think that certain people would not be good matches because they are either too religious or not religious enough.
Problems arise when people try to date between their various religious groups.
These problems surfaced for many Columbians last semester, around the time of the Chanukah Ball. Many viewed this event as the JSU version of the college mixer that many of our parents often gloat about. Some students, believe it or not, did not just go to the ball to dance to the music of the live swing band. Some actually had ulterior motives - to find potential dates. After all, the ball seemed like the perfect opportunity for this - many members of Columbia's Jewish community, all gathered under one rotunda.