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Spring 2017 Spring 2017 1 DOUBLE TAP PAGE 19 SEE PAGE 3 INSIDE LOVE AT FIRST SWIPE #InstaLove PAGE 10 2 THE TEASE Spring 2017 Layout and Graphics Editor Sophia Naves INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Assistant Photo Editor Victoria Newell Copy Editor Rachel Tellez Editorial Assistant Brittney Luckey Staff Writers Kahelia Smellie Eva Patyi Rachel Tellez Paris Razor Kuajuan Moore Abigail Solórzano Eliane Hernandez “Foodie” Paula Beauchamps browsing her Wine & Dine app for a new restaurant to check out. Swany Fernandez Photography by Kaitlyn Parotti. Staff Photographers Abigail Solorzano Jazmin Brown DOUBLE TAP: BUCS Go Viral Pg. 19 Anastasia Zharova Kaitlyn Parotti Victoria Newell Contributing Writers BUCCANNeER staff BUCCANNeER Destiny Ricks Girlari Rivera Brandie Morvan Javerious Gilmore Faculty Adviser Tiffani Knowles The Buccaneer welcomes student contributions. Editors assign stories for pay at this time. Letters to the editor, story ideas, news releases, photos and artwork can be submitted to The Buccaneer of- ce in Garner Hall or through campus mail, or email. All contributed material must include the signature and the mailbox or telephone number of the contributor. The Buccaneer reserves the right to edit letters and guest columns for style and length. Contributed material does not necessarily re ect the opinions and policies of The Bucca- neer editorial sta or those of Barry University. Keep up to date with Barry Men’s golf team on twitter hosted by team member, Juan Yumar. Photography by Kaitlyn Parotti. Spring 2017 News 3 INSTANT GRATIFICATION AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT CASUAL SEX In a 2015 Vogue article, "Tinder and OF THE SWIPE AND THE the Dawn of the 'Dating Apocalypse'," INSTANT GRATIFICATION writer Nancy Jo Sales interviewed twen- LOVE tysomethings in large cities about their Tinder experiences. OF CASUAL SEX. When asked to describe the use of the Tinder app, one of the respondents stated: “You’re always sort of prowling. You According to social psychologist Pro- ly find someone to connect with. I didn’t could talk to two or three girls at a bar fessor Harry Reis of University of Roch- want to hook-up with someone but to AT and pick the best one, or you can swipe a ester, Tinder allows virtual ‘shopping’ for genuinely find someone that I actually couple hundred people a day the sample your next mate. However, this method like spending time with,” she said. size is so much larger," a male said. also makes it easy for a user to go ‘ghost’ She said she started off as someone "It’s setting up two or three Tinder (abruptly stopping messaging the previous who wasn't the type to swipe based on dates a week and, chances are, sleeping match) then try again, as there are hun- looks; however, as she got the hang of with all of them, so you could rack up FIRST dreds of more options to choose from. Tinder, she realized she hardly read the 100 girls you’ve slept within a year.” While Tinder has expanded the dating personal descriptions. One female Tinder user lamented pool outside of friend groups and univer- She stated that she became so ob- about the culture of Tinder. sities, some could argue that this ‘shop- sessed with the action of swiping that “There is no dating. There’s no rela- ping mentality’ has, one, caused users to the only thing that caught her attention tionships… they’re rare. You can have begin objectifying others by way of a sin- in that split second was the image of a a fling that could last like seven, eight gle picture and, two, increased our need handsome male. months and you could never actually call Kahelia Smellie for instant gratification with casual sex. The unexpected happened when she someone your ‘boyfriend.’ [Hooking up] decided to meet up with a match at a STAFF WRITER is a lot easier. No one gets hurt—well, bar in Wynwood and, from the moment SPEED SWIPING not on the surface,” she said. For instance, the phenomenon of he sat down, she said she was instantly Six matches, three dates and now Barry student John* agrees that it has ‘speed swiping’ is common in Tinder bored of him. you're nursing a lukewarm beer, pon- become easier for students to use Tinder dating where you swipe quickly through "He seemed so narcissistic, he only dering how you even got here. Was it for casual hook-ups. a catalog of Tinder profiles until that talked about his looks and how he was the first swipe or was it the first generic ‘Females also use Tinder for casu- one picture catches your attention then an Abercrombie and Fitch model and he hi? Or was it the fact that your last date al sex, not only men. So the casual sex you try to decipher their personality was in other various photoshoots he had only wanted to have sex with you, so you goes both ways. There are more options based on that solitary picture. done and who he had met,” she said. quickly accepted this quick meet up at to find hook-ups on Tinder once there is Regardless of their description, it is While she knew he was a model based the bar around the corner to boost your an agreement between the two parties,” the picture which gives us pause -- the on his Tinder personal description, she ego? he said. “Based on the connection, you picture of the ‘ideal’ mate with whom we said she wasn’t expecting his image to be Tinder, since its release in September choose either to have a casual relation- want other people to see us. the only talking point of their conversa- 2012, has allowed about 50 million us- ship or have a serious relationship.” Tinder users “would rather judge 50 tion. Then, it got worse. ers to find dates by either swiping right When asked if he still communicates pictures in two minutes than spend 50 “He took out a Ziploc bag containing for 'like' or swiping left for 'reject.' There with the females he had casual sex with, minutes assessing one potential partner,” drugs right at the table and asked me if have been about 1.4 billion swipes since he replied "some but not all." wrote Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic in his I wanted some. I slapped a $20 bill on 2012. Whilst the creation of Tinder was article, "The Tinder effect: psychology the table and got out so fast, I was basi- While it was supposed to pick up meant for making dating easier it has un- of dating in the technosexual era." cally running to my car," she said. "I left where Match or E-Harmony left off, intentionally perpetuated the culture of Virtual dating has far more to do with him there at the table and blocked him as Tinder has became ever popular among casual hook-ups, instant gratification and the ‘optics’ than in years past. No talking, soon as I got home.” college students, perpetuating the "hook- an endless cycle of image selection, re- no listening, just staring at physical features. Mary’s story reveals important behav- up" culture. sulting in ‘shopping’ for a partner where One uses a singular image to achieve the iors which Tinder has caused people to For students, it's often much easier to the price is whether or not the person in most number of likes and then one judges develop. swipe right and match up with another reality meets our 'optic' standards or our their potential significant other based sole- By using Tinder daily, Mary’s idea of user to engage in consensual casual sex 'booty' standards. ly on their physical features. dating became morphed. than swallowing your pride and initiating For instance, take Barry student Not only had she become shallow in a conversation with the ‘hot’ girl or boy *Names have been changed to protect respon- Mary*, an avid Tinder user who hoped objectifying the men she was swiping for, over drinks at a frat party or at the club. dent's identity. to find someone to date. she also began objectifying herself, hop- At 48 percent, Tinder users between “I downloaded Tinder because I ing that her pictures would also be able the ages of 18-24 were the app's highest wanted to meet new people and hopeful- to catch the attention of someone. users as of 2015. 4 News Spring 2017 IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU BARRY’S LATEST CRIMES AND PUBLIC SAFETY’S THOUGHTS Girlari Rivera But they did steal my roommate’s cam- taken other new, innovative measures to When she returned to her office at CONTRIBUTING WRITER era which was like a grand,” said Moril- enhance student’s safety. 4:30 p.m., texts on her phone from lo-Delerme. “There’s a free phone app that came American Express read that there had According to Barry's Public Safe- out over a year ago called Rave Guard- been a fraud on her credit cards. ty website, approximately 80 robberies ian. It includes features such as a “Panic “I thought to myself, that’s silly. Then have transpired in the past two years. Button” that immediately connects you I looked into my wallet and my cards Investigator of the Public Safety De- to Public Safety in times of danger. It were gone,” she said. partment Doug Ressler said his depart- even has GPS location so they’ll know Charges made included more than ment installed 57 new cameras all over exactly where to find you," he said. "I $550 worth of items at Winn-Dixie and campus during the 2016 winter break.

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