101 Reasons to Have Sex, Blizzards and Hook-up Culture

by ARIANA CARAFFA - BOSTON COLLEGE on MARCH 14, 2013

The blizzard “Nemo” that slammed the Northeast recently not only caused an estimated 14 deaths, power outages, driving bans, flight cancellations, and structure damages – it also gave college students a new reason to have sex.

Introducing the “blizzard hook-up,” one of many new excuses students have developed to justify meaningless sexual escapades, according to Kerry Cronin, Boston College professor and expert on the college hook-up culture.

The blizzard hook-up is a result of what she considers a “crack in time” event, she said in an interview with The College Fix.

She said she uncovered this new trend by talking with students who attend a variety of different colleges – public, private, secular and religious. Students now look to certain events and holidays to find an excuse for a random hook-up without reason, thought, or consequence, she said.

“You can sort of get away with it, and you don’t have to be responsible for it, because it’s considered a crack in time,” she explained.

Additional hook-ups that students have coined as a result of “crack in time” events, Cronin said, include the “snow day” hook-up, the “New Year’s Eve” hook-up, the “St. Patrick’s Day” hook-up, the “Marathon Monday” hook-up, and the “hurricane” hook-up – in honor of 2012 Hurricane Sandy – the hook-up that sparked Cronin’s interest in “crack in time” hook-ups.

Read more at College Fix.