0 9 0 0 0 6B Wednesday, October 3, 2012 // The Statement Wednesay, Otober 01231 the leaders and the worst by zach bergson and kaitlin williams LEADERS a week of daily stories * A drug dealer in Pennsylvania s named his brand ofheroin LeBron (James, but chances are you can't get high enough to help you dunk, according to Buzzfeed. Justin Beiber almost gained some rock star cred when he puked onstage. Then he tweeted "Milk was a bad choice! Lol." and we remembered he was a man- child. The UGLi is now open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Expect an in flux of posts from U of M on Asian- ssleepinginthelibrary.tumblr.com. Breitenbach also emphasized that committed relationships tack on yet another responsibility to the already overextended schedule of a typical col- lege student. "Relationships are quite mentally straining, and when you're trying to grad- uate, especially from Michigan, you have all these kind of other stresses - you have to get a good GPA, you have to do all this extra work - you kind of want to die some- times," she said. The preponderance of the double standard Despite the advancements young women have made toward sexual empow- erment, Aubrey argues that "old-fashioned patriarchy" has continued to prevail in a culture largely based on sexual objectifica- tion. According to Aubrey, in a party context women are more likely to be evaluated by their appearances than men, whereas men are more likely to be evaluated on other attributes: resources, access, social con- nections or financial means. While out at a bar one night, Cronin said she was approached by a man who groped her breasts. Clearly violated, she inquired what possessed him to engage in such an inappropriate manner. "He was like 'Well, didn't you want me to? That's why you were wearing that shirt,' " she recalled. "That's the kind of stuff that I hate." In a study, Aubrey analyzed televi- sion shows to see how sexual experiences and their consequences were distributed among females and males. She found that female characters received negative pen- alties for their behaviors more often than males. "Hooking up is portrayed in a less con- flicting way for men than it is for-women," Aubrey said. "Women are definitely shown hooking up, but there is a variation on the emotional outcome of that for women ver- sus men." But despite the enduring stereotype that females have an inherent tendency to develop feelings in the wake of a hookup, Breitenbach said she more often experi- ences the opposite. She cited a former relationship attempt as evidence. "He was totally gung-ho about it, and then I was like, 'Oh, I'm not interested in you at all,' " she said. "He wanted to take it from being hook-up buddies to being a relationship, and I was just not into it." Til death do us part? But what about marriage? Is this cul- ture - marked by the conflict between the physical and the emotional - just a titil- lating means of keeping marriage on the backburner? Or is the institution slowly becoming obsolete? In a study from the Pew Research Center, 39 percent of Gen Yers claimed they believed marriage had become an archaic practice. Only 30 percent consid- er marriage to be a top priority in their lives. Additionally, data shows 22 percent of individuals ages 19 to 29 are married. This number is down from 29 percent in 1997. In her November 2011 Atlantic piece "All The Single Ladies," Kate Bolick paints a portrait of the American wom- an's undulating perspectives on mar- riage, amplified in the wake of vast economic gains. "As women have climbed ever higher, men have been falling behind," she writes in the article. "We've arrived at the top of the staircase, finally ready to start our lives, only to discover a cavernous room at the tail end of a party, most of the men gone already, some having never shown up - and those who remain are leering by the cheese table, or are, you know, the ones you don't want to go out with." LSA senior Charlotte Myers's experi- ence growingup as the daughter of a single, working mother struggling to raise three children has made her skeptical toward wedlock. "I just want to do things for myself," Myers said. "If things work out that I get married or have kids or something, then that's fine too. But it's not in my plan for life." LSA senior Erin Reed, whose father walked out on her when she was three months old, said she would like to get married someday, but is doubtful of the ability to find a partner who will fully commit. "I definitely think that I'm more cau- tious in that situation and in the qualities that I would need to see in another per- son," Reed said. "My number one is com- mitment." Despite contradictory feelings toward marriage and mounting skepticism toward monogamous institutions, many students haven't completely foregone the desire to tie the knot. "There's a big part of me that's like, 'OK, marriage is this antiquated ritual.' But then there's the part of me that's grown up in America, that looks at my parents' wedding photos and their fabu- lous wedding, and thinks, 'Man, I really do want that really beautiful white dress,' " Cohen, the woman in the open relation- ship, said. "Being in an open relationship is just great. You have all of the security and the support and the love that you have in a traditional, monogamous relationship. But you also have the freedom to go out on Friday night with your friends, and if you end up making out with some frat guy, you don't have to break up over it." -Music, Theatre & Dance Senior Laura Cohen Cronin, the woman who describes her- self as "in-between," said she also antici- pates marrying someday. "I think eventually I'd like to get mar- ried," Cronin said with a smile. "Probably when I'm, like, 40, though. Because I've got to get my career going first." University students gathered in the Diag Wednesday for a vigil spon- sored by the Sikh Student Association in honor of the victims of the Wis- consin Sikh Gurudrwara shooting in August. Seth MacFarlane is host- ing the 2013 Oscars, but we're still holding out for the dream duo of Clint East- wood and an empty chair. 15 .. T ES S * Lady Gaga smoked marijuana Betches love this Umversity. Well, at onstage in Amsterdam, inadvertently @ least Greek Life and everything asso- launching what couldbe the most suc- ciated therein. cessful anti-drug campain the world has seen. WORST No. 419: Yes, putting the header on your eight-page paper counts as an accomplishment. No. 420: 1 was going to make this rule about marijuana, but then 1 lost all motivation... THE rules No. 421: The "W" on your transcript does not stand for "Win." The Michigan men's soccer team beat Ohio State 3-2 after a last- minute overtime goal by freshman defender Jack Brown launched a free kick 60 yards into the Buckeyes' net.