​Only one third of singles expect to get laid on Valentine's Day -- about the same number that Facebook stalk their exes, a new study reveals.

The survey of 515 self-identified singles, conducted by Facebook dating app Areyouinterested.com, finds that 33 percent plan on winding up in bed on what's marketed as the most commercialized romantic day of the year. (Gross.)

Apparently, singles are not deterred by blind dates -- 74 percent would totally meet up with a stranger "indicating singles are not intimidated by the romantic pressure the holiday typically brings."

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Hundreds of college students gathered at Union Square Thursday for a mass walkout in tandem with Occupy Wall Street's Day of Action to deliver an urgent message for the establishment that keeps them drowning in debt and without jobs upon graduation.

Collegians from NYU, CUNY, The New School, The Julliard School, among other local institutions, gathered at 3 p.m. near the north end of the park to protest increased tuition rates and debt, while also tackling discrimination and diversity (or the lack thereof) on college campuses nationwide.

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Not an Ivy League grad

​If you pay close attention, you'll notice that the New York Times is more or less a newspaper about getting your kids into an Ivy League school. The paper's knows their audience, so they host Q&As with important deans, devote entire blogs to the admissions process (with a grave name: The Choice) and report on dubious trends meant to stress out children and their parents alike. So it's no surprise, really, that today's edition of the paper has an entirely laughable article about a specific essay prompt on last Saturday's SAT. As in, not even all the kids who took the SAT last Saturday had the same question. "SAT's Reality TV Essay Stumps Some" is what the Times calls it, and the thrust of the piece comes from posters on a message board called College Confidential. Goddamn nerds.

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​Do "the twenty-somethings" care more about sex, food or getting a pat on the head? A "compliment or a good grade on a paper" is what they really want, according to a report last week in the New York Times entitled "Sex, Pizza, or Self Esteem?." Students were polled about about their various "likes" and "wants" and the results found that "compared to other activities, the difference between enjoying and wanting the activity was lowest for activities that boosted self-esteem." Does this mean all kids have an "inflated sense of self?" Actually, no. It's just our generation adapting to harder times and we shouldn't have to make any apologies for it.

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