The other evening, the sisters of Columbia's Sigma Delta Tau sorority gathered to hear a speaker who could figure very prominently in their futures: matchmaker Janis Spindel, of Janis Spindel Serious Matchmaking and 365 Proven Ways to Find Love in Less Than a Year. Why, did the lovely ladies need some help learning how to attract the fine male specimens of Columbia University? Yes, it turns out!

Janis Spindel hosts "intimate dinners" with groups of 16 men and 16 women that function as a sort of communal blind date. At $200 a pop, she's got another major revenue stream to add to her one-on-one matchmaking, for which she charges $10,000. It's basically like going to a party where you don't know anyone and then competing with strangers for the most desirable person in the room. Sounds like Sex-and-the-City meets Lord-of-the-Flies.
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