{"id":359549,"date":"2026-07-03T04:30:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T04:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/359549\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T04:30:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T04:30:35","slug":"youre-not-a-gold-digger-youre-an-entrepreneur-the-daily-texan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/359549\/","title":{"rendered":"You\u2019re not a gold digger, you\u2019re an entrepreneur! \u2013 The Daily Texan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"You\u2019re<\/a> <\/p>\n

The summertime can be a costly season, with vacations and a new wardrobe to handle the blistering Texas heat, on top of the many other expenses college students must already deal with. So, how do we relieve some of this financial pressure off of ourselves?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dates.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure if there\u2019s something in the pollen that makes people more eager to go on dates during the warmer months of the year, but I\u2019ve gone on multiple dates recently \u2014 and I paid nothing. Dinners, groceries, knick-knacks for my apartment, all handed to me as if I were a princess choosing a suitor worthy of my hand in marriage. But guess what? You don\u2019t have to give anything back.<\/p>\n

It may sound manipulative, but it\u2019s not like I\u2019m asking these men to give me all these wonderful gifts. I\u2019m simply accepting their gratitude.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s kind of obviously mutual,\u201d neuroscience senior Sri Suri said. \u201cIt\u2019s not like you\u2019re forcing someone to take you out on a date. You\u2019re not holding them hostage. So, I feel like it\u2019s not as much of an ethical dilemma as people say.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jorge\u2019s list of most eligible majors\u00a0<\/p>\n

Anyone in the STEM field. Their internship payouts are usually fabulous, but get used to AI talk.\u00a0
\nBusiness. They have the most potential after college, and they\u2019re obsessed with showing off.\u00a0
\nCommunication fields. Most men I\u2019ve met here come from a high-income household. That\u2019s why they get to study communications.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Date prep also finds itself exhausting at times. You have to worry about a nice outfit, boring conversations about their major and maintaining this facade of interest the entire time, but the question is \u2026 would you rather spend an hour shift in retail or getting ready for a fancy dinner?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe date itself takes time out of your schedule,\u201d Suri said. \u201cYou have constant communication. \u2026 I\u2019m one of those people where it is kinda hard to text somebody back.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, no free dinner is worth putting yourself at risk, and making sure that you\u2019ll be safe throughout the situation is vital to reap the benefits of this business model.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll usually use apps like Life360<\/a> to share my location with my friends and update them regularly on how the date is going and if any changes have been made to the plans. I\u2019ve also set up a system where I\u2019ll make a friend call me if plans go awry, and I\u2019ll usually say something along the lines of,\u00a0 \u201cOh my gosh! My best friend just got dumped. I have to go!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

You also don\u2019t have to converse with men at death\u2019s door to get this sort of treatment. In fact, a 2009 study found that 49% of UT students came from families earning $100,000 or more per year, according to the Texas Observer<\/a>. Of course, we should be wary of different financial circumstances and realize everybody\u2019s bank accounts look different, but if someone were offering you a free Caniac Combo? Or a free ticket to see Addison Rae \u2014 yes, that really happened to me \u2014 why not say yes?<\/p>\n

There\u2019s potential to become the CEO of your own financial destiny right here on the Forty Acres. Still, it\u2019s important to set your boundaries and acknowledge that you have the power to fire anyone when they\u2019re no longer serving in the best interest of your business.<\/p>\n

Espinoza is a journalism and rhetoric and writing senior from Laredo, Texas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The summertime can be a costly season, with vacations and a new wardrobe to handle the blistering Texas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359550,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-359549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}