Courtesy of Kim FeenyIt is a typical Tuesday night for most of the girls living on the Cabrini College campus. Walking into Susan Moraca’s dorm room in New Residence Hall, four girls gather around the television to watch the most anticipated shows of the week, “One Tree Hill” followed by “The Real World” and “Laguna Beach.” All of these shows have one theme in common, love. They all deal with relationships between men and women.
Most of the characters in these shows all involve themselves in romantic affairs. During each commercial break, the girls converse about the drama going on in the show, focusing mainly on who is dating who and how cute certain characters are together. They relate what is going on in the shows to their own personal lives.
One girl says, “I wish I could find a love like that here at Cabrini. It would be so cute. Another girl laughs and says, “Good luck with that one. The guys on this campus can be difficult when it comes to relationships. It seems like sometimes they take advantage of the girl-to-guy ratio.”
Is a person’s wish to find love at Cabrini College Campus out of reach?
Kim Feeny, a sophomore psychology and communication major, does not think so. Kim met her boyfriend John Kolesnick, also a sophomore, during her freshman year on campus when they shared classes together. “Most students that say they can’t find love on this campus are probably looking too hard for that perfect person. Love is something that will find you, not something you go searching for,” Feeny said.
While there are a few couples at Cabrini, there are many people who have boyfriends or girlfriends off- campus.
Chris Leeds, a junior English major, has been dating his girlfriend off-campus for five months and believes he is better off dating someone who does not go to Cabrini.
“With Cabrini being such a small campus people tend to get themselves involved in your business and sometimes interfere with your relationship. I don’t see distance as a problem in my relationship because we are able to communicate on the phone and through the internet. It is nice to have something to come home too,” Leeds said.
The majority of the Cabrini campus consists of single people. Why is that? Are they not going to the right places to mingle with the other singles?
Jay Radka, a sophomore English major, believes it is their choice to be single. “Most college students do not come to college looking for love. They come to have a good time,” Radka said.
Most people in college think the only way to meet people is by going to parties. Surprisingly, most students don’t realize that they probably have more in common with someone sitting next to them in one of their classes than they do with the person trying to flirt with them at the apartments on a Thursday night.
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