To the Editor:
I have an idea for an article for the College Voice, which we read with interest when it arrives in the mail.
My son is currently a junior at Conn, and I probably wouldn’t dare write to you with this suggestion if he were on campus this semester. But he isn’t. And with Valentine’s Day just around the corner, this seems like a timely topic.
It seems to me as a casual observer that there is more dating and there are more boyfriend-girlfriend relationships at Connecticut College than on some other college campuses.
Friends of mine with children at the University of Notre Dame, Williams, Colgate, and Hamilton have complained to me that there is little “serious” dating on those campuses, and that the students seem to usually travel in packs, not in twos. Their parental viewpoint is that their sons and daughters are interested in finding someone to connect to in a romantic relationship, but it just isn’t that common or easy to do at their schools. It seems to me that a number of my son’s friends are in committed emotional romantic relationships at Conn. This is somewhat unique. I don’t know how you would go about proving or disproving this hypothesis, but if it is true, I think the students are fortunate and that the school should use it as a marketing tool.
Sincerely,
A parent
