2008 Woodie Awards
Juggling Love and College
Sophia Koshmer
Issue date: 11/11/05 Section: Life & Times
With the end of the semester approaching too quickly, it is a wonder how the many college couples in existence can keep up. What with finals, major requirements, Spring Registration, work, homework, projects, deadlines and the list goes on, there is often great difficulty as students struggle to get everything done before the term is indeed terminated.
Throughout our college years we will struggle with many of these things and with finding some kind of balance; a college life equilibrium perhaps, that allows us to find the time to be a million places at once is the ultimate goal. However, the impraticality of this leads us to question many things, including; how do you juggle keeping you love alive with the responsibilities and demands of college life.
Sarah Morris, a junior at Rollins says of her relationship with Socrates Perez, a sophomore here as well, that one must set aside time for each other instead of having quick meeting such as grabbing lunch. Socrates added that due to both of their background, studying is priority for them and they have things done when they are supposed to be regardless of the time spent together, most of the time.
But they also add that there are times when they have not been able to spend enough time together, that they will put off a school responsibility to make time for their relationship. When asked what they would recommend for couples on this particular subject they included also that it helps to have classes at different times so that when one is in class, the other is able to do any homework that needs to be done and vise versa so that things are done beforehand.
They added that having a class in common or even just working on homework together without being in the same class helps to get in time for both, especially with how difficult it can get to prioritize at this point in the year.
Sophomore Sarah Mills, a theatre major here at Rollins, said of her relationship of four years with Alan Himes, a student at Full Sail, that "you must prioritize and decide what's more important at the time, your grades, college activities or your relationships and give whichever that many be the majority of your time while still giving each thing efficient time."
Throughout our college years we will struggle with many of these things and with finding some kind of balance; a college life equilibrium perhaps, that allows us to find the time to be a million places at once is the ultimate goal. However, the impraticality of this leads us to question many things, including; how do you juggle keeping you love alive with the responsibilities and demands of college life.
Sarah Morris, a junior at Rollins says of her relationship with Socrates Perez, a sophomore here as well, that one must set aside time for each other instead of having quick meeting such as grabbing lunch. Socrates added that due to both of their background, studying is priority for them and they have things done when they are supposed to be regardless of the time spent together, most of the time.
But they also add that there are times when they have not been able to spend enough time together, that they will put off a school responsibility to make time for their relationship. When asked what they would recommend for couples on this particular subject they included also that it helps to have classes at different times so that when one is in class, the other is able to do any homework that needs to be done and vise versa so that things are done beforehand.
They added that having a class in common or even just working on homework together without being in the same class helps to get in time for both, especially with how difficult it can get to prioritize at this point in the year.
Sophomore Sarah Mills, a theatre major here at Rollins, said of her relationship of four years with Alan Himes, a student at Full Sail, that "you must prioritize and decide what's more important at the time, your grades, college activities or your relationships and give whichever that many be the majority of your time while still giving each thing efficient time."