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by Karen Kroesche and Nancy Neukirchner
All female students majoring
in liberal arts, business or edu
cation at Texas A&M are really
working on an M.R.S. degree.
They are enrolled in this institu
tion of higher learning for one
purpose and one purpose only
— to get a ring on their finger
and a man by their side.
So the story goes.
The pre-wed myth is a sensi
tive subject on the A&M cam
pus. It’s rare to find anyone, ei
ther guy or gal, who willingly
admits that they are actively
seeking a spouse. Yet dating
and mating are undoubtedly
popular pastimes among col
lege students, and the question
remains: Does a pre-wed pro
gram exist on this campus?
Ginger Maples, a senior com
munity health education major,
says definitely yes.
“I think it (marriage) crosses
everybody’s mind,” she says.
“Once students reach their se
nior year, they realize that they
are going to be out of college
and that at one point in their life
they have to settle down and
have a stable life. And they’re
going to wonder who it’s going
to be with.
“I think probably everybody
goes through that fear,” she
adds.
Maples has no immediate
plans for her left ring finger, but
says she has friends who fit the
stereotypical image of the hus
band-hunter perfectly.
Giving an example, she says
one of her pals, who is tying the
knot right after graduation in
December, has always been
preoccupied with thoughts of
marriage.
Maples says her friend reads
Bride’s magazine, has always
talked about wedding plans,
and has known what kind of
dresses her bridesmaids will
wear — even before she had
bridesmaids. She doesn’t have
any major career plans for the
future, but instead opts for the
traditional homemaker role.
“A guy I’m dating asked her,
‘What are you doing to do
when you get out of school?’
and she said ‘Do you want to
know the truth? I want to have a
kid,”’Maples relates.
But Maples says her friend is
probably the exception rather
than the rule.
“I think most of the girls here
at A&M, since it’s such a diffi
cult school to get into, are the
type who make really good
grades and want a career first, ”
she says. “They’re not so con
cerned with getting married. ”
The prevailing notion among
students of both the male and
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