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Love in t-h<s fast- lane
r s the pressure to succeed in and out of class leaving students date deprived?
By Carrie Pierce
THE BATTALION
Eight o’clock class, exam, work, meeting,
iaper, project, studying and sleep. That, in a nut-
|hell, is a normal day for many college students,
seems as if in between school, organizations
ind jobs. Aggies aren’t finding much time to
late. Are our most frequent dates with our biol-
igy books at Sweet Eugene’s?
Laura Sansom, a senior marketing major,
tas 26 kids and a husband. No, she’s not mar
ked, and the kids aren’t really hers - she’s a
ish Camp co-chair. With 26 counselors and a
o-chair partner to keep up with, Sansom has
itepped out of the dating pool for the time being.
“During spring semester, because I was a
hristian Business Leaders executive, a Fish
amp co-chair and in upper-level business
:lasses, 1 didn’t have any spare time that
'asn’t devoted to my camp,” Sansom said.
Sansom said there is pressure to be
Involved at A&M, but that there is also a
itereotype of getting engaged senior year
ind married right after graduation.
“If I had someone to date, I probably
ould make time,” Sansom said. “You
lave to learn how to time manage. You
lon’t go on lots of real dates; instead, you
itudy together.”
The best way to not have your grades
luffer when you are in a relationship is to
late someone who studies a lot, Sansom said,
he beginning of a relationship is hard, she said,
ecause you want to spend a lot of time together.
Casey Ho, a junior biomedical engineering
ajor, said time management is key in balanc-
|ing dating with school. Freshman year. Ho and
is girlfriend broke up because she said he didn’t
[have enough time to see her. Ho was taking 18
hours, pledging a fraternity and was involved in
the Vietnamese American Student Association
and the Asian American Association.
“Once you mature, you learn how to time man
age,” Ho said. “Time management is being able
to assess your day into what needs to be done,
and when you should do it.”
Taylor Gilley, a senior marketing major, said
pressure in other areas of college life keeps her
from pursuing relationships.
“If there were more hours in the day, 1 would
pursue relationships,” Gilley said.
Gilley once had a relationship not progress due
to lack of time.
“Organizations are so selective that once you
are in one you have this feeling of wanting to
devote all your time to it,” Gilley
said.
Gilley is an
MSC Hos
pitality
Exec-
Students who are too busy don’t get enough
sleep, and therefore get irritable, which affects
their relationships, he said.
“Students must build in time to relax and reju
venate,” Stachowiak said.
Having time to let stress melt is important to
build into a week’s schedule, he said.
John Huffman, a senior finance major,
and Elizabeth Jones, a
senior communica
tions major,
have
utive, a
Fish Camp
counselor and a
member of SAIFD,
the floral design club.
Ted Stachowiak, associate direc
tor of Student Counseling Services, said lots of
A&M students face the challenge of balancing
everything there is to do at A&M.
“It’s a struggle for students to figure out how to
juggle things,” Stachowiak said. “It’s easy to get
overloaded. It’s important not to let things slide.”
Gracie Arenas • THE BATTALION
been helping each other melt the stress for 11
months while making good grades and being
involved at A&M. They -met a year ago when
they became MSC Hospitality Executives.
Huffman has also been a Ross Volunteer and
now serves as Corps Commander along with
preparing for law school and applying for a
Rhodes Scholarship, in which he is one of two
A&M nominees. Jones is chair of MSC Fall
Leadership Conference, a Reveille Ball Execu
tive, Miss Aggieland, on the student advisory
board for the Bonfire Dedication Ceremony and
has a part-time job. Between all of this, howev
er, Huffman and Jones have managed to make
time to have a healthy, committed relationship.
They agree it’s not always easy and takes a lot
of love.
“The major challenge is we both have a lot of
time commitments,” Huffman said. “Elizabeth
reminds me that when we do spend time together,
it’s quality time.”
Jones stressed that it’s about the quality, not
the quantity. Even five minutes a day is good,
Jones said.
Huffman said planning is a big part of a
quality relationship, too. The couple plans
time when they can cook dinner together,
watch TV and do their separate tasks at
the same place, Jones said.
“A big part is confidence in the other
person,” Jones said. “We recognize each
other’s commitments.”
Jones said there are always glitches in
the system, just like in any other relationship.
“In the beginning, as soon as he made
. Corps Commander, 1 didn’t understand
the commitment involved and I got frus
trated,” Jones said. “Now I’ve realized what
it is. You must be as supportive as possible. I
can’t forget how much I wanted him to get it.”
Huffman agreed that it’s important to be
supportive of one another and have good com
munication. He suggests to men that if you
don’t have a lot of time to spend together, make
sure to listen to your girlfriend when you are
together. Jones said that both people must keep
themselves balanced for the relationship to suc
ceed.
“Being in love is taking a risk,” she said. “You
must have faith in each other.”
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