Tuesday, March 01, 2005
Being Married Isn’t Easy…Especially at Calvin
Being a college student is tough, especially with the added responsibilities of being married. And while there are many sources of support for the average undergraduate students at Calvin, the same can not be said about those undergraduate students that choose to get married. The atmosphere at Calvin toward married students is pessimistic and isolating. Calvin prohibits these couples from living on campus, adding to the stress of being both a student and married; these students are made to feel ostracized, with virtually no support from the Calvin Community. Other colleges of similar size provide support and housing for their married students, help the students to save money and energy on their housing and focus more on their schooling, and isolate them from the rest of the Calvin community, Calvin could learn from these other schools and do so much more to support their married undergraduates.