relationships

Learning to focus on myself post-breakup

10 October 2020 Meredith Haas

A student discusses leaving her relationship and entering the dating world amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dating, maintaining relationships during COVID-19

27 April 2020 Magdalena Becker

Temple students and a Philadelphia matchmaker discuss dating and relationships during the quarantine.

A first love: Watching it grow and fade

19 February 2019 Darci Gold

A student describes how she first fell in love when she was 18, and how it ended.

Bisexual women experience hypersexual stigma

09 October 2018 Rebekah Harding

Media portrayals enforce the idea that bisexual women are promiscous and infidelitous.

In London, finally grieving

12 September 2017 Gillian McGoldrick

A student shares what it was like to solve an internal conflict while more than 3,000 miles away.

Dating site reveals disrespectful male mentality

13 March 2012 Alexis Sachdev

Columnist Alexis Sachdev discusses an incident of gender-based disrespect. Several months ago, I assigned our Multimedia Editor Luis Rodriguez an article on DateMySchool.com, a dating site exclusively for college students. An .edu email address is

Editor exposes reasons for psuedo relationships

28 February 2012 Alexis Sachdev

In her inaugural relationship column, columnist Alexis Sachdev considers the reasons behind vague relationship statuses. It’s Friday night in a basement somewhere near North Gratz and Berks streets. Cigarette and marijuana smoke devour the oxygen,

Romance serves purpose in college

05 December 2011 Dana Ricci

In her final “Tough Love,” columnist Dana Ricci reflects on the validity and possibility of college relationships, and says “goodbye” to her readers. In many relationships, there comes a time to say goodbye. There comes

Distance deadly for relationships

19 September 2011 Dana Ricci

Dana Ricci discusses her personal woes and successes of others when it comes to long-distance relationships. Absence makes my heart want to burn your house down. Well, not really. I just have this thing with

Dorm date nights require roommate cooperation

06 May 2011 Haley Kmetz

More than 2,200 undergraduate students live in a Temple residence hall in rooms with dimensions that typically measure 11 feet 10 inches by 12 feet 6 inches. Because that room is normally shared between two