2008 Woodie Awards
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By Andrea Joy Berends
Issue date: 11/6/07 Section: Lifestyle
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Carolyn Scott, '10, said she met her boyfriend through substance-free housing.
"I'd say for the most part [dating] at Lehigh seems to happen in a party scene, but I don't really try to branch out to social situations where there's drinking," Scott said.
Scott said she and her boyfriend spend a lot of time hanging out with their mutual friends.
"I think there are a lot of Lehigh people dating other Lehigh people," she said.
But not all relationships are sturdy.
"I do think that the vast majority of relationships are hook-up based," Chase Philpotts, '09, said, "but there are definitely some more substantial ones."
Overall, students seem to agree that there is a difference between a casual fling and a college relationship.
"If I particularly like a girl, I'll try to get them out of the typical college atmosphere and take them out to dinner or something," Philpotts said.
He also said living on the Hill offers different opportunities for relationships.
"We have a social environment that throws us into situations that let you start every night looking for a hook up," Philpotts said.
However, Philpotts said most of the brothers in his Theta Chi fraternity house do have steady girlfriends.
Dino Altomare, '09, maintains a long-distance relationship. Altomare said he and his girlfriend, who goes to school almost two hours away, have been together for over four years.
"The most romantic thing I've ever done for her was buy her a star in the sky through the star registry so that we could always both see it no matter where we are," he said.
At Lehigh, some say they think romance takes a back seat in relationships because of demanding academics or social obligations.
"Lehigh guys just aren't romantic enough, in my opinion" said Mike Kohn, the owner of Patti's Petals Inc. florist on Third Street.
