ULV students show creativity in hooking up

by Erin Zabarnick
Staff Writer

Soon after enrolling at the University of La Verne most people find themselves wanting some sort of a relationship, whether it be going out on dates, trying to find that perfect someone or more likely than not finding that casual hook-up.

Problem! The University is known for being a small school consisting of about 1,400 undergraduate students and while that might be a benefit most of the time, it isn’t when it comes to dating.

For the straight crowd, the girl-to-guy ratio at ULV is about a 2-to-1 ratio of women to men. Not as big as one might think, but still not as good of a selection for the women.

“I think La Verne selection is great and so do a lot of other guys,” said Dan Holbrook, freshman athletic training major.

Now, women don’t you worry too much. There are still plenty of guys at ULV who are worth dating.

But with hooking up in any small school comes the lack of privacy, increased rumors and lack of selection, causing some students to look elsewhere for potential mates.

“I’ve hooked up with people at La Verne and people have found out about it.” said Michelle Hu, freshman speech communications major. “You can keep your stuff on the DL (down low) it all just depends on who you’re getting with.”

But still, there are lots of people on campus who are still willing to hook-up or date someone from La Verne.

“People are definitely looking for partners. It just depends on who you’re dating and whether or not your info gets out,” said Morgan Dobis, freshman journalism major.

“It is possible to experience life at La Verne if you are a good guy into having a good time,” Holbrook said “But if you want to go around with lots of girls, you will definitely get a bad reputation. You just can’t do a lot of casual hookups around La Verne.”

He said this drives guys to seek dating outside of La Verne.

“It’s too small of a school to have a bad reputation and rumors start way too quickly,” Holbrook said.

“You really can’t date two people at once, here at La Verne,” Dobis said.

“In normal relationships you live your daily life and go home to your respective houses,” freshman business major Pat Mattola said.

“Dating on campus has the negative of seeing that same face over and over until you just get tired of it. But the benefit is that it is so easy to just go up stairs and lay with someone and be comforted.”

In addition to those obstacles comes living in the dorms.

“This is everybody’s house,” Dobis said. “You have your own room but it’s not private unless you make it that way.”

“Starting a relationship with a person a floor below you is nerve racking. They see you at your worst and at your best,” Hu said.

“Having them so conveniently available to you can be very distracting toward school work and other activities.”

“Reputation at La Verne is huge and so it is complicated to start a relationship because it is such a small school and drama is so big,” Mattola said. “You see that person everyday and gossip is what thrives at La Verne.”

Now comes sex. When and where can you do it?

Some students have been locked out of their room, rocked to sleep at night, and others endure a constant banging on the walls. “I’ve had to wait five hours outside of my room, and I fell asleep while my roommate was getting some,” said Joe Camacho, freshman and criminology major.

“I’ve been woken up a good many times with the bed creaking,” said Greg Delong, sophomore liberal studies major.

Joe Lovallo, sophomore communications major said, “I have respect for my roommate’s privacy to a certain extent. I don’t like having to sit out at late hours of the night.”

“You have to get creative when you want to get busy,” Hu said.

The students at La Verne certainly do. To respect the privacy of their roommate, students say they do it in the dorm room showers, the backseat of the car, some rent hotel rooms, but the most shocking is the church pews. Rumors has it that people at La Verne were getting so down and dirty that a sex game was invented. Having sex at different places on campus were given a certain number of points. For example the the library was worth 200 points and the 50-yard line 300. The person with the most points was the sex god and got a night out on the town from the others involved in the game.

Students in La Verne will continue to hook up, no longer willing to control their animal urges.

The overall standing on dating in La Verne is keep your business quiet, respect your roommate and have fun during the process.

“If you’re a person who cares about what people say or think then La Verne is not the place for you. La Verne is the place for the confident elite,” Mattola said.