By Allie O’Connor. There is a lot that goes into the foundation and maintenance of a relationship. Whether young couples are connected after a fairytale meet-cute, a mutual swipe, or an email from the Marriage Pact, each individual brings into the relationship their opinions, values, dreams, and biases. But how…

By Allie O’Connor. Graphic by Gabi Restrepo. Marriage Pact has matched 250,000+ people to date, with more and more pairings made each week. While many students hit the lottery and go on to date their match for a year or longer (!), not every couple can be a winner. Whether…

By Eden Gibson. Rochester sophomores Abby and Andrea weren’t expecting much when they popped open the Marriage Pact survey last winter. …

By Eden Gibson. Graphic by Gabi Restrepo. Relationship science isn’t easy. In forming any close bond — whether a friendship or romantic partnership — each party brings their strengths and weaknesses, their faults and foibles, and their unique needs and desires to the table. …

By Eden Gibson. Graphics by Kelsey Wang. NYU seniors Maxwell and Melia were separated by two continents and over 11,000 miles when their names popped up in each other’s inboxes last February. Though on different campuses — Melia in Abu Dhabi and Maxwell in New York — the two quickly…

By Allie O’Connor. As an outsider looking in, it’s not always easy to tell when a friendship is the real deal. However, when talking with Lydia and Jordan, everything about them indicated as much. …

By Allie O’Connor. Graphics by Kelsey Wang. Even on smaller campuses, students come from far and wide. They run the physical gamut of home countries and states, as well as the less tangible ones of interests, hobbies, backgrounds, and values. With the majority of Tufts students coming from out of…

By Eden Gibson If your goal is to date your bestie, you could take some pointers from Northeastern fourth-years Britney and Jeffrey. As I chat with them about the Marriage Pact match that brought them together, their comfort with each other is obvious: the way they lean on each other’s…

By Eden Gibson Finding love in college is already difficult. But it’s even trickier on a small, rural campus in the middle of a village with only 4,000 residents. …