Every weekend, the streets surrounding the freshman dorms have a consistent come-and-go of cars pulling in toward where a student is waiting, bags in hand, to be picked up to go home for the weekend.
They’ll drive up to two hours home, be there for roughly 48 hours, then drive back late Sunday or early Monday to go to classes. This means that dorms are emptier over the weekend, with the traveling students’ roommates getting alone time in the room for a couple of days.
The reasons for these trips vary, but a common factor is missing some connection, whether it’s parents, friends, significant others or pets. For many freshmen, this is their first time living away from their families and it’s understandable to be homesick…