Evolution of a female university student

By Edwin MakicheAdmission to university conjures up visions of a place of plenty, a haven of unlimited freedom and, at the end of it all, a dream career.

But those who have passed through these institutions will tell you that there is more to university life than the supposed glamour.

Due to peer pressure, some end up doing things they never dreamt of, such as the church youth leader in the village who ends up becoming a drug addict.

For women especially, it is a life of self-discovery and experimentation. Each academic year ushers in a new experience, right from being code-named ‘gold’ in the first year to being called ‘archive’ in the fourth year.

Second years

Like Form Two students in high school, second years are the notorious lot in campus. They feel that they are the bona fide members of the university and it is this lot that often agitates for ‘rights’.

For the women, everything changes from the style of dressing to speaking style and the kind of friends they hang out with. The skirt gets shorter and the back is revealed more. They begin experimenting with alcohol and other drugs which they eventually become hooked to.

Coming to class late is now the norm and her revealed body parts are a constant distraction to classmates, especially male students and lecturers.

She starts skipping lectures since she is too busy attending other engagements. To fight off the competition by ‘freshers’, she casts her net wider and shuns the campus men. Dating a woman at this stage is a headache since they are very competitive, getting advances from lecturers, senior students and sugar daddies.

According to Judy, a fourth year student, the second year has the highest number of players. This is when one discovers the power of luscious looks and education. You often hear them brag that they are dating the ‘working class’.

Lecturers, bankers, businessmen, doctors and other professionals run after them. Many lead lavish lifestyles and no weekend finds them in school.

They are taken out in sleek cars by the sugar daddies. By the end of the second year most are either pregnant or have aborted.Third years

This is where you find the highest number of ‘desperate housewives’. The young woman has been to hell and back; fought with another over a man, been impregnated and ditched and so forth.

According to John, a student at a local university, a third year woman is stable and good material for a wife. But few men have time for them.

Their stories are too well known: The number of guys they dated in the first year, when they got pregnant etc. They also have a couple of haters, the men they shunned in the previous years, who keep scaring away prospective ‘investors’ with their sordid stories.

Those who are already in relationships are very obsessive. To keep her man from going after a ‘fresher’, she monitors all his movements and ensures that he is always by her side.

Some resort to desperate measures like moving into the man’s room or doing his laundry. The length of the skirt at this stage does not matter since her anatomy is now too well known.

Those who have been ditched while away their time in campus joints waiting for an ‘investor’ to get attracted. Others move on and dedicate their time to the Lord and books. The more determined run after the first year

males who are only too willing to accommodate them.

It is this group that has the highest number of feminists. You often hear them talking about how men are beasts. Fourth years

There is very little to talk about a fourth year women. They seem like a forgotten lot and their hostels are referred to as ‘archives’. They have no interest in what is happening in campus but focus on their future: Job and maybe a family.

It dawns on some that they will soon leave campus without a husband. By now all the good men have been taken.

They take their studies seriously and attend various conferences and lectures to enrich their CVs. Some will be keen to get pregnant since it would force the man to commit to a lasting relationship.