Rebecca Keay / The Daily Campus
Perkins Chapel on SMU Campus hosts more than 150 weddings per year, about one-third of those weddings are SMU students or alumni, but not undergraduates.
Perkins Chapel on SMU Campus hosts more than 150 weddings per year, about one-third of those weddings are SMU students or alumni, but not undergraduates. (Rebecca Keay / The Daily Campus)
On Saturday afternoons, it is a common sight on the boulevard. As students head to the library or rush to meet up with friends, a married pair triumphantly emerges from Perkins Chapel. Many students stop to watch as the bride and groom take their first steps as a married couple.
With a popular wedding venue on campus, it is no wonder that women attending college just to find a husband is a stereotype that pervades SMU.
“You hear the jokes all of the time,” said freshman student Laura Buckley. “‘She is here to marry someone rich-to get her ‘Mrs.’