www.thepeninsulaqatar.com CAMPUS | 3 HEALTH & FITNESS | 10 ENTERTAINMENT | 12 PEC organises Healthy eating Karan and Bipasha Annual Drama during the Holy open to working Galore Month of Ramadan together WEDNESDAY 1 JUNE 2016 Email: [email protected] thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar NEW TREND LIVING WITH PARENTS P | 4-5 For the first time in modern history, living with parents has overtaken other living arrangements for 18 to 34-year-olds, according to a report. WEDNESDAY 1 JUNE 2016 | 03 CAMPUS PEC organises Annual Drama Galore drama evening was held Otho, noble guests Business Manag- ful performance of kindergarten, the English Skit By Boys’ Wing, “Mind your at Pakistan Education Cen- er from British council Zoheb Khaja epic drama based on the famous “Lit- Language”; a comedy skit where an tre (PEC) to explore the ar- graced the occasion. Besides, all the tle Red Riding Hood”. EFL teacher teaches English to mul- Atistic side of the young art- vice-principals, HM KG Wing, Head of Junior Wing presented their en- ti lingual and multi ethnic group of ists of the centre in the Annual Drama ACD, teachers, students of PEC as well actment on an English play; Shake- students, an exuberant and breath- Galore. as the parents attended the event. speare’s Hamlet. The incredible young taking performance. Next alluring en- It is significant to mention that this The event was titled as ‘The Drama performers really held everyone cap- actment was based on one of the vibrant event, a brainchild of Principal Galore. ‘The students from KG up to tive throughout the play. most popular English play; “Dr. Faus- Nargis Raza Otho is a yearly feature Grade XI were involved in performing Urdu Drama by Girls’ Wing “Ak- tus”. The students of Boys’ Wing pre- of our school which is organised chief- various dramas and cultural segments, bari and Asghari” the two well-known sented the final performance of the ly to discover the artistic potential of to narrate the stories and to perform characters of Deputy Nazir Ahmed’s evening culminating with breath young PECIANS. in the plays that were really clapped. renowned novel, “Mirratul Arooss” holding enactment on an Urdu Play, Chief Guest Madam Nargis Raza The evening started with a mirth- came up next. It was followed by an “Chacha Chhakkan in PEC.” NU-Q presents Latin Honors to students orthwestern University in Qa- designated as cum laude. tar (NU-Q) has announced “Each of these students compiled an that six of its graduating stu- enviable record of academic achieve- Ndents from the class of 2016 ment in their designated major and in have received Latin Honors, which humanities and social science cours- are awarded to students who have es across the curriculum. They have achieved the highest academic hon- achieved excellence in formal course ours. The class valedictorian and high- work and by completing research est ranked student, Layan Amin Ab- projects and demonstrating proficien- dul Shkoor, was accorded summa cum cy in journalistic writing, strategic com- laude. Receiving magna cum laude munication, and/or film studies,” said recognition were Syed Owais Ali and Everette E. Dennis, dean and CEO at Tamador Mohammed AlSulaiti. NU-Q. “These students represent a ris- Northwestern graduated its largest 2016 achieved academic honors by be- Three graduates, Alya Hilal Ahmed ing trajectory of academic perform- class on May 1 with 41 students repre- ing named to the Dean’s List between Al Harthy, James Thomas Copplestone ance in a school that gets more com- senting 14 countries. In addition to Lat- five and seven times during their time Farmer, and Malak Ahmed Monir were petitive each year,” said the dean. in Honors, ten students in the Class of at NU-Q. 04 | WEDNESDAY 1 JUNE 2016 COVER STORY Young people moving back to live with parents ing to a Pew Research Center report released last week. Since 1880, when the In 2014, 32.1 percent of young Census Bureau started adults lived in their parents’ homes, keeping track, the most edging out all other living arrange- ments, including marriage or cohabita- common arrangement tion, living alone, or living as single par- for young people was ents or with roommates. to live with a spouse The change is fuelled by a steep decline in the portion of young Amer- or significant other. icans settling down romantically over That peaked in 1960, the past 50 years. when 62 percent of 18 Since 1880, when the Census Bu- reau started keeping track, the most to 34-year-olds did so. common arrangement for young peo- Now, that number has ple was to live with a spouse or signifi- cant other. That peaked in 1960, when fallen by half, with just 62 percent of 18 to 34-year-olds did 31.6 percent living with a so. Now, that number has fallen by half, romantic partner. with just 31.6 percent living with a ro- mantic partner. Along the way, the median age of first marriage has risen steadily, from a “For the first time, instead, what we student debt and daunting barriers to By Tara Bahrampour 1956 low of 20 for women and 22 for see is they’re not focused on family renting or owning a home, creating ob- The Washington Post men to 27 for women and 29 for men and forming a household.” Rather, they stacles to cohabitation and marriage. in 2014. are more likely to be tending to stud- The trend is led by young men, “For earlier generations of young ies and work, hoping to earn and save whose fortunes have been declining Americans, one of the major activities enough to move out on their own. since the 1960s. While they have al- or the first time in modern histo- that they were focused on was part- A big reason is a decline in econom- ways lived with their parents in great- ry, living with parents has over- nering, forming a new family, maybe ic opportunities. As the cost of living er numbers than young women, this taken other living arrangements with children,” said Richard Fry, the has escalated and wages have stag- setup became the dominant living ar- Ffor 18 to 34-year-olds, accord- study’s author. nated, young people face mounting rangement for them in 2009. WEDNESDAY 1 JUNE 2016 | 05 COVER STORY travel, so moving to her mother’s made sense. Still, she feels hesitant. “There was something of like, ‘I have a full-time job, I should be able to live on my own,” she said. “Ideally [living with her mother] wouldn’t be the case, but realistically this is our best option.” The study found that people with lower education levels are more like- ly to be living with their parents rath- er than with romantic partners, while more highly educated young people are more likely to live with romantic partners. That does not surprise Cohen. “Marriage has declined faster for peo- ple with low levels of education, and that has a lot to do with their ability to attain the kind of economic security to make them feel able to settle down and be excited to do so.” For them, cohabitation is not nec- essarily a one-way street, he said — it In 2014, 35 percent of young men is to be married, with maybe a kid or women’s expectations and pros- may be beneficial to the parents too, lived with parents in the US, while only two, and at that point I would not be pects, he said. “Young women really especially as middle-aged people are 28 percent lived with a spouse or part- living with my parents; I would be liv- don’t want to be dependent on a man less likely to own their homes now than ner (for young women, the percentag- ing with my wife or girlfriend and bank they’re going to marry, and also they 20 or 30 years ago. es are flipped: 29 and 35, respectively). account that I can live off of, and sub- think they might have a better selec- “The care and support flows up “For the typical young man over the stantial enough pay. No parents would tion” if they wait until their careers are and down the generations, especially last few decades the job market has be lovely.” launched, he said. They may be right: among poorer people,” he said. “Now worked against them,” Fry said. Unem- The trend toward living with par- “A large number of men say they want a it’s more likely that both generations ployed young men are more likely to ents is also more pronounced among wife who is a major financial contribu- are economically insecure and they’re live with their parents than those with minorities, the study found, with 36 tor to the household,” Cohen said. taking care of each other.” jobs, and employment among young percent of black and Hispanic youth Karla Caraballo-Torres, 25, and her The trend toward moving back men has dropped significantly in re- doing so. But even among whites, boyfriend have lived on and off with in with parents, which predates the cent decades. the change since the 1960 was stark her mother in Falls Church, Virginia, 2009 recession, has significant eco- A couple of years ago, Marshall — from 19 percent living with parents since graduating from college. They nomic and demographic implications, Taliaferro, 25, took up residence in his then to 30 percent in 2014. plan to move out of their Arlington Fry said. parents’ house in Leesburg, Virginia. Philip Cohen, a sociology profes- apartment next week and back in with People who delay starting families “I moved in with my parents be- sor at the University of Maryland, said her mother (a third roommate is also could face fertility challenges down cause I don’t really have to pay rent the study signals an important demo- moving back with his parents).