Harvard seniors reflect on friendships forged with College roommates
Walburga Khumalo likes to joke that Harvard should set her up with her future husband because her College roommate of four years, Tatiana Patino, turned out to be the perfect match. Khumalo and Patino, and three other sets of roommates from the Class of 2020, first gave the Gazette a glimpse of life inside the dorms for a photo story in 2017. We recently checked back in with them. Not only were most still cohabitating up until campus was cleared in response to the coronavirus outbreak, but all remain good friends. ‘Roommates and best friends’ Walburga Khumalo, Tatiana Patino First-year roommates Tatiana Patino and Walburga Khumalo in the room they shared in Stoughton Hall in 2017. File photo by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer File photos by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer “It really was how all friendships go,” Khumalo said. “Telling each other personal stories, sharing clothes and food, living through each other’s drama, celebrating...