Too soon, too boring

SHANEM. EVANS WEB EDITOR SME722@CABRINI EDU

To many college students, spring break is a time for fun and relaxation. It is a time to go home to hang out with the family, and most importantly to see friends, but not for Cabrini College students.

Our week offis strategically placed from Feb. 24 to March 6. Aglorious time when not one other college or university has off. In other words, we are all coming home to spend a nice week with our parents.

Idon’tknow about all of you readers, particularly students out there, but that doesn’texactly make me look forward to coming home for a week.

In my personal situation, I came home to a house with no one in it. The sister, Dayna, is in New York being a smarty-pants at NYU. The mom, Stephanie, is in southern New Jersey spending quality time with her boyfriend.

That leaves me all alone in my house, not to mention my town. Now this is obviously just in my case, but everyone can relate with the friend portion.

If it weren’t for my two close friends who go to Cabrini, which I’m lucky to have, and my two friends who commute to community college, I’d be 100 percent alone.

That would of course call for drastic measures.

Now, I asked around a little bit to see if there really was a reason that we are taking our spring break in what is still obviously winter. It even snowed while writing this little ditty. No oneItalked to really had an answer as to why our break is so early. Just Cabrini being Cabrini, I guess.

With the break nearing it’s conclusion, I can’t exactly say the time I spent at home was well spent. I did about five loads of laundry, played about 30 hours of Playstation and did plenty of sleeping.

Obviously,my time that week was relaxing and more or less, stress free, but when I am set free to leave the campus for a week, I want to be able to spend that quality time with the people I love and care about who I haven’t seen since Christmas time.

Two of my closest friends go to school three hours away, which is a tad far to drive in the middle of the week when they have classes the next day.Oh, and they have off the week after we do.

I’m not asking for much here. But it is quite obvious by now what I’m after. Just push the break back a week or two so I’m not condemned to a week alone full of incessant moaning and excessive video game playing.

Friends are great and the time spent with them is quite valuable, especially now that they are all dispersed across the area at school. Unfortunately for us Cavaliers, this break may seem like a waste because we weren’t able to spend it with those we care about.

the house and it will protect the house from being destroyed by a flood again. The little that we did manage to do was put a smile on someone’s face. Our work was greatly appreciated.

During the five days that I spent in Gilbert, I learned that the people in West Virginia are proud of the little that they have. They still manage to share a smile with strangers despite living in unpleasant conditions. The people in Gilbert are somewhat cut-off from the rest of the world. One can be forgiven for making acomparison to people living in avillage in a developing country.

It was difficult to get cell phone service. I had no choice but to keep my cell phone off. While in Gilbert, I unwillingly

B 0102 gave up television and radio as the most popular form of communication.

However, West Virginia has two sides to it. Driving in the streets, one will see beautiful houses. Next to them were rundown houses. There is wealth in West Virginia but it’s not well distributed. Not everybody manages to make a living from the coal mine which has been the traditional form of manual labor in the state.

Ihad the best spring break ever. Although I did not spend my break in a mansion, I can now live with myself knowing that I managed to put a smile on someone’s face and made a difference. The trip was also a great eye opener as well a great learn- ing experience. West Virginia’s slogan is “Wild and wonderful,” we were not wild but the trip was wonderful. The trip made me understand what the less unfortunate go through. It also taught me to be satisfied with the little that I have. Most importantly I learned that every little bit does count. We can all make a difference. I feel that I am now able to put a face to human suffering.

Hands up to Cabrini College for organizing trips like this. Most importantly, hands up to all Cabrini students who were willing to take part in the trip.