Southwestern College Collegian

Issue date: 3/12/08 Section: Personal Column

At this time next week, some of us will be relaxing by the beach. Or at home. Or vacationing with friends. Unfortunately, at this time next year, we won't be gearing up for Spring Break, or a break of any sort. We will be working. In fact, we probably won't get to have a day off until we work every day for 52 weeks. Gone are the days of month-long Christmas vacations, Fall Breaks, and Spring Breaks. We'll be lucky to have snow days, and we're probably about to have the last "Reading Day" we'll ever experience. If there is a snow day, we'll have to work, covering the story. As seniors, we're going to miss these days. The days of searching for the good food in the cafeteria. Days of always having the convenient option of the cafeteria. Days of saying hello to everyone you pass as you walk to class. Days of racing up those wondrous 77 steps in order to get to class on time. Cheers to the other 53 seniors who started here at Southwestern in the fall of 2004 and have been here for four consecutive years. And for those of you actually graduating this May, big congratulations. We might be a small number, but we are mighty. We survived the very first Builder Camp together. That was quite an experience in itself. We watched the 77 steps turn from something unsightly into something quite picturesque. We won the first Stau Bau competition. We've had four years of building the mound together. We've seen professors go and have had new faculty join our family. The women's basketball team played at the national tournament this morning. The men's cross country team is now looking toward its 29th consecutive conference championship. The mound was renovated. The communication division was re-hauled. But these are just some things that affect us. Many other good things happened during our tenure here. Monica I heard someone say the other day that it's not a game if there's no chance of winning. And no, this wasn't said about a sporting event. It was said about a class that I'm taking called Reacting to Culture. One night last week, I actually lost sleep. I lay in bed that night wondering if, when, and how I was going to be killed off the next day. What other school has this experience? And speaking of games, I think I spent as many nights in Stewart Field House as I did in the basement of Christy writing about the games. I loved going to games early and watching the teams warm up. It's my favorite part of sporting events here. Odd, I know. Drew In the class division, I think "Creativity in the Arts" takes the cake for me. This is the cornerstone of inventive classes we are able to take here at Southwestern. Where else would you have the option of taking revolving door sections of Archery, Tinker-Toy-Technology, Pottery, Improvisational Acting or Beginning Band throughout one semester? And how about those "Money" and "Drugs" courses? I hear they are quite the experience as well. You know what my favorite part my days on this hill have been though? It can be summed up in four words: Breakfast and Bingo Night. There's nothing quite like that night, and it's my favorite of all our campus events. The air of anticipation is delicious, not to mention that breakfast is my favorite meal of the day. Almost everyone on campus is there. You can't afford to miss it. We pack the cafeteria out, standing room only, gather around the tables as StuFu passes out the bingo boards, and we play to win. That's what Southwestern does. We play, and run, to win. Back to working together now Another thing. If we pay that $50 fee to keep our laptop, does this package include the Jinx Tale? Because we enjoy a good read from Sara Weinert in the morning. Every morning. Is there a $60 package that would include these? We should look into this option now so we can have it in place come May. We can see ourselves coming back in the future for things like homecoming, the basketball slam-dunk contest, and maybe grabbing a cup of that delicious hot cider at SC Christmas in December. It's the people here who make this place a place to come back to. This is Drew Logsdon and Monica Springer. Good day. Drew Logsdon is a senior majoring in communcation. You may e-mail him at drew.logsdon@sckans.edu. Monica.springer is a senior majoring in journalism. You may e-mail her at monica.springer@sckans.edu.

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