And People Say Term II is Boring…

By: Paige Kleinfelder '14



This weekend has been a string of awesome events that I need to share. Friday night after creating signs for A Capella Weekend I got together with friends to do homework (I know, that’s not exciting, but stay with me). I soon decided to see what my friends were doing in Towers. Most of them were just watching movies but I convinced two of my friends to search for people to do something else with. We managed to round up five people to play Taboo. It was probably too late at night to play Taboo and give reasonable clues, but we managed. A few pieces of pizza, lots of excitedly screamed answers, and dozens of categories later we wrapped up the game but weren’t ready to call it a night. So after sitting around and talking, four of us headed over to Perry to make t-shirts for Relay for Life. I eventually decided to leave, but as I walked back to Columbia, I heard a strange noise coming from the bushes at the back of Emerson Hall. I paused for a moment and tried to see what was there. Then I saw it: the black and white face, the fluffy tail; I was staring directly back at a skunk. As I assume most people would do, I backed up and walked as fast as possible to my dorm. I blame my curiosity on the warm weather that prompted my hope that it would be an adorable bunny.

Saturday, much like Friday, started out kind of slow: breakfast followed by homework. However, later in the afternoon my Grandparents arrived to visit and take me to dinner. We headed over to Corning to do a little shopping and grab dinner. I was on a mission to find chalkboard paint for my studio, because I, like most little kids, have the desire to draw on the walls. We finally found it and then went to The Gaffer Grill and Tap Room for dinner.

When I got back to campus I rushed to get ready for the Relay for Life. I didn’t know what to expect but it turned out to be a really fun (but also long) night. The original plan was to stay for a few hours. Then my sleep deprived mind decided that I should just stay all night. The team I was on, “Sporting” the Fight Against Cancer, walked around together all looking awesome with our matching baseball uniform style t-shirts, shorts, and knee socks. Our t-shirts were each dedicated to someone in our lives who was affected by cancer. Between walking (or rather dancing) around and watching different performances, we made a quick run to get Taboo. Our four teams of players sat in a tight circle trying to hear the clues over the music. The Joshes dominated the game with their uncanny ability to guess the correct word with two word clues. Kerri and Kelsey came in a close second. Katie and I came in third, due to my extreme use of words that were not allowed. And Brie and Ryan, two first time players of, came in an admirable last. 1/2 Time, the five guy band from EC, began playing so we grabbed some candy to wake us up and resumed our laps around the gym.

Sadly, I didn’t last the entire night and I headed back to Columbia for some much needed sleep which was rudely interrupted by my alarm clock going off at 8:30 reminding me that I had to be ready for breakfast in half an hour. So, of course, I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep again, barely waking up with enough time to throw clothes on, brush my teeth, and run downstairs to meet my grandparents for breakfast. We went to Light’s Bake Shop just a few blocks from campus. (For anyone who hasn’t eaten there, it is a quaint change from the weekend breakfast at our dining hall). After breakfast and saying good bye, I immediately went back to sleep for another two hours. I decided that I had to finally get up to do some homework before the Columbia dorm meeting (which turned out to be a “Un-Birthday Party” with presents and cake).

Now I am sitting in my friend’s room waiting to go to dinner and then to see the movie How Do You Know in Gibson with a group of friends. This weekend has felt like an entire month compressed into a weekend. I am still exhausted, but it was definitely one of the best weekends I have had here at college.