Snow Day!

By: Emily Oshinskie '14

Since both my Child and Adolescent Psych and Freshman Writing classes were cancelled today….I thought I’d take the opportunity to write an overdue blog! Monday mornings are usually the least desired part of anyone’s week, but after I checked my e-mail and realized I had no classes I started to drift into the melodies of the Rascal Flatts, Jack Johnson and Ingrid Michaelson, embracing Mondays mornings. I have officially survived my first week back at EC since our February midterm break. It was a long week and lots of work to do but also really great to catch up with friends. It’s amazing how quickly a week of vacation goes by, yet half way through the week you realize you miss EC and your friends and can’t wait to go back!
On Friday night my friends and I headed to Macs to check out the Wax Hands and Bamboo Sculptures. We stood in line and waited for our hands to be dipped into wax and mold our hands into various different shapes. You could either do a peace sign, “I Love You” in sign language, “Star Trek”/alien hand hand, or any other shape that you could get your hand out of the mold without breaking it.


Saturday night we got our Elmira fan gear on and headed to the Murray Athletic Center (aka: The Domes) for the Men’s ECAC West Hockey Championship! The game was packed and the energy was at an all time high! No. 1 Elmira College vs. No. 2 Neumann University….bring it! Besides EC students and faculty, a lot of people from the community come out to watch the EC Men’s hockey games. Every attempt at goal was followed by a loud sigh or “OHHHHH!” of the crowd. The adrenaline was pumping through my body as every fan subconsciously leaned forward, physically and emotionally engaged in the intense action of the game. When EC scored, fans screamed, whistled, ecstatically jump up and down, hugged each other, chest bumped….one fan even rang his purple and gold cow bell……hey, there’s something for everyone. In the last few minutes of the game, EC scored two goals on Neumann. When the final buzzer rang, everyone screamed and shouted and the men’s hockey team all celebrated….here’s a picture, in case you missed the sweaty huddle of hockey players.