Every year on Thanksgiving, my family and friends sit around the dining room table filled with a giant roasted turkey, homemade stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes with marshmallows melted on top, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin and apple pies. We join hands and acknowledge everything we’ve been blessed with— we give thanks, just like tradition tells us to do. But what if we aren’t always thankful? Yes, we have our family, our friends, delicious food on the table, and a roof over our heads, but we also have those things that make us feel not-so-lucky. So what are BC students not thankful for this year?
Too many stairs on campus
We’re thankful for the hills and the beautiful views of the city that our campus gives us, but we’re not thankful for all of those stairs. They make getting from Lower to Main to Upper Campus a constant workout and most of us would prefer not to arrive to class sweaty every day. Luckily, we collegiettes™ now have 10 Easy Ways to avoid the stairs, thanks to Kelsey Damassa!
The fall concert, oh wait…
Every year, students look forward to BC’s back-to-school festivities. The annual fall concert is the perfect way to bring the student body together and celebrate the start of a new academic year. So who performed at our concert this year? Unfortunately, no one did. We were all sad to discover the fall concert had been cancelled for this year.
A snowy Halloween
I always love to see the excitement on students’ faces the first time it snows each year. But I must say, this year, the snow came a little too early. It wasn’t too much fun when our first snow storm came on Halloween weekend— not just snow, but frozen rain too. It was exactly what we needed to put a damper on our nights and spoil the hard work that went into planning our costumes. Although we weren’t thankful for a snowy Halloween, Mother Nature couldn’t stop us from celebrating anyway.
Midterms after Notre Dame weekend
This past weekend was one of the biggest of the year. Tons of BC students road-tripped in their rented RV’s to Notre Dame to support our football team and, who are we kidding, to party too! And it came at the perfect time— right before Thanksgiving break. But don’t get too excited for that break just yet— the Monday and Tuesday between Notre Dame weekend and Thanksgiving break are heavy exam days. So while students tried to leave academics back in Chestnut Hill this past weekend, most had to hit the books sometime during the 14-hour trip to and from South Bend.
Exams and assignments due the day after Thanksgiving break
I don’t know what’s worse— those midterms after Notre Dame weekend, or exams and papers due the day after Thanksgiving break. As soon as we finish our midterm exams, exhausted, we immediately find ourselves bombarded with even more work. It just never ends. So remember: while you’re home for Thanksgiving, don’t sleep in too late and take a break from stuffing your faces with turkey to write that paper or catch up on all the reading you have before your exam on Monday.
Flu Season
To top it all off, we’re in the middle of flu season. Everywhere we go, we’re surrounded with runny noses, sore throats, used tissues, and hacking coughs. Some of us can’t find the energy to get out of bed, some find themselves in the infirmary every other day, and others ignore their symptoms and go out into the world to spread their sickness to everyone around them. Whether you’ve got the full-blown flu, a common cold, bronchitis, or strep throat, it’s clear flu season is all around us. Do yourselves a favor— get some sleep, stay warm, drink lots of tea, and you’ll make your lives a whole lot easier.
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