2008 Woodie Awards
College Life
Warm weather makes for good chillin'
Aubrey Roff
Issue date: 4/15/04 Section: Features
The nice weather has set in and brought with it plenty of distractions. In other words, this is the time of the year where classes and homework get in the way of college.
In the Northeast, the first two months and the last two months are the best times to be on a college campus. The weather is decent, and you're surrounded by thousands of people that are the same age as you. The warm weather is accompanied by lots of fun events. There's the spring concert, Riverfest, Greek Week, outdoor parties, and plenty of time to relax and enjoy. And those time-consuming classes and pesky assignments just don't seem as important as they did 30 degrees ago.
I'm beginning to think that most of the school year is merely an excuse for skipping classes. We spent the whole winter justifying missed classes because of the cold weather. And now that it's starting to get nice out, we take all those "personal days" that we swear we've been saving for the warm weather.
Not only can you use sunny days as a means of procrastination, but as a way of pretending as if you are doing work. Everyone's away messages will change to "doing work outside / on the porch / on the green." These textbooks, notebooks, and laptops are mere props in the scenery of springtime. No one is actually being productive. So unless you need something to prop your head on (or something to throw at your friends), don't even bother bringing any learning materials outside - you're not going to get anything done.
The other purely college aspect of warm weather is the use of indoor furniture as a patio setup. Because college students can't afford actual outdoor furniture (and there's probably some campus regulation against it), we're forced to use our institutional couches, and various mismatched furniture to sit outside. That or our comforters. Until we realize we have to eventually put them back on our beds. Ew, gross. Then there's the creative ones, who try and make the townhouses as homey as possible, complete with hammocks, screen doors, and papasan chairs. Only college.
In the Northeast, the first two months and the last two months are the best times to be on a college campus. The weather is decent, and you're surrounded by thousands of people that are the same age as you. The warm weather is accompanied by lots of fun events. There's the spring concert, Riverfest, Greek Week, outdoor parties, and plenty of time to relax and enjoy. And those time-consuming classes and pesky assignments just don't seem as important as they did 30 degrees ago.
I'm beginning to think that most of the school year is merely an excuse for skipping classes. We spent the whole winter justifying missed classes because of the cold weather. And now that it's starting to get nice out, we take all those "personal days" that we swear we've been saving for the warm weather.
Not only can you use sunny days as a means of procrastination, but as a way of pretending as if you are doing work. Everyone's away messages will change to "doing work outside / on the porch / on the green." These textbooks, notebooks, and laptops are mere props in the scenery of springtime. No one is actually being productive. So unless you need something to prop your head on (or something to throw at your friends), don't even bother bringing any learning materials outside - you're not going to get anything done.
The other purely college aspect of warm weather is the use of indoor furniture as a patio setup. Because college students can't afford actual outdoor furniture (and there's probably some campus regulation against it), we're forced to use our institutional couches, and various mismatched furniture to sit outside. That or our comforters. Until we realize we have to eventually put them back on our beds. Ew, gross. Then there's the creative ones, who try and make the townhouses as homey as possible, complete with hammocks, screen doors, and papasan chairs. Only college.