Check-in time!
It’s about halfway through the semester at this point, and everyone’s favorite time of year: flu, prelim, and snow season. With daylight savings now behind us and the sun setting as early as 5:00 p.m. each day, the lack of Vitamin D can really get to a person. So make sure to keep yourself busy and not fall into that Ithaca-winter funk!
The cold weather can definitely be a deterrent for getting up and out of the library or dorm in the morning, but just because the temperature dropped doesn’t mean that activity on campus did too. Fun in Collegetown and the Commons can be a great source of evening and weekend entertainment, but it's important not to forget about the variety of on-campus activities too. Galas, concerts, fundraisers, round-tables, game nights, and more are happening at all hours of the day all over Cornell, never more than a fifteen-minute walk from your location.
A lot of students tend not to think about these types of events until they themselves have to sell tickets for the ones hosted by their own clubs. In reality, our campus is constantly teeming with activity. If any of you have had to advertise for your organization in the past, you know how difficult it can be to harass group chats and friends in order to muster up enough attendance for an adequate crowd at your concert, show, or other type of gathering. Thus, having more student participation in on-campus showcases would benefit all parties involved — those hosting the event, and the students who get to enjoy the experience by attending.
So, next Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Thursday, or whatever day of the week where you find yourself without plans or in need of a good study break, I encourage you to go out and explore what our university has to offer. You won’t regret making the extra trek to central campus, and I guarantee that most students would be happy to return the favor when an event of your own rolls around.
Googling, in this case, doesn’t always reap the best results, so to discover these great opportunities for getting out in spite of the cold weather, here are a few helpful resources that you can turn to, besides word-of-mouth from friends and people that you know:
- Denice A. Cassaro
- Posters
Get out, support your fellow students, and get a taste of the wide range of events that our campus has to offer!
(For example, this Friday there will be a spider exhibit at Mann Library... if you're interested.)
