Spring Break
Farewell, fair-weather friends
By: Tracey Wallace
Issue date: 5/5/09 Section: Opinion
Much like our aviating friends, many Aggies, and college students in general, abandon their semi-permanent nests for far more pleasant weather elsewhere. Be that in the form of internships, beaches, Europe or just a two-month long home stay, the collegiate gods are smiling down on all who pack up and jet off. With everyone gone, the more courageous, more dedicated and the just plain lazy portion of the student body can take full advantage of the College Station of the old days.
Much like Six Flags on a Tuesday afternoon, life moves more slowly: lines are short, traffic nonexistent, parking superb. The food tastes better, the tea is sweeter, the ride as a whole is just plain exhilarating we get to enjoy it every single time. Overpopulation has disappeared, and without a war, a natural disaster or a widespread pandemic, it's a miracle of religious magnitude - right here in College Station.
Sure, school still continues, rent is still due and HEB will still run out of water smack dab in the middle of June, but it's all worth it.
After all, it's only the few, the great, who are privileged enough to experience the true glory that our alma mater's surrounding culture can ultimately provide.
We summer survivors will catch you on the flip side, my migratory friends. For now, you won't be missed.
Much like Six Flags on a Tuesday afternoon, life moves more slowly: lines are short, traffic nonexistent, parking superb. The food tastes better, the tea is sweeter, the ride as a whole is just plain exhilarating we get to enjoy it every single time. Overpopulation has disappeared, and without a war, a natural disaster or a widespread pandemic, it's a miracle of religious magnitude - right here in College Station.
Sure, school still continues, rent is still due and HEB will still run out of water smack dab in the middle of June, but it's all worth it.
After all, it's only the few, the great, who are privileged enough to experience the true glory that our alma mater's surrounding culture can ultimately provide.
We summer survivors will catch you on the flip side, my migratory friends. For now, you won't be missed.
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