You're not on a boat yet
Stay strong 'til Spring Break
The Traveler Editorial Board
Issue date: 3/11/09 Section: Opinion
The last day of classes before Spring Break is tantalizingly close, and, knowing that, students might be inclined to wind down prematurely. Schoolwork might just strike students as slightly less appealing when the immanent prospect of a beach vacation or ski trip lures their thoughts from the task at hand.
Believe us, we understand. We had to force ourselves to write this editorial, too. Even Twitter - which just last week had us tweeting with excitement - has lost its luster. And counting The Traveler's Facebook fans now effectively serves the same function as counting sheep - whereas, two days ago, watching our fan base grow delighted us about as much as Jimmy John's.
(And, for readers who don't know him personally, our News Editor Brian Washburn has said, if Jimmy John's would only open a restaurant in our newsroom, he would happily never leave. We wish they would.)
The weather wavers, our sleep habits are never habitual and the only thing that dependably captures our attention is "I'm on a Boat."
Yep, we have spring fever - and the only prescription is more cowbell.
For some reason, though, despite the prevalent ennui we've experienced ourselves, as well as sensed around campus, professors still expect students to study for and perform well on midterms.
They even go so far as to unapologetically assign homework for the sacred break itself.
Our first instinct is to lament the assiduous professionalism of our professors, but our second - and better - impulse is to admire their sense of responsibility and strive to cultivate it in ourselves.
Spring Break is just three days away; surely, we can persevere through our few remaining classes, assignments and meetings before we can literally be on a boat.
We hope everybody else finishes the week strong, too.
Believe us, we understand. We had to force ourselves to write this editorial, too. Even Twitter - which just last week had us tweeting with excitement - has lost its luster. And counting The Traveler's Facebook fans now effectively serves the same function as counting sheep - whereas, two days ago, watching our fan base grow delighted us about as much as Jimmy John's.
(And, for readers who don't know him personally, our News Editor Brian Washburn has said, if Jimmy John's would only open a restaurant in our newsroom, he would happily never leave. We wish they would.)
The weather wavers, our sleep habits are never habitual and the only thing that dependably captures our attention is "I'm on a Boat."
Yep, we have spring fever - and the only prescription is more cowbell.
For some reason, though, despite the prevalent ennui we've experienced ourselves, as well as sensed around campus, professors still expect students to study for and perform well on midterms.
They even go so far as to unapologetically assign homework for the sacred break itself.
Our first instinct is to lament the assiduous professionalism of our professors, but our second - and better - impulse is to admire their sense of responsibility and strive to cultivate it in ourselves.
Spring Break is just three days away; surely, we can persevere through our few remaining classes, assignments and meetings before we can literally be on a boat.
We hope everybody else finishes the week strong, too.
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