Taking a Break

It seems every Thursday, Friday and Saturday it’s the same question: What are you doing tonight? Answers include The Beach, townhouses, dorms and The Grape. All students feel like they need to have an answer that, in one way or another, means they are going out for the night.

All too often I have heard friends say, “I love going home because I get a break from going out.”   Why is there this feeling that if you are at school, you have to go out?  Most of the time, students feel that they will miss something fun and end up regretting it when their friends retell the stories of the night before.

I fall victim to this just as much as everyone else at Fairfield does. Staying in always seems like a waste of time when I could be out having fun with my friends. Clearly, I don’t intend to spend my Friday night doing homework.  So why should I not go to The Beach or townhouses?

If I have something important to do in the morning, I will take it easy the night before; besides that, I like to live my weekends the Fairfield way and live up the nights and spend Sundays doing my homework.

However, just because it is the most common way, doesn’t mean it’s always the right way.  You don’t need to go home to have a break. While it is easier because you don’t hear the music playing and you won’t get texts saying party at ## Reef Road, you can still find a way to take a break from the Fairfield party life on and off campus (it doesn’t even need to include FUSA events).

The easiest way to take a night off from the party scene is to see a movie after 9:00 p.m., especially this week when “The Town” and “Easy A” are being released. Another simple way to not only take a break but to also make money while doing so, is to offer your friends a ride down to the beach in exchange for a $10 gas fee. If you are a freshman or sophomore, you very well know that offering a ride is not an option, so might I suggest checking out the Throw Back Movie Review or just hanging out in the dorms. While that sounds lame even as I write it, trust me, taking a break once in a while can make all the difference on Monday morning. You will be happy that you found a break while on campus.