The College Student Vacation

the-college-student-vacationThe view from the 1970’s-resemblent couches in the Sandburg Residence Hall lobby is one that can’t be matched. Unfortunately, unlike a luxurious getaway, there’s no white sand beach outside the window. Instead, you’re placed smack dab in the center of the day of the college student who’s craving that first plane to Aruba.

Five minutes after the hour, a few students are nearly sprinting through the white-tiled, white-walled lobby and out the gray doors. Their destination is obvious – class that began several minutes ago. Five minutes before the next hour, students are flooding the lobby. They impatiently wait in line, ID cards locked and loaded in their hands, itching to be the closest they can get to a getaway – their room.