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Rhys Williams/Staff Writer
Over the Thanksgiving Break, when most of the student population was at home or with friends, some members of the student body were on campus where at least I had nothing to do but clean my dorm room, do some laundry and watch football alone.
Thanksgiving Day was no exception, which gave us three matchups including that of the Detroit Lions beating the Green Bay Packers 40-10 with the early game. The Oakland Raiders traveled to Dallas to face the Cowboys and lost 31-24 and the night game was between AFC North rivals the Baltimore Ravens faced the Pittsburgh Steelers with the Ravens winning 22-20.
However, with almost everything closed for the weekend on campus and lacking a motor vehicle, it was a boring weekend other than that. The washers and dryers of University Towers were basically empty for the entirety of the weekend, which was nice, but the campus was about as barren as most weekends or the stands at football games.
Something I have seen in my years here is that people tend to stay at least on the MMC campus over breaks. Thanksgiving break, or lack thereof compared to some other universities, is too short for people to go home if they don’t live in Florida or they don’t have the finances to go home for a long weekend, myself included as I am not from Miami.
Some students will even be staying here for the winter recess. Students from out of town who get jobs in Miami are sometimes required to stay here for most if not all of the break. I will not be staying here for the winter break but there are people who I know that will be for multiple reasons including the need to be here for work — such as working for the University in some aspect, or working at malls, restaurants or shops around Miami if they can’t get time off to go see their families.
One thing that might help keep me here would be the warmth. I know in Virginia it is not going to be a nice 70 to 80 degrees as it is here during December and it is not as fun of a time being in the freezing cold even if there is snow.
I know that when things start to get warmer everywhere else in March, I will be staying here for a majority of Spring Break and I am sure I will not be alone. Miami is a destination for collegiate Spring-breakers everywhere and I will be welcoming three friends from Virginia for the entire week.
It has come to my understanding though that at a lot of different schools staying on campus for breaks is definitely becoming more common.
rhys.williams@fiusm.com
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