The semester nears completion and students are ready for winter break

by Hazel Atangan

Just two weeks left to go, and the Notre Dame de Namur University students are anticipating winter break. They have survived nine weeks of agonizing classes which average about three hours a week. Students have produced a number of painful essays, projects, and presentations. They have endured test, quizzes, and midterms. Some have even gone on field trips and retreats. As the semester comes to a close, some students are scrambling to the finish, others are completely swamped and don’t know where to begin, and there are the few who have started early and have completed the majority of their work. In a couple of cases, seniors will be graduating and it could be the happiest time of their life.

Monday, December 1, will set off the final week of classes. Some classes will end and all work must be turned it, while others we be cramming the last bit of information before the test. Students will be heard complaining, worrying, and stressing that there is not enough time in a day. Teachers will be telling students that late work will not be accepted for the final grade. As for the parents of the students, they are ready for their loved one to come home for the holiday’s.

But everyone is not lucky to come home, the men’s and women’s basketball team will be staying on campus this winter break. “I want to go back to Hawaii, but I have obligations to my team” C’ani Kealoha said.