By Megan Crider
I have hardly ever been involved
with extracurricular activities at the college level. Typically I show up to my classes and leave
when they are finished. This has
especially been the case since I transferred to SIU for my sophomore year in
the Interior Design program. I live in
Marion, a town about 20-25 minutes east of Carbondale. I commute to school; and from where I live
the trip takes me a solid 30 minutes.
Needless to say, when my classes finish I want to head home and wind
down from the day.
Extracurricular activities are a
great way to connect with fellow students in the program and across
campus. I am all for them but the idea
was never enticing enough for me when considering my travel times. That is, until this semester…
A handful
of us in graduate studio and a few others have formed a co-rec IM flag football
team… When asked to join I considered that this would be one of my last
opportunities to do something like this…. Also, who says no to football?
Certainly not me. I am really glad that
I decided to participate. It has given
me the chance to further socialize with other students in our studio class and
is an easy way to fit in some fun physical activity (because let’s face it, squeezing
that into our strenuous school schedule proves quite difficult…). So far this experience has been a good
one. I am naturally a competitive
person, so to my relief our team takes this seriously, enough so to have had
practices several times before our games started and to make team shirts. And we all think that it is pretty sweet to
actually play some of our games on the field in Saluki Stadium - that feels
super official!
Now I feel
like a stronger advocate for extracurricular activities on campus. Like previously mentioned, they are a great
way to further interact with classmates and other students and also provide a
great opportunity to experience and utilize other parts of the campus.
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