Alright, so this event I just attended and am back from; the midnight breakfast at Shepherd, which is done each semester the Sunday of finals week. I believe it used to be midnight to 2 am, but has changed to being 10 pm-midnight now, so students can get better sleep (and probably so commuters can more easily come).
This year, midnight breakfast was a little different; they did it in dining hall as opposed to the student center, which is a first as far as I've been here. The place was very crowded, there was a huge turnout, much larger than last Fall or Spring, The speakers were also very loud, obnoxiously so, but they weren't playing horrible music.
The thing about this particular event however, and why I chose to write about it, is that for once, everyone seemed pretty happy; it isn't often that there's that kind of atmosphere this time of year at an event at Shepherd, from my experience. Usually, people are pretty stressed about finals, from studying, and final projects, or other things, but everyone was in a pretty good mood it seemed. The atmosphere reminded me of how things were more regularly two or three years ago on campus, and the general mood was reflected in people's appearances as well; for example people didn't seem tired, they didn't come in their pajamas as they normally do, with messy hair; not that there's anything wrong with that, but I noticed people actually fixed themselves up specifically to come to this event.
What this signifies for me, as a cultural event, is the wrapping up of my college career here at Shepherd, on a pleasant note, and it has made me reminisce over times past, some better, some worse. It was nice to be left with a pleasant feeling, a general good mood, and no stress. Hopefully the campus continues to generate this atmosphere of good will into the future.
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