Spring Break is over, and all the students are back to school. Last week was extremely quiet and dull around the campus. After receiving a near record amount of snow this year, we were wondering if we would be able to see the grass before May. Except for the snow piles in parking lots, it is all gone. Now starts that final sprint to the finish line of graduation in six weeks and there is still plenty to keep a student occupied at Maranatha. Postponed papers, projects, and reports that seemed like cute little fur balls in January are quickly turning into 900 pound monsters, waiting to devour those students who left undone those things that should have been done during spring break. Many students are bemoaning the fact that they were not more diligent since January. 
For Campus-sponsored fun the students can get involved in different activities.  A chess tournament begins this week.  Next Thursday begins the four week, eighteen-team bowling league. Next Friday night, March 28th, will be the first Xbox 360 Madden ’08 Football tournament sponsored by the Army ROTC program. This will basically be a Big screen, video-game experience in the gym. The next night will be the 7th annual volleyball tournament to be held on Saturday, March 29. Last year that tournament was on a Friday night with games beginning at 6:00 and finishing around 1:00 a.m. Of course the most highly anticipated activity will be next Tuesday’s semi-annual Red Cross blood drive. It is always a blessing to see many students give blood for the first time and then to watch their reaction during the “giving portion” and afterwards during the “Cookie-eating-and-juice-drinking portion”. For those who simply want to sit and watch there are other events to enjoy. The Fine Arts department will present various senior recitals, band and orchestra concerts, fine arts contests, and of course the spring play, Pygmalion.  The college baseball and softball teams will have games both home and away to attend.
That is what is available in just the last six weeks of school. Rest assured that if your son or daughter should attend Maranatha, they will not have a chance to get bored. In fact, they may have to curb their plans for fun in order to study more. 
That’s one parent’s perspective