Midsession Features Various Activities

This fall, what was formerly known as Reading Week, made the switch to Midsession and with that change in name came a variety of activities and changes on the Trinity campus.

The week before Midsession began, all students received a pamphlet in their mail boxes entitled "Midsession Happenings" for the week of October 7-17. This pamphlet gave a day by day description of the activities planned for students over Midsession. Dr. Sharon Hertzberger, Vice President of Student Services, said: "We have a flood of activities this semester." Most of the activites were put together by the first year program to encourage the freshmen to stay on campus. Throughout the week, a variety of activities ranging from movies to Broadways shows were made available to the Trinity community. Some highlights of the week consisted of a women's reading group on tuesday, a trip to the Apollo theater in New York City to see a taping of "It's Show Time at the Apollo," on Wednesday, a trip to see Miss Saigon in New York City on Thursday, stress relief massages on Friday and a paintball trip on Sunday. These were only a few of the activities students were encouraged to engage in to make their Midsession more productive and educational.

Along with the plethora of activities planned for each day, student services and the First Year Program worked together along with the College to make this Midsession different. "We worked with faculty to ensure they prepare a special assignment this week," said Hertzberger. "We also made sure all services of the College were running like a normal week. Mather kept its normal hours as did the rest of the offices on campus," she continued.

The office of Student Activities kept a count of the number of students who remained on campus and of the attendence at these events. "These activities were designed by the First Year Program to hopefully keep students interested in staying on campus," noted Hertzberger. "We'll see how well it worked when the final numbers are released."