By Emily Domayer–Thanksgiving conjures up images of a huge feast, with families sitting around a large table. For Morningside students the holiday means food… and much more.
For freshman Madeline Trott, this Thanksgiving is traditional… and particularly special. “My uncle and his family just came back from doing missionary work for nine years in Angola, Africa,” she said. Trott has not seen them for three years and is looking forward to hearing about their adventures.
Some students, however, will be staying on campus during break because they live too far away to go home. Ferdinand Estrada is a freshman from southern California. “My family misses me a lot, but they understand that I can’t come home, “ said Estrada.
Another student far away from home is senior Pablo De La Cruz. Like many students during this time in the semester, he has final projects and papers. “I won’t be taking much of a break. I have to write essays for my History and Systems of Psychology class,” said De La Cruz. He hopes to work on writing his senior thesis and a presentation for another class as well.
Two students admitted they were planning traditional Thanksgiving activities. Sophomore Jamon Hampton and freshman Blake Frank each said, “I’m going to stuff my face.” Hampton added that he would run off the calories afterwards.
Several students plan to be busy. Freshmen Briar Evans and Tommy Bregar will be having football practice. Ben Catus will be working at House of Q and the Academy of Fine Music in North Sioux City.
No matter how students will spend their break, they will at least get a couple days off from classes, hopefully to catch up on sleep and think about their blessings.
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