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“There’s nothing ever to do here,” said senior Peter Sandberg solemnly after an hour of sitting in his friend’s basement. “Maybe we should make a rap group,” he concluded with a disheartened sigh. These situations seem to be a common occurrence at our age and in this neighborhood. Many feel the Centennial community is like a ghost town with nothing to do. Still though, with a little creativity and years of practice, students manage to survive. A group of seniors have found a temporary way to fend off the boredom by creating a football league. They meet regularly at local parks to play full on tackle games consisting of sometimes over twenty people. “It’s really fun,” said an undisclosed participant of these games. “It’s a super good work out, too,” he added enthusiastically. With the turning of seasons, some of these students plan to migrate from the fields and parks to the slopes and rinks. Like the football games, students often times play recreational hockey games during their free time. Reportedly, these games get huge turnouts even in the harshest of conditions. Also, with the coming of cold, students are getting ready for snowboard and ski season. “I can’t wait to get out there and hit the slopes,” said senior ski team member Nathan Johnson. “It’s going to be sweet. I’ll drive the Dingo to Wild or Troll every weekend.” Some of the younger students, with no means of transportation, are forced to spend their free time inside. “I usually spend my evenings playing video games,” said freshman Amy Le. “I wish I had a car to go places” she added with a frown. Even with transportation, the obstacle of finding entertainment cheaply proves hard to do. “I have a car but unless I want drive twenty five minutes to the cities, it doesn’t help much,” said senior Eric Anderson. Eric wishes he could see more concerts and sporting events. He also wishes he could try different kinds of restaurants besides the usual Monterey’s and Applebee’s. “It’s just too expensive,” he said. “Sure, concerts and sporting events are options but there is no way I could spend that kind of money every weekend. I just have to save it for special occasions.” Regardless of the various options for things to do in our neighborhood, many seniors like my self are anticipating graduation and later college. These same activities like football and skiing have started to get old. “Even if our rap group ain’t work, we always got college to look forward to,” said Peter Sandberg. I agree. Hopefully we can find something new. ]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:28:04 GMT