“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.