Students who find themselves bored should find ways to get involved on campus.
Sofia Krusmark | Collegian

If living off campus has taught me anything, it’s this: things are expensive. If that’s not enough, doing stuff is also pretty pricey.

I, like you may be now, was shocked by this troublesome reality. And unfortunately, there might be idle moments in your otherwise wild and exciting school year where you feel bored but don’t have the money to fix that. Luckily, you have a whole year of free entertainment and food at your fingertips thanks to the bountiful cornucopia of Hillsdale College. 

Despite the fact that our college is in the middle of nowhere and it can seem like there’s nothing to do, sporting events, plays, concerts, guest lectures, movie showings, and so much more happen on campus every single day. And I cannot stress this enough, these events are almost always free to students.

Never again in our lives will we have an opportunity like this: free food and stuff to do all the time, every day, for nine beautiful months. Are you kidding me? Pretty soon, we’ll all be 40 years old and scraping by to get both popcorn and Coke at the movies.  

If you haven’t taken advantage of this, you’re crazy — and the excuses I’ve heard are crazier:

“It’s too cold to go to football games in Michigan.” Ann Arbor’s economy would plummet if University of Michigan fans adopted that mentality. 

“Athletes never come to our plays, so I’m not going to their games.” You sound like a whiny baby, and maybe people would support you if you supported them. 

“I’ve got too much homework to go to Founder’s Day.” You’re going to lay on your bed and watch TikTok for three hours, and you know it. 

If you’re bored and broke — which you almost certainly are as a college student — you need to start going to campus events. Not only are they free, but they’re fun. Imagine a world where every event attracted as many students as Mock Rock and Centralhallapalooza. 

For those of you that have made it this far, homecoming events start on Sept. 18, the first home football game of the season is Sept. 23, and “Pride @ Prejudice” is opening on Oct. 4 in Sage. Be there or be square. 

Claire Gaudet is a junior studying History and Journalism.