Rosedale Student Blog

Friday night, a long-standing Rosedale tradition was carried out like never before.  All-night volleyball has never seen this level of craziness and creativity. J Planning began weeks before as teams made t-shirts, cut out cardboard, and brainstormed entrances.  The volleyball court was no longer limited to those who actually enjoy the game but was open to anyone who felt like testing out their skills or simply making a memorable scene.

Team S.O.A.P., also known as School of a Pizza, decked themselves out in graduation gowns and caps.  They entered to the strains of Pomp and Circumstance creaking out from a mini-accordion. The honored representative of pizza played with a cardboard cutout of a large slice of pizza hanging on both sides of him. 

Another interesting team was Team Doom.  The players dressed in anything that was deemed intimidating.  They drew on their faces and taped rolled up newspapers all over themselves.  Certain team members jumped around and yelled like maniacs.  They had made little men out of newspapers and ripped them to shreds.  Needless to say, at the end of their first couple of games, the floor was littered with scraps of newspaper.   

                  However, not all of the teams were this crazy.  Some valiant teams remained until the bitter end at 8:15 A.M. when tired eyes squinted in the morning sun.  Everyone enjoyed themselves, whether their enjoyment came from goofy behavior or serious play.  The weekend was full of catching up on sleep before a busy school week began bright and early on Monday and S.O.A.P. and Team Doom were only a memory. 

Spring time is arriving. The birds are buzzing. The bees are chirping. The breeze is swaying to and fro and to and fro. Campfires will soon be lit, and songs will soon be sung; a wonderful noise to accompany the wonderful taste of smores. And among the smoldering of ash and flame will bring forth a dull, yet sharp realization that our time here at Rosedale Bible College will soon come to an abrupt end, so we better have a lot of fun while we can.

We as a student body expect great things on the Rosedale Bible College campus in this upcoming spring. The glorious weather that is delivered down upon us from our glorious God, promises us lots and lots of Ultimate Frisbee. There have been a few games planned already, but unfortunately, there have not been enough people to make an appearance to actually play a worthwhile game. Maybe the efforts of our students will be a little more satisfactory in the future.

Frisbee golf has been a well played game on our campus as well. Discs have been bought by multiple students to try to up their game a little. (My best game was finished at par.) Discs will fly and chains will clank with the sound of inevitable victory. (Maybe not from me though.) Round after round of the acclaimed game of future fame will be played with the utmost satisfaction.

Probably the most renowned activity that will be delved into is…….. (Drum roll please)…….. laying out on the field being lazy, or quite possibly doing homework. Not quite the spectator sport, but it is critically acclaimed to be rather relaxing. So grab your blankets and your sun-screen and your textbooks and stretch yourselves out on the grass and chillax. Or grab your Frisbees and meet me outside on the golf course or in the field sooner or later (sooner rather than later) to have some fun in the sun (or rain and wind w/e.) See you there.

Some of us go home on break or go to our girlfriend or boyfriend’s house, or to family and friends. Some of us do a mixed combination of the previous. I went to my girlfriend Amy’s house over the first weekend of break, and then spent the rest of my time on break hanging out with Hans Shenk and his loverly family. Amy and I hung out  and went to the thrift store. We even got some Chinese food and watched some movies. Her mother bought me a GI-JOE and some candy from Wal-Mart. She even made me some peanut butter and jelly French toast (I know, it was amazing). The quickest way to get to a man’s heart is through his stomach and his inner child (also his sweet tooth.)

Like I said a few moments ago, I spent the rest of the time with Hans. We just hung around and were super lazy for almost a whole week (that’s what you do on break in case you didn’t know. Unless you worked and made money, then you are exempt.) Bennet Wenger came to hang out with us as well, so we grabbed Levi Ziegler and made an evening of it. We went to the thrift store also (I love the thrift store.) Levi and Hans bought some emo clothes and altogether it was a blast. It was almost as fun as my time with Amy. Hey, I said almost. Hans and I also went to the Plain City Public Library and went skiing on the web. I borrowed a book and a movie.

There was even a group that went on tour with Veritas, a group of individuals that perform in a band in different churches in various states. They traveled to Maryland, Delaware, New York, and Pennsylvania for their tour over our break from Feb. 14 to Feb. 22. It is usually a lot of fun but if you are like me then you will eventually want to come back to the Rosedale Bible College campus, and hang out with friends and just ultimately goof off until classes start.

Whatever you may choose to do on your break, have fun with good friends and even better family, even band members. Eat good food (**smiles at Amy**) and watch movies that are edifying (Well, I guess that is a matter of personal conviction). Have lots of fun and do a ton of stuff that you normally wouldn’t do on campus. Tell me about it later so I can put it in a future blog.