Last weekend at the U was, hands down, one of the best weekends I’ve ever experienced here. To start, the weather has been beyond beautiful (So beautiful that I’m even starting to get a tan!). Like I’ve said before, I more than love being outside on campus while the weather is warm. The wonderful high 70’s was definitely icing on the cake for all the events that took place at Scranton!
The sun was out and shining on Saturday; just in time for Spring Fest! Every year, USPB (the University of Scranton Programming Board) hosts SpringFest, a day devoted to having fun in the springtime sun. The day begins at 2PM and and takes place on the Dionne Campus Green. From 2 o’clock on I watched the green gradually overflow with students (in a good way of course!). There were games, tons of food, bounce houses, and even a mechanical bull. I was skeptical of all this at first because I couldn’t seem to picture college students getting so excited about blown up obstacle courses and snow cones…and boy was I proven wrong very quickly! There was also a battle of the bands competition that began around 3:30 which included four bands featuring all University students.
But the day didn’t end there. At 8:30, the main event occurred: a visit from the famous DJ Earworm! My friends and I couldn’t believe this when we saw posters around campus, so we decided to stay and see how the concert was. Incase you’re not familiar, DJ Earworm is known for his yearly pop music mashups (Ex: In 2009 he released “Blame It On the Pop”, a song compiled of the top pop hits of 2009. Check him out on YouTube!) Since I wanted to pick up a free SpringFest t-shirt I earned, we were there a little before 8:30 and ended up standing front row! Aside from the little bit of shoving, it was the best decision we made all day. The music was AWESOME; the Green was filled with dancing University students all unbelievably excited to hear DJ Earworm’s music. Overall, the day was amazing and made me realize more than ever how much my school has to offer. And because so many students attended the event, I truly felt a part of an amazing and fun community. If only every Saturday could be like SpringFest!
Super close to DJ Earworm as you can see!
All the students singing and dancing along at the concert!
Catherine E. Bombard
Hi! My name's Catherine, but you can call me Catie and I'm a sophomore from Wayne, NJ here at the University of Scranton. I'm an English major, Communication minor hoping to have a career in publishing one day. I'm a member and the publicist of Octaves, an a cappella group on campus, along with being a writer and editor for The Aquinas, the student newspaper. Thanks for checking out the student blogs and I hope you enjoy hearing about my "Scranton Experience"! :)
