Students do not go home for breaks

Some Norwich students were unable to go home for the holiday break, and had to create alternate plans.

 "Being from the Midwest area of the United States, it leaves less time to travel home, which means that I have to find other plans in order to enjoy the holiday breaks," said Jeramy Brock, a 20-year-old junior communications major from Orange, Calif.

According to Brock, many students from far away can't afford to go home for just a short time. They can either go home with a friend or visit nearby relatives.

Jacqueline Richter, 23, a junior international law and politics major from Sonthofen, Germany, said, "The main reason why I am not going home for Thanksgiving break is because I am an exchange student for the semester and it's not worth going back home to Germany for a week." Richter is still unsure if she is going to go home after the semester ends for Christmas break. She might spend time with a friend in Canada over the Christmas holiday.

Allison Tsybenko, 18, a freshman international studies major from the Ukraine, said, "Being so far away from home and having no money prevents me from going home whether it be for the Thanksgiving or Christmas holiday."

"It's hard to see some of my friends, being able to go home for the holidays," Brock said. "But having rook buddies and other friends to hang with makes it that much better."

Sam Spinrad, 22, a junior education and English major from Kentfield, Calif., said in an email, "Plane tickets are too expensive for a brief one week visit." He is spending the break with his girlfriend in Vermont.

With Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks so close to each other most of the students wait for Christmas break to travel home.

"I went home for Thanksgiving freshman year and it was a hassle. Last year I stayed here and didn't regret it.  I'm going home for winter break in just another few weeks.  Flying across the country is expensive and difficult, and Thanksgiving and winter breaks are really close together," Spinrad wrote.