The good, the bad and the cringey, what gives the campus it’s identity?
By: Saloma Ayoub
Staff Writer
“One time in my Math 110 class this girl just whipped out her iguana and starts petting and kissing it in class,” Christa Gitto, an individual studies student, said.
Under the pressure of assignments and responsibilities constantly cropping up, Hudson Valley Community College students fail to be smooth all the time.
August Nommik, individual studies student, was hustling away from the library when he slipped on black ice.
“Around the time the library was closing I was in a rush and I was not paying attention,” Nommik said. “[I slipped on slick ice], and I fell at an angle,” he said. “It was where the sidewalk [met] the black pavement, and you can’t see that black ice [and] I got a sharp pain in my wrist and was thinking the worst.”
Other student slip-ups occur on a more academic level. Lab partners Alyasia Cooper, Sherollz Sadia and Russell Cadet fell foe to a missed lab step. “We spent three hours in lab and literally got nothing to show for it, that is cringe worthy.”
Throwing out lab data left Cooper, Sadia and Cadet drained but they reignited their spirits back in the library, recouping for future success.
As for campus relationships, Jackie McCormick, an individual studies major, recalls a resident Hudson Valley Community College couple.
“In class, a boy talked about how in his last relationship he would cheat on his girlfriend all the time which made class super awkward,” McCormick said.
According to McCormick, his girlfriend was also a student at Hudson Valley Community College. Perhaps students’ personal relationships are best kept personal for the sake of the classroom.
Gianna (Maybe Bach) a psychology major told a story about a guy who joined her and her friends at campus center who proceeded to yank her ponytail and discussed waiting to have sex before marriage with them like old friends. “[The guy then] reached over and started feeling up my ankle and he goes ‘you have really nice soles,’” explained Gianna.
The social media aspect of the college also has led to some noteworthy stories. Destineé Kearsig posted a geofilter snap on Hudson Valley’s public snap story, meaning to post on her personal story.
“[For weeks] I had my hoodie up I was trying to be lowkey but a guy did come up and put a smoothie next to me and was like ‘I just want you to know you’re beautiful,’ I did not drink it,” Kearsig said. Although everyone loves free food, Kearsig found it odd and with good reason.
Aliegh Nichols, a psychology major, was on FaceTime with her mother in the Marvin Cafe when a nursing major strolled by and wanted to have a conversation. Nichols excused herself telling him that she was busy to which he replied by sliding his phone across the table. Nichols’ mother who overheard the whole conversation simply screamed, “STOPP!” at the guy.
Everyone is susceptible to misinterpreting signals in their environment. Knowing others’ struggles on campus hopefully allows students to put their own troubles into perspective and to share in the awkwardness together.
So pull on push doors because it happens to everyone. Take a deep breath, Vikings, May 17 is in sight!