Colleges vary when they have their spring breaks each year. Some schools get one week off while others have two. I am happy with having only a week off that way it is easier to get back into the swing of things.

This year spring break fell the week before Easter meaning that a lot of students had to travel home just a week after returning from break. I think that Butler should coordinate spring break around Easter in order to increase convenience for many students.

Since I attended a Catholic high school, our spring break was always during Holy Week, beginning either the weekend of Palm Sunday and lasting until the Tuesday after Easter or beginning Holy Thursday and lasting until a week after Easter. Aside from having spring break at this time in order to observe the religious holiday, it was also held at this time to allow students adequate time to return should holiday travel be necessary.

At Butler, not only did spring break fall the week before Easter, we didn't even get Easter Monday off -- what happened to the students who celebrated at relatives’ houses a long distance away? Were they supposed to miss class the next day or return to school at a very late hour?

The majority of Butler students journey home for spring break, and many also want to go home for Easter. However, it may be difficult to go home two weekends in a row. For students that live within a two-hour radius, it probably does not matter much with the driving, but with gas prices being as high as they are nowadays it would be more convenient if we had to make one trip back home.

Once again, this would be possible if spring break and Easter coincided. The situation is even more unfair for students that live so far away that they have to fly home. Airline tickets are not cheap, not to mention the hassle of luggage checking and waiting in the airport.

Although many students at Butler are not Catholic or do not celebrate Easter, the change of spring break time would benefit everyone. Many families like to spend holidays together, no matter how they celebrate them. Although having spring break when we did prevented us from encountering most of the holiday traffic, it would still be more convenient if the administration moved it until a week later. Perhaps next year will be different.