{"id":9170,"date":"2026-02-09T14:37:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T19:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/?p=9170"},"modified":"2026-02-09T14:37:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T19:37:37","slug":"falling-in-love-with-spring-semester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/2026\/02\/09\/falling-in-love-with-spring-semester\/","title":{"rendered":"Falling in Love with Spring Semester"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>by Aelwen Iredale<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spring Semester has arrived, and, with it, the stress of full months of classes. The spring semester stretches out before us, seemingly interminable. Particularly in this February haze, we\u2019re faced with dark skies and cold weather. It may be a \u201cspring\u201d term, but it might\/may take a while for spring to arrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That being said, there is always beauty in those moments of waiting for spring semester to arrive. Once the weather starts to warm, it\u2019s like we\u2019re all coming alive once more. Until those moments, though, here are some tips to try to make the most of the beauty of the winter portion of spring semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Books:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels<\/em> by India Holton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Book of Night <\/em>by Holly Black<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The IPCRESS File<\/em> by Len Deighton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A Pocket Full of Rye<\/em> by Agatha Christie<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Lady Eve\u2019s Last Con<\/em> by Rebecca Fraimow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Secret Adversary <\/em>by Agatha Christie<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A Sicilian Romance<\/em> by Ann Radliffe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Movies\/Shows:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Serendipity<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Legally Blonde<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Knives Out: Wake Up Dead Man<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>13 Going on 30<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Dead Poets Society<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Music:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAbsolutely Me\u201d by Caro Emerald<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSave the Last Dance for Me\u201d by Frank Sinatra<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBe My Baby\u201d by the Ronettes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRiviera Life\u201d by Caro Emerald<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cStupid Cupid\u201d by Connie Francis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy Way\u201d by Frank Sinatra<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLove Grows\u201d by Edison Lighthouse<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Activities:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Go for a late night drive with friends with music<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have a dance party with friends<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Go to a drive-in movie<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get ice cream and dinner at Bud and Cheryl\u2019s\/Got-Ta-Stop Dairy Dip (when they open)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cook yourself a meal instead of going to Cowan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Aelwen Iredale Spring Semester has arrived, and, with it, the stress of full months of classes. The spring semester stretches out before us, seemingly interminable. Particularly in this February haze, we\u2019re faced with dark skies and cold weather. It may be a \u201cspring\u201d term, but it might\/may take a while for spring to arrive. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-multimedia-new"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9172,"href":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9170\/revisions\/9172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}