By Dax Benway, Senior Reporter
Easter is Sunday, so get your eggs, tennis shoes and church clothes ready.
Here is how some Northwestern Oklahoma State University students plan to spend Easter.
Keigen Crites, a student from Hennessey, said: “Easter has never really been a big holiday we celebrate in my family. Yes, we get together, but we don’t decorate eggs or the normal activities families do over Easter. My family just sits around the house enjoying each other’s company.”
Chrissen Harland, a student from Stillwater, said: “I will be going back home to Stillwater to spend Easter with my family. It is one of the times we get to all be together, and it is a really good time.”
Wacey Williams, a business major from Okemah, said: “Easter has never really been a big deal to me and my family. We did a little bit when I was a kid, but not a lot. So, for Easter, I will just be in Alva, getting ready for our spring practice that we have coming up on Monday.”
Jocelyn Long, a social work major from Overland Park, Kansas, said: “Easter is one of my favorite times of the year. Me and my family get together at our house in Overland Park and do a lot of activities. We color eggs, have an egg scavenger hunt for all my little cousins and have a big lunch after church on Sunday together. It’s a really good time for everyone that is involved, and I’m excited to go back home this coming weekend.”
Wilson Cal, a health and sports science major from Fullerton, California, said: “I always have celebrated Easter with my family except whenever I moved here. Being from California, it is hard to set up a time to go home when it’s not a long break. So, holidays that occur on normal weeks, I can’t spend time with my family, and it is pretty tough sometimes. I would love to be able to spend time with my family over Easter, but I can’t this year and will hopefully get to next Easter.”
Cassie Drew, a health and sports science major from Buffalo, said: “I will be spending my Easter back in Buffalo with my family like we do every year. It is a really fun time, and being able to see family members that I don’t get to see a lot always makes me happy. We do our normal Easter activities together and even have a family game night every time we get together. Whenever I think of Easter, I think of family.”
Skylar Thompson, a nursing major from Maize, Kansas, said: “I love Easter so much. Getting to go back home and see family is always very special to me. I love the colors, bunnies, eggs, church – just everything about Easter I have a good time with, and it’s all because of my family. We have made great memories throughout my life on Easter, and hopefully we will continue to make more.”
Xavier Ford, a health and sports science major from Forney, Texas, said: “Easter is not really a big deal to me and my family. We have done some stuff in the past, but since I’ve been in college, we haven’t really done much because I can’t always make it back home to do stuff with them. My niece is 6 years old, and when I was that age, my parents always had some fun activities for me and my siblings, so I know she will have a good time spending Easter with my parents. I know that, though, and that’s all that matters to me is her having a good Easter experience.”
Darien Gill, a computer science major from San Antonio, Texas, said: “Living nine hours away is not the scenario I would like to be in for Easter, but sadly, it was the cards I was dealt. Easter has always been a fun time for me and my siblings. We laugh and play around in the backyard, throwing the football around, just having good family time. But hopefully I will get to go down next year or something because I miss my family a lot and want to be able to spend this weekend with them.”