It has been about a month since classes started here at Hartford, and although it has only been a month, it is time for a break.

Now when I say it is time for a break, that doesn’t mean we should all skip class and actually take a “break.”

However, it is usually that time when most colleges throughout the country have a mid-semester break, or as most people know it as Fall break.

Now the counter-argument to having a fall break is that we already get Thanksgiving break.

However, Thanksgiving is towards the end of November and that is still about a month and a half away.

With the beginning of October starting, many students are starting to get their first exams and paper assignments.

I know for me personally, these past two weeks have been the busiest of my college career, based on schoolwork alone.

Yes, I have other activities I participate in that make me busier than the average student, however I haven’t been doing those other activities to the best of my abilities due to the workload I have.

I’m not complaining about the workload, because as a college student, I have come to expect a heavy workload. That doesn’t mean that I or many other students couldn’t use a couple of days off.

I know that our University starts later than most colleges. We started classes on Sept. 3, while most other colleges started the last week or second to last week of August.

However, we don’t get off for the Jewish high holidays that some schools do give off, University at Albany being one of the first schools to come to mind.

With Jews making up 33% of the school it is curious as to why we don’t get off a few more days, considering most of the Jewish students go home and end up missing class anyway.

Even if we don’t include the Jewish high holidays, we still had classes for a straight month with no signs of having a day off until Thanksgiving, unless another major snowstorm hits Hartford.

Wesleyan University, another Connecticut school, gives a three-day break, including the weekend, which makes five total days off for students.

I’m not asking for that many days off, but it wouldn’t hurt to give two days off, like a Thursday and Friday, or a Monday and Tuesday.

Heck, I would even be happy with just one day off and have a three-day weekend.

The point is, we need a break. So I ask the school administrators to please give us a Fall break in the future. The students need a break to be able to regroup so they can finish the rest of the semester strong. Also, I’m sure the faculty and staff wouldn’t mind a small break as well.

Forget about the government shutdown for now and lets focus on getting a Fall break for the students.