Connor Smith

Contributing Writer, Print Journalism

It was 2 a.m. Sunday night, spring 2013.

I was doing homework in the Carle Hall study room when my friend called me. She said she had seen a couple at an off-campus party and they were heading back to the dorm. She expressed concern that they were both really drunk and to “watch for them to come in” and “to make sure the girl didn’t do anything stupid.”

Within two minutes of hanging up, I stood outside the study room and saw a male and female with their arms around each other, stumbling through the door. They went to the front desk and showed their IDs. They started walking toward me, still holding onto each other. Her eyes were like slits; her hair was sticking out to the side. Her hoodie was zipped up halfway, hanging off her shoulder.

They walked by and I asked, “Where are you guys going?” They ignored me and kept walking, up the stairs to the third floor. I followed them up all three flights. They both tripped and stumbled at one landing, laughing. I kept asking questions like “where are you going?” They ignored me.

Once we got to the top of the third landing, they headed to the side of the building where I knew her room was not located, but his room was. I tried to grab her hand, saying to the girl, “That’s probably not a good idea to go that way.”

She ignored me. They kept walking down the hall. I said again, “It’s probably not a good idea to do this.” They

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then arrived at his dorm room door. He punched in the code for access.  He opened the door, held it open for her to enter before him. I put my foot out to block his closing the door. I said the girl’s name and told her she should come back with me and I would take her to her room.

He said, “Fuck off” and shoved me with one hand to the center of my chest. I was caught off-guard and moved my foot as I stumbled backwards. He slammed the door and locked it. I took out my phone and my friend was calling again to see how the girl was; she was out of breath and running toward Carle Hall out of concern for her friend. She said she was two minutes out.

I went downstairs, toward the front door and saw her come in. Behind her was a couple returning from the same party. The guy was carrying the girl, who was unconscious with her head lolling to the side. He placed her on the couch by the front desk. My friend told the front desk to call campus safety and send them to the third-floor room her friend had disappeared into.

Meanwhile, we  sprinted up the stairs to the third-floor room. We both banged on the door with our fists, yelling “open the door.” The door was now jammed, wouldn’t open. We heard someone throwing up in the bathroom across from the room. We entered and saw the girl now naked, now throwing up in a bathroom stall.

My friend told me, “she’s naked, I need clothes.” A bit freaked out, I immediately took off my shirt and pants to cover the girl, who was muttering unintelligibly. My friend told me to check out the room. The door was still jammed. She kicked it in.

We found the guy, face down in vomit on his bed. He was unconscious, wearing just his boxers. I grabbed the trash can under his bed and stuck his head in it. He threw up some more into the can.

I asked him if he’d slept with girl. He said, “No.” I told him if I found out otherwise, I was going to beat the crap out of him. He kept throwing up.

Right then, Keene Police showed up. They asked me if I was his friend or roommate. I said neither. Ultimately, he was transported to Cheshire Medical.

Shelby Iava

Contributing Writer, Print Journalism

He nearly took his entire hand off last year at spring weekend.

With a hole in his hand the approximate size of his entire palm, this Keene State College sophomore ended up

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having his hand wrapped for three weeks because a firecracker exploding in his palm.

During last year’s spring weekend parties the student drank three quarters of a handle of Pink Lemonade Zhenka; a handle contains 1.75 liters of alcohol.

“In my defense the firecracker was supposed to fly into the air, instead it just blew up in my hand, causing me to go to the hospital,” he said.

The Occupational Safety major said that heavy drinking is not uncommon for him.

He continued to say he spends nearly 50 dollars a week on beer and other alcohol.

Other students have been known to use a fake ID, this student included. It helps him buy his beer at a local store.

“I go to Wal-Mart and I use my fake ID,” he said.  Within one week this student drinks approximately 60 beers, not including the other alcohols he consumes. Recently he has been on a two-week streak of straight drinking.

Becoming “blackout” drunk is frequent for this student, “I’ve blacked out so many times I can’t even count that high,” he said.

The Safety major said his drinking started at a young age — seventh grade.

He got his alcohol by stealing it from his parents without them knowing. “I would just take the alcohol from my parents and drink it with my friends,” he said.

Alex Enayat

Contributing Writer, Print Journalism

This Connecticut sophomore starts drinking on Thursdays and doesn’t stop until Sunday nights.

She said she spends around 40 dollars a week on alcohol. It takes around six beers or eight shots of alcohol for her to get drunk.

She said blackouts occur almost every weekend, causing her to wake up shaky, with severe headaches. Her boyfriend buys her alcohol or she uses the fake ID her sister gave her.

Alcohol has gotten her into trouble.

“I received a three-hundred-seventy-two dollar ticket from walking around with an open container,” she said. 

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She said alcohol has also caused trouble with loved ones. “My drinking interferes with relationships because alcohol causes my emotions to rise, causing unnecessary fights.”

The student attributed her drinking to both verbal and physical fights.

She said alcohol makes her angrier than usual, causing her to push and shove people.

Other times, it makes her and her boyfriend get into verbal altercations that lead to yelling.   

A major problem for her is drinking and driving.

“A lot of the time I have places I need to be or feel uncomfortable at parties, and I am the most capable to drive.”

She said she does not believe her drinking will cause her to hurt herself behind the wheel.

Mostly in the summertime, she said she likes to do “booze cruises” or has “a couple of casuals [beers]” while driving around town, usually with two to five friends in the car.

Although she enjoys the summertime “booze cruises,” she said that alcohol does have effects on her school and social life.

“Sometimes I get too drunk and wake up the next morning not knowing who or what I did. It sucks to have to deal with the consequences of my embarrassing actions the next day,” she said.

Joe Cortese

Contributing Writer, Print Journalism

A 20-year-old male from New York said he started drinking at 16, and still continues even during his current sophomore year in college. “Getting alcohol is simple in college for a few reasons — you know older kids to get you it, you know someone with a fake ID or you own a fake,” he said.

When it comes to buying alcohol, the student said, “Money is not a problem.” The student has a wealthy family and spends a majority of his weekly income on alcohol. He said he spends between 70 and 80 dollars on alcohol every week. During the week he drinks about five times and blacks out around three times during that span.

“My parents send me one-hundred dollars a week and then they don’t know my grandparents send me fifty dollars

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so the money adds up for other things as well,” he said. He said he blacks out twice a week using hard alcohol, including Jack Daniels Whiskey, Sailor Jerry’s Rum and occasionally Bombay Gin. He says, “I can go through a thirty rack of Bud Light if I drink throughout the day and then throughout the night to black out.” Drinking 30 beer cans that are 12 oz., which is over 10 quarts of beer. According to the B.A.C. ( Blood Alcohol Concentration) ZONE green zone card, which is a go-to provider for alcohol risk prevention that contains personalized information on the effects of B.A.C., having this many beers for an 185 pound male in a time period of 12 hours would calculate to a .45 B.A.C. level.

After a .25+ B.A.C. level the green card states, “Severe Impairment in mental, physical & sensory functions. Mental confusion and  loss of consciousness is likely. Risk of serious injury & death is increased. SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION!”

The other two days of the week he said he drinks on average a 12 pack each night. When asked why, he simply said the alcohol helps him sleep and relax. He has been heavily drinking for almost three years now and does not plan on stopping anytime soon. He says his life is at an all-time high, and he can’t wait until he’s of age to drink legally. “There are so many more opportunities when I turn 21.”

Finally, he said, “I may have a problem with overuse but these are the best years of my life and I’m going to live it up. Everyone who hates on that should sit down and remember when they were young and how much fun they had.”

Jesse Reynolds

Contributing Writer, Print Journalism

While all of her friends are getting hammered on the weekends, a female Keene State College senior, 22, from New Hampshire, refrains from drinking, but still goes out most nights.

“I like going out, like I’m not going to not go out with my friends,” she said. “Everybody else goes out so I’m not just gonna stay home alone.”

While she remains sober, she said she has witnessed people doing things that they would be horrified to know about after the fact.

“I don’t know if this is still true, but for a while one of my friends was banned from Cumby’s between certain hours at night because she would get wasted and steal food,” she said.

She described one instance before her friend was banned.

“There was one night that she had just hooked up with this kid and she shows up at Cumby’s in all boys clothes and she’s swaying trying to stand,” she said. “She put food in her pants and walked out with it, then she opened it in the parking lot and it went all over the place and she started eating it off the ground in the parking lot.”

Another time she was at a party and one of her friends disappeared for 20 minutes. Turns out, her friend was in the bathroom giving oral sex to some guy for a beer.

Despite all the horror stories, this senior said she has witnessed most of her friends mature as they’ve progressed through their KSC careers. “Most of them, once we all turned twenty-one especially, calmed down a lot,” she said, “Maybe it’s because we usually go to the bars and we have to spend more money to drink.”

She said as seniors they need to be more responsible and not drink all weekend, because they have jobs and school work.

Even after the Pumpkin Fest riots raised questions about the drinking culture surrounding KSC students, she said she thinks the current underclassmen aren’t any worse drinking-wise than her class was a few years ago.

“I don’t really know that many freshmen and sophomores, but I haven’t heard that many outrageous stories that are different from stuff we used to do when we were younger,” she said. In her opinion, KSC isn’t much different than a majority of universities in the United States.

“Pumpkin Fest was an unfortunate happening and many of the students didn’t go to Keene, so that shouldn’t reflect on all the students or the culture here,” she said.

“I don’t think Keene is much different than any other school when it comes to drinking.” She said it’s not so much the drinking culture in colleges that is the problem, but the drinking culture among high schools.

“In high school, especially, kids are drinking a lot more. When I was in high school we never really drank that much and I lived in a college town. I think people are starting a lot younger now, so they come to college with this expectation to get more [expletive] up than they did in high school,” she said.

“All you can really do is try to teach kids right from wrong, but sometimes you have to learn from making mistakes.”

Jacob Barrett

Contributing Writer, Print Journalism

As a high school student, the unnamed KSC student said he had whiskey on his breath while answering questions in the classrooms.

For this 20-year-old sophomore from New York, that was the norm.  Starting from his first drink at the age of nine, it became the usual thing to do, just like all the adults.

By high school, he was downing a bottle of whiskey before school, half in the bag while sitting in math class.

The New York native said his early years of drinking were when he did not know how to conduct himself. He called himself  an “angry drunk.” He gave an example of a violent fist-fight with one of his best friends during his junior year of high school.

“I don’t even know what we were fighting over, we were just drunk and fighting,” he said.

According to the 20-year-old, that was accepted in his group of friends. “Me and all my friends weren’t exactly the best kids. [If] something like that happened we just wrote it off because we were drinking and we were drunk all the time,” he said.

Getting booze has never been a problem for him.  Often, he looked for strangers to hook him up with alcohol. “Hey, ‘Mr. Guy’ in front of the liquor store,” he would say to strangers before asking for booze.

He said he was blacking out frequently during his first year at KSC, often polishing off a bottle of liquor by himself — sticking to cheap liquor and keeping his expenses low, but paying a high price in the morning.

He said his drinking had led to a few embarrassing moments. Once, at a party, he climbed to top of a roof and showered fellow partiers in his urine. He learned about this the next day from his buddies.

After many rough nights and hazy memories like the roof incident, he decided to cut down on his drinking. He now only drinks 10 or 11 beers on nights he goes out, but said he still puts drinking over his academics at times.

While he said he still gets decent grades, he admits he could be doing better if not for his drinking. The sophomore said he has learned to better control himself and no longer gets angry or violent while drinking. However, he said he has no intention to quit drinking entirely.

“Sometimes you just say [expletive] it and you go out and get drunk,” he said.

Sami Smith

Contributing Writer

A dependency to prescription drugs is creating a false feeling of normality among college students and other addicts.

Keene State College Associate Professor in Health Sciences, Margaret Smith said the most commonly used drugs are opiates, such as Vicodin and Oxycodone, Adderall and stimulant related drugs, and anti-anxiety related drugs.

Smith said, the biological reasons that contribute to drug abuse causes a brain-reward system; this means that once people start to take drugs they need to continue to take those drugs to feel normal.

Once the abuser begins to take drugs to feel normal it is defined as a dependency, soon afterwards, if the abuse continues, it is considered addiction.

As for the reason why people become addicted Smith said, “So, we call it a bio-psychosocial disease . . . The biological, the brain chemistry; the psychological, stuff happening in my life; and then the social, what’s happening in the environment that may contribute.”

Prescription drug abuse is an ongoing battle; the United States accounts for five percent of the world’s population, but is consuming around 75 percent  of the world’s prescription drugs (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime).

A drug that is familiar among college campuses for studying is now being used to help people with the binge-eating disorder. Vyvanse, which is similar to Adderall, is another form of medication for ADHD and has recently been approved by the FDA for treating binge-eating.

“There’s some mental illness behind the binge-eating . . . I think that with medication-assisted treatment it could work . . . so the person doesn’t become addicted and have . . . another onset of issues,” Monadnock Voices for Prevention Coordinator, Polly Morris said. Vyvanse is supposed to help to stop the disorder, so this is just another example of taking a pill to feel normal again.

However, medication-assisted treatment is a much safer option that would combine the usage of medicine with counseling and behavioral therapies to keep the patient on track and safe.

When asked about which group most commonly abuses prescription drugs, Smith said, “I can’t tell you the exact group at this point, but I can tell you who is growing, and that’s the eighteen to twenty-six year old group . . .”

College students and young adults are at the ages where they are still experimenting and figuring themselves out, trying to fit in is also a factor for the increase.

Morris said, “So, I think it’s predisposition, I think it’s your family and your environment, I think it’s peer pressure and I think it’s societal pressure.”

The college population is steadily increasing in prescription drug abuse, because they are constantly battling pressure from society and peers.

In addition, there are not nearly enough treatment centers, or beds for addicts to get the help they need. “. . . For example, in New Hampshire, I think there’s only one place for teenagers to go and New Hampshire used to have tons of treatment centers, but what happened was insurance dried up and wouldn’t pay for addiction treatment,” Smith said.

Since teens are now contributing more to the population with dependency issues, Morris said, there has to be more money put into intervention and recovery centers.

In addition, there needs to be more communication and collaboration between these agencies that deal with mental health and substance abuse.

When speaking on behalf of the shortage of detox beds and programs, Keene State College Associate Professor in Health Sciences, John Finneran related it to playing musical chairs, so those who actually have access to treatment is a toss-up.

“Have you ever played musical chairs, and so, who has access to treatment? . . . If people don’t have health insurance, where do they go?” Finneran said.

Creating a dependency to prescription drugs is a serious problem that needs to be accounted for.

Morris said, “We’re still in the denial phases for society, we just don’t want to admit there’s a problem; we don’t want to talk about it.”

Jacob Knehr

University of Derby

The reason I chose to study abroad in Derby, England is because I needed a change.

I grew up in northern New Hampshire and I had been studying at KSC for almost three years.

After 20 years living there, I was pretty sick of New Hampshire and I needed a new experience.

Thankfully my wish came true.

I came to England on January 9 to study at the University of Derby for the 2015 spring semester.

Before I arrived, I was very nervous.

For starters, I had never been far outside of the New England area and I had never been on an airplane before, which was definitely a different experience.

The flight took six-and-a-half hours from Boston to London, and it took an additional two hours to get from the  London Heathrow Airport  to my school.

A representative from the university picked me up and drove me to my flat (or dorm room) and when I went to sit in the car, I realized I accidentally sat in the driver’s seat, thinking it was the passenger’s seat.

That was my very first experience with culture shock.

When I first got to England, I was adapting really well.

I missed my friends and family, but I was ready to embark on this crazy, new adventure.

My friends Liz Sniffen and Lucia Martin, who came to the University of Derby before me, helped me prepare for what to expect while I was not only studying, but also living here.

This definitely played a big role in my ability to adjust to this new area so quickly.

Liz had told her friends that she made while she was here about me, and I met them soon after arriving to my flat.

I have also made other friends who are studying abroad from different parts of the world. I am so happy that

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I met all of them because they made the transition not only easier, but more fun.

During my semester here we had a two week Easter break from school, and during this time all I wanted to do was travel to as many places as possible.

I was having trouble finding people to travel with because people were either broke, already had traveling plans or were too nervous about traveling to so many places in such a short span of time.

I was not one of these people.

I was getting nervous that I would have to travel by myself, but if push came to shove, I would have gone by myself.

Luckily I found Meghan Jenks, who is a Communications major at KSC studying abroad in York, England, who also wanted to travel during this time.

It took days of planning, but we decided to spend two nights and two days each in Amsterdam, Munich, Vienna, Prague, Venice, Florence, Rome and Paris.

The two weeks that Meghan and I backpacked through Europe was such an incredible experience that I can’t even begin to explain it.

It was life changing to say the least.

Seeing all of the beautiful cities, each one being completely different and unique in its own way, was incredible.

I was able to see major landmarks and monuments in each city, and each one was breathtaking.

Although, that doesn’t go without saying that there were bumps in the road.

For instance, when Meghan and I were about to leave Munich and go to Vienna, there was a huge storm and part of the roof collapsed in the Hauptbahnhof train station in Berlin, which caused all the trains to be canceled.

After panicking and wondering how we were suppose to get to Vienna, we were able to find a bus that could take us there.

Unfortunately, the bus left that night at 11:00 p.m. and wouldn’t arrive in Vienna until 5:30 a.m. the next day.

What was even more unfortunate was that the bus was pulled over by the police to check passports and baggage which took a total of two hours.

So, we didn’t arrive to Vienna until 7:30 a.m., which threw our plans of a bit.   

That was the most stressful bump in the road during my backpacking adventure with Meghan, but we made it work and even though it didn’t go entirely as planned, it still worked out just fine.

Overall, I am so happy and fortunate that I was able to see all of these beautiful cities in Europe.

In each country the cultures were all so different from each other, and the people were too.

The only thing I wish was different was that my friends and family could have been with me to see what I saw.

I only have less than a month left in England before I go back to another fun-filled summer in Keene with my amazing friends before senior year. So for now, I’ll be finishing my class assignments and enjoying the little time I have left here with the amazing friends I’ve made.

If you are thinking about studying abroad, but feel too nervous, just bite-the-bullet and do it.

I was scared at first, but my experience abroad has been life-changing and I strongly encourage you to try it. It’s a once in a life time opportunity to study in a different culture. Don’t pass it up.

Kayla Magan

Jagiellonian University, Poland

When I sat down to write this all I could think of were these cliché things about study abroad and I didn’t want to write another piece full of expressions like that.

So here’s a real piece about life in Krakow, Poland.

It’s hard.

Some days all I can think about is going home. I miss the familiarity of Keene and my friends there. I miss my family and my room and my “normal life” back home.

But those days are becoming less frequent and now most days I love being here. Poland is a truly beautiful place to live and it is rich with history and culture.

Speaking of culture, culture shock hit me hard when I first arrived. I was jet-lagged and sleepless from a rough flight and I was thrust into this entirely new environment.

I had never been outside of the United States before now.

The language was the first barrier I encountered and it was overwhelming. On top of that, the dorm I am living in isn’t even comparable to anything at Keene. The worst dorm on campus is still better than where I am now. It is an adjustment to share a room smaller than my bedroom at home with two other people, so the living situation made it harder for me to adjust to being here.

I chose to come to Poland because I am a Holocaust and Genocide Studies major. I wanted to be able to travel to the very places events happened and where history I learned about in class occurred. I wanted to experience the places I read about in person. This past weekend I was able to do just that. Our program took us to Warsaw for three days.

Last semester at Keene State College, I took a class about the Warsaw Ghetto and have wanted to go to Warsaw since then.It was incredible to walk along the route where the ghetto wall used to be and see old buildings that escaped the destruction the Nazis left behind. To walk where the Jews walked, and to be in that same place, was a powerful experience. I cannot wait to travel to more places like Warsaw.

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Auschwitz is also on my list of places to go and I know that will be an even more powerful experience.

Life in Krakow is at a much slower pace than any other city I’ve been to.

My classes take place about a mile from the dorm and the Main Square is about a mile and half walk, but I enjoy walking everywhere. I do a good amount of walking each day and I will no longer complain about the walk from Randall to the DC after this semester.

I’ve become accustomed to hearing Polish wherever I go that when someone walks by speaking English it surprises me. Polish is unlike any language I’ve heard before, especially considering I studied Spanish in high school.

I’m slowly learning more and more words, such as dzienkuje [thank you] and przeprazasam [excuse me]. I’ve also learned a lot through my Polish language class over the past month and a half but it is still the hardest barrier to cross here.

I feel like I fit in and I know my way around; I have my favorite places to eat and shop but the second I open my mouth and speak English I feel like an outsider.

The Poles do not like to speak much English if they don’t have to.

The past couple weeks I’ve done some traveling to other cities in Europe.

I recently returned from Budapest where I spent five days during my Easter break. A few weeks prior I spent the weekend in Vienna.

Being able to travel to these historic and beautiful cities has been incredible.

It makes me wonder why we don’t travel more within our own country. That’s something that studying abroad has made me want to do when I return.

It’s been nice to be on a long bus ride back from a weekend trip and think about Krakow as somewhere familiar to return to.

What was once an unknown and overwhelming place has become like home to me. It’s been just 46 days but it feels like I’ve been here a lot longer.

Krakow is truly a beautiful place to be.

I know the sad days will still happen and sometimes it’s okay to feel that way.

There’s so much pressure to have this life-changing experience every day and love every minute.

But that’s not how it is. At least not for me.

But I do love it here and I wouldn’t want to be living anywhere else for the next three months.

Casey Miller

Contributing Writer

It’s that time of year again, when the temperatures start to rise and people are antsy to shed their dark winter coats and boots for bright sundresses and sandals.

While the calendar may say that spring has finally arrived, it’s still pretty chilly outside.

It seems as if there are still a few weeks of fashion limbo between winter and spring wear, so how do we transition the styles we love into our wardrobe without freezing?

Transitional months such as March and April are notorious for unpredictable climates that jump from frosty to toasty.

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One day’s weather might inspire a barbecue or outside party with friends, also know as a “darty,” while another’s wet and windy setting encourages staying in and binge watching Netflix.

Keene State College Seniors Jessica Chamoures, Olivia Testa, Casey Robinson and Jack Anderson offered insight from their own closets on how to seamlessly shift between the two extremes.

All agreed that layering is key for surviving the tricky “in-between” season.

Leaving the house during the colder mornings and feeling content in a heavy coat may cause sweating by lunchtime, they agreed.

The great thing about layering is utilizing staple items that are versatile and can work for day or night looks in different temperatures.

When it’s time to ditch the heavy jackets, there are many different styles and materials to choose from.

Chamoures, who said she is a fan of applying layers in her wardrobe, said, “Instead of my big puffy North Face jacket, I opt for jean or, at night, leather.”

In addition, a lightweight trench coat with a cinched waist or a blazer can be matched perfectly with a blouse for a balanced and sophisticated look.

For a more relaxed style a cardigan is a popular article to layer.

Cardigans and sweaters can also be easily paired with shorts once it’s warm enough to show a little leg.

Color is another facet that changes with the seasons.

Dark colors, such as black, are associated with winter, while lighter hues, such as yellow and pink, signify spring.

Take a hint from nature and start expanding color palettes to include some brighter colors to get in the mood for warmer weather.

When reflecting on her own wardrobe color adjustment, Robinson said, “Something that I start to change in my outfits between winter and spring are my color schemes. From winter and wearing relatively dark and warm colors, I slowly move toward bright and colorful looks.”

There are always some wintery articles people want to work into their outfits come springtime.

Boots and scarves are the main items up for dispute.

Chamoures said, “I hate that. You never know what to wear. It’s like you can’t wear boots, but it’s too cold to wear flip-flops. Usually, I’ll just wear my Toms or sneakers.”

Robinson added “While weaning out boots I usually wear Converse or Toms until it’s warm enough for flip-flops.”

While it may be true that the days where tall black boots are still in season are coming to an end, there’s a whole new crop of kicks to choose from.

Slip on shoes, such as Toms and Converse, are popular during warmer weather because of their comfort and lightweight feel.

These brands have multiple colors and patterns making it easy for customers to individualize their look while still staying fashion forward.

However, boots don’t need to be ruled out entirely during this time of year.

Mid-calf boots and ankle booties are trendy styles that can easily be balanced with jeans or a pair of shorts in warmer temperatures.

Scarves can be modified from gear to keep us warm in the winter, to accessories come springtime. Wearing lighter fabrics and updated patterns is a way to transition scarves to spring.

Testa said, “I wear lighter patterned scarves instead of my winter scarves when it starts to get warmer.”

It’s time to put away the heavy shawls and break out the brighter supply.

From the male perspective, Anderson weighed in on how his style adapts during this phase.

He said, “I tend to incorporate flannel button downs into my attire during the transition. I’ll throw a light jacket over that as well.”

While he said he hopes to be sporting khaki shorts whenever possible, he wears jeans when he can’t.

He also said his footwear choices are more about staying functional during the change in his surroundings between seasons.

He explained, “I’ll definitely keep the boots on to accommodate with the wet and muddy ground.

Overall KSC students agreed that style in-between winter and spring is a fun transitional period where you can work in your favorite pieces from both seasons to your everyday look.