St. Patrick's Day

I think it's easy to be overwhelmed by the images of people getting incredibly drunk on St. Patrick's Day. And that's a fair assessment, because so many people do observe this holiday that way. But I also feel like, even on a college campus, there's another layer to the day for many people.

For example, I was at a friend's house, and while most people were sitting around drinking, one person was in the kitchen, checking on a meal of corned beef and cabbage that he had been cooking all day. He then talked about how his mom always made this meal for them on St. Patrick's Day, and we all talked about how we had celebrated the holiday at home.

And I'm sure this happened in various ways all over campus. It's easy to be overwhelmed by the hundreds of people stumbling all over State Street, but I also think that there is another dimension to the day, even for college students, that's not hard to get to.