The recent nice weather has University of Scranton students feeling good.<\/p>\n
Scranton is known for cold, damp weather, with residents and students often facing heavy rain, snow and strong winds.<\/p>\n
University freshmen are advised to pack rain boots and coats and, in some cases, an extra umbrella in case theirs blows away or breaks.<\/p>\n
This past week the weather has been better, with temperatures reaching 77 degrees, a dramatic difference from the usual cold and rain.<\/p>\n
With the warm weather, University students are able to enjoy time outside.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel rejuvenated,\u201d said biology major Olivia Zrebiec. \u201cI just sat on the green on a picnic blanket with my friends for three hours. The sunlight feels so nice. I feel motivated to do work. Everything’s looking up. I feel great.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lucas Dhoni, a counseling human services major, also experienced a lift in his mood and an increase in productivity.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’ve been spending a lot more time outside and even doing my schoolwork.\u201d Dhoni said. \u201cBefore my shift, I just stood outside for a few minutes just to get more sun. It’s just really, really nice from what we’ve been getting last week.\u201d<\/p>\n
The improvement in mood is shared by many University students. Many have shared how their mood has lifted compared to last semester due to the nicer weather.<\/p>\n
Productivity is a different matter. Students on campus explained that due
to the warm weather many would rather relax and spend time outside.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel less motivated to do schoolwork,\u201d said Margaret Elmir. \u201cI’ve been going on walks throughout campus. But I feel so happy, genuinely.\u201d<\/p>\n
Quentin Peggin, a mechanical engineering major, skipped class to enjoy the nice weather.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, I skipped a class today to go on a run. It was just too nice out,” Peggin said. \u201cI feel like I’m in a much better mood, but I’ve also been less productive, which I think is a worthwhile trade-off.”<\/p>\n
Although rain is expected the rest of the week, fairer weather is expected to return soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The recent nice weather has University of Scranton students feeling good. Scranton is known for cold, damp weather,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-137105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}