Regis College - Mount Regis Yearbook (Weston, MA)

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Relaxing after the Christmas dinner. Seniors share their last Regis Christmas

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• • • Fran Mooney Tis The Season I Look familiar, Kathy? Christmas comes but once a year, bringing with it a special spirit. Howev- er, when Christmas is over, the spirit that burns so brightly in our hearts, be- gins to lose its flame. Therefore, an ob- jective to achieve during this time is to develop friendships and bonds with neighbors and relatives and keep these bonds throughout the year. Though the prospect of losing this spirit seems sad, we can change it; for we have someone very special on our side, Jesus Christ. He loves us for who we are, our whole persons, good as well as bad. He is there for us when we need him, day or night; all we have to do is call out his name. This, of course, is what Christmas is all about: Christ’s peace, hope and love. We, as a community, hold this spirit in our hearts. We are a special people who have many gifts to share with one another. Each of us has the unique re- sponsibility to put a smile in someone else’s heart. We should try to accept one another. Just as Christ has accepted us. He is a true friend; He understands and cares. We should always remember this and act as Christ acts toward us, with compassion, with understanding, and most importantly, with love. -Nancy M. McGowan 20 Christmas Banquet “Joy To The World’ Cathy and Molly enjoy their last Christmas Banquet at Regis. Feliz Navidad

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' ■ ■ ■ Spring Fling 4 Around the time when everyone has had enough of the bitter snow, icy winds, and gray days of New England’s extensive winters, Regis reserves a tradition of one weekend which brightens even the grayest of Aprils. We all put away our sweatsuits, mittens and coats (for at least the first half of the weekend) and magically perform our own rite of spring, appropriately titled Spring Weekend. Committees and class officers plan busily almost all year long to devise a schedule that will engage even the most apathetic of students. In the past three years, they have planned outdoor concerts, cook-outs and field days which were sometimes difficult to execute since we have had rain during all of our Spring Weekends. The most colorful and traditional of activities during Spring Weekend are the semi-formals. The two nights of the semi-formals are an escape from the usual weekend activities at Regis. We abandon our everyday casual attire for the latest creations in silk, taffeta, and lace. We spend hours achieving the right look in hair, makeup and jewelry. Our dates arrive and whisk us away to some elegant, off campus setting like the Great Hall in Faneuil Hall Marketplace, the Copley Plaza Hotel or the Marriott in Copley Place. Amidst flowers, music and balloons we dance and dine and share an exciting evening with good friends. A newer addition to Regis’ Spring Weekend is the annual Boston Harbor cruise. The weather is generally cold and often damp so we return to our winter clothes, jeans and sneakers. This is not an event at which you must look stunning. Music blares. We dance and laugh and huddle together to keep warm. This is a fun filled and fitting ending to Spring Weekend. Spring Weekend provides us with a brief interlude from our everyday studies which become increasingly more serious as finals approach, and somehow the excitement, energy and fun give us the impetus to continue on in those last, sometimes frustrating, weeks. Even if it rains, the sun shines over our little corner of the world. O -Laura A. Kelly Sean and Moe: just sitting. Sue, Cathy, Lisa and Katie huddle against the cold Cathy and Brendan take a break