December: The day the Mount went to Loyola  

I was recently appointed co chairperson of the Mount Spirit committee. Now this committee is responsible for promoting Mount spirit in any way, shape, form or fashion. When the Men’s basketball coach asked one of our fellow SGA members whether the Mount could bus students to Loyola for the Catholic Clash, my co chairperson and I were all over it. The Mount and Loyola have always had a healthy rivalry that was ignited last year with their win at home last year. Busing students was the perfect way to show our support for the team. On December 2nd, we pulled out of the Mount, 200 people deep and went to Loyola College in Baltimore. We were escorted through a back entrance to our seats. We took over the arena, yelling chants and supports for our boys out on the court. Even though we were scrutinized by the security and taunted by the Loyola crowd, we kept it together until there was a little scuffle on the court. We then launched into a very creative tirade of numerous chants (one which included the singing of “God Bless America”) against the harsh Loyola crowd. Even though we lost, we showed our Mount Spirit and started a trend: the athletics department will help us bus students to important away games. Not so bad for a bus ride.