Editor’s Desk: Experiencing Leap Day and Time with Loyola

Everyday, I find myself yearning for more time.

More time to finish assignments, more time to spend with friends, more time to sleep and more time to work on passion projects.

But each day has only 24 hours, each week has only 7 days and each year has only 365 days — except this year.

This issue of The Phoenix is being released Feb. 28. Usually, the next day would be March 1, ushering in the first month of spring and my sister’s birthday.

But this year, the next day is Feb. 29.

I may be talking about Leap Day like it’s some crazy, unheard of idea, and I realize it’s not. Everyone at Loyola has at least experienced a few of these in their lives, but that shouldn’t make it any less special. 

Every four years, we’re given the thing we’re always asking for — more time. 

Maybe the world doesn’t stop spinning and midterm stress doesn’t stop building, but it’s an extra day where we can make it whatever we want.

It would obviously be more ideal if the day didn’t fall on a Thursday, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be celebrated in little ways.

Spend some more time with friends, catch up on work you’ve been putting off, start brainstorming for that passion project or just take a nap. 

My time with Loyola and The Phoenix will soon be coming to an end. To everyone else experiencing the same thing, enjoy every minute.

In this week’s issue, read about writer Hailey Gates’ love of airports in anticipation of your potential spring break trip. In arts, writer Brendan Parr reflects on Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel “Dune” and reviews filmmaker Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part Two.”

Thank you for reading.

Featured image courtesy of Austin Hojdar