Mary MacIntire

Staff Writer

In celebration of Earth Day this week, the Outings Club and Environmental Club hosted an event for students at Stony Acres this past Saturday.

This is the first event being held at Stony Acres for students this year, and those who attended hope it will not be the last.

The activities of the day included canoeing, a fishing contest, decorating tiny pots for planting seeds, tie-dying, climbing, hiking, making ice cream and s’mores and live music from Rachel Bailey, the treasurer of the Outings Club and a business management major of Stroudsburg, Pa.

This event offered students a chance to come together to celebrate Earth Day and all that nature has to offer. Even though this day was organized by student organizations, students themselves can come to Stony Acres any day from dusk to dawn.

“This is all here for the students to use,” says Madeline Constantine, the caretaker of Stony Acres and advisor of the Outings Club. She and her husband take care of Stony Acres and make it possible for students to be able to enjoy it all throughout the year.

For many, this event acted as an introduction to all that is possible for students to do for free just 20 minutes from campus. It is even possible to reserve a cabin to sleep overnight.

Not only is this space used for recreation, but it offers a perfect environment for wildlife research. Students in classes such as Ecology, Biology, Health and Physical Education have all conducted research at Stony Acres over the years.

Including what was used at the event, there are fire pits and grills for cooking. There are volleyball nets, horseshoe pits and frisbee golf nets for games as well.

This picturesque property owned by the school is a great resource for students to take in the environment around them, whether it is for a research project or recreation. The Earth Day event helped to show how great of a place Stony Acres is for students to have and use.