This weekend I traveled to Princeton, New Jersey for a cross country meet. I have been to Princeton many times in for meets in the past two years but it is always an enjoyable trip. When I go away for trips I like to pick something to focus on and remember for future endeavors. On this particular trip I focused on my surroundings and communication styles at the meet. The campus at Princeton University is beautiful as it is mostly old buildings made of stone with some ivy growing on the exterior walls. It strikes me every time I see it as being distinctly what you think of when you hear "Ivy League". Having been to a good amount of colleges in the United States it is clear to me Princeton's architecture is more distinct than the usual. Beyond the beautiful campus was the cross country meet itself. I found myself thinking about how weird of a sport cross country really is. It is nothing but human beings running on grass and hills for no other reasons than personal satisfaction and glory. Each team has their own dynamics's, Hofstra's team of East-Africans speaking Swahili is one example of this. Even Mount Saint Mary's uses slang of their own such as my personal favorite "no cap".