Assistant Features Editor

It has been two weeks since the ball dropped in New York welcoming 2016.

There are many ways to celebrate New Year’s which could mean keeping up with family traditions, going out with friends or even opening up a bottle of wine.

Ricardo Jimenez a student here at CSU Bakersfield, studying single subject teaching credential, with a focus on math was happy to have celebrated New Year’s with his family.

Being part of the military he looks forward to being around his family every chance he gets, not knowing when he will be deployed.

Jimenez described his New Year’s traditions with his family with delight.

“I spent it with my loved ones” said Jimenez.

At midnight Jimenez and his family go outside and have a few shots to toast wishing everyone a happy New Year’s.

Jimenez and some of his family members then get out a few rifles shooting them into the night sky celebrating 2016.

Afterward Jimenez and his family go back inside and play the guitar till sunrise and then return back outside to see the first sunrise of the year.

Not everyone is bound to traditions some prefer to do their own thing or go to a club, while others find January 1st as just another day of the year.

Criminal justice major Diego Aguilar went to Las Vegas with a couple of his friends to bring in 2016 with good memories.

“We walked around, drank, hit up clubs” said Aguilar.

The New Year’s isn’t only about celebration but to start fresh in life and many people attempt to bring about change in a positive way by creating New Year’s resolutions to better themselves or achieve something.

According to the Statistic Brain Research Institute in their article “New Year’s Resolution Statistics,” the top five resolutions of 2015 were to: lose weight, get organized, spend less, enjoy life to the fullest, and lastly stay fit and healthy.

When asked what her New Year’s resolution for 2016 was, human biology major Precious Nwaoha answered.

“To get my grades on point.”

Nwaoha like most spent New Year’s with her family.

2016 is here and there is much to look forward to.