This year a collision on the calendar makes for a superstitious holy day, with Good Friday also being Friday the 13th.

But most NIU students aren’t worried about superstitions or adverse affects on their spiritual beliefs. Here’s what people are saying around campus:

“I don’t believe in the superstitions surrounding Friday the 13th. I have family members that warn me, but I am sure it will not affect what I do today.” — Tiffany Stuckey, freshman journalism major

“The fact that these events are happening on the same day is an oxymoron and a sign that the world is damned. I am not a really religious person and I am not superstitious, either, so it doesn’t matter to me.” — Cydney Oakes, freshman anthropology major

“I’ve been so busy studying that I hadn’t even noticed that Good Friday was on the 13th. I am going to spend the day with my family, like I do every year. As a child I was superstitious, but I have grown out of it.” — Jowita Sienkowiec, sophomore nursing major

“The concept doesn’t concern me. I am going to be in class because we don’t have the day off.” — Marcus Dailey, junior OMIS major

“Friday the 13th is another pagan holiday. I have learned from reading about the fallacy of Easter that Good Friday comes from the Babylonian culture & it’s pagan, too. It seems perfect that these two satanic holidays fall on the same day.” — Nathan Hughes, freshman manufacturing engineer major

“It is a coincidence that today is not only Good Friday and Friday the 13th, but on this campus you have all these little green men running around.” — Brad Kuhn, senior political science major

“I feel free on Fridays because school is out and the weekend comes. I’ll go to church on Sunday but today I am going to relax and enjoy the weekend. I’ve only been in America for a year and I can easily see that superstitions have an influence on people.” — Junko Matsuoka, junior English major