If the campus seemed a bit deserted this weekend, it was probably because a lot of students took the obligatory trip home on Mother’s Day.”I had to go home to see my mom,” said Autumn Bradley, a junior majoring in child and family studies, “Or my dad would have kicked my butt.”Gone are the days of crayon scribblings and homemade cards as Mother’s Day gifts. Chad Ernst, a sophomore majoring in business, did not make the trip home this weekend but he did send his mom flowers.”I called the flower shop and asked for suggestions on what to send,” Ernst said. “I think they sent some cut flowers in a vase.”Some students put some real thought into what mom would really want.”I sent her a nautical pillow because she likes to collect lighthouses,” said Sandy Mikolajczyk, a graduate student in social work. “And I called her already.” If they could not make it home this weekend, most students at least called mom to wish her a happy Mother’s Day.”I sent her a card and I’ll call her later today,” said Garrett Hall, a recent graduate.”I already called her to wish her a happy Mother’s Day,” said Blake Rutherford, a sophomore majoring in landscape architecture.Mother’s Day officially began in 1914 when President Woodrow Wilson established Mother’s Day as a national holiday to be celebrated on the second Sunday of May. The tradition of celebrating mothers has been traced all the way back to the ancient Greeks.Just a reminder ‹ Father’s Day is June 15.