Ode to the University of the Brigham Young

Today is a HUGE day in history;
for it is the last day that I attended classes at BYU as a student.

Here are a few things I disliked and liked about my experience at BYU.

Liked (let's start with the few positives, shall we?)

• The testing center - a great way to procrastinate to the last second and take your tests when it is the most convient time for you.
• Living with my sister; who managed to keep my sane when all I wanted to do was stab a freaking zoobie. (I swear I'm not violent, Provo just has that affect on normal people)
• Living within 10 minutes of my adorable sister Rachel, her husband and my two favorite boys in the world. I'm going to miss my nephews so much! 
• Finding my best friend Hollie Lee Crosby in the most bizarre of all ways possible. Thank you woman for sitting down next to me in Book of Mormon class and swearing loudly:) I knew I'd like you.
• The level of expectation. Professors expect you to do well and challenge you to perform to best of your abilities.
• The cadaver lab. I spent a great majority of my free time with the cadavers and BYU has incredible connections that allow students to view/manipulate the cadavers in ways that other universities are not allowed to.
• The campus. The architecture is stunning and the grounds beautiful. Once I was studying outside on a secluded lawn and the grounds crew drove up, removed the pine cones from their natural habitat and then drove off. Now that people, is landscaping DETAIL! 

Disliked

• Two Words: Freshman Mentoring. BYU had a not-so-brilliant idea to make freshman take classes in bundles with a mentor assigned to each bundle. The idea behind it; so you take general classes with the same people and one upper-classman guides makes the transition to college easier. First, I took all the stupid generals in highschool so I had to petition to take classes towards my major. Second, if I wanted an upper-classman to harass me I would allow one of the oh-so-creepy-marriage-hungry-males to babysit me.
• Jimmer fever. I am going to upset 95% of Utah by saying this but Jimmer is a ball hog and has terrible defense. Yes, when he has "on" days he can shoot from extreme distances but basketball is a team sport.
• The student section at football games. Sitting students in small groups throughout the stadium mixed with old people is a terrible idea! Now the MUSS, that is a student section. 
• The lack of color. Someone painted over Provo with white-out. Either that or all the black boys are hiding from me or getting suspended (thank you Brandon Davies, you are my favorite player still)
• The testing center when I have failed a test after spending three hours taking it. 
• BYU information systems. No one knows anything that is beneficial and it takes forever to get any answers. If you need correct information you have to contact the head honcho and for that you basically need security clearance. Lame. 
• THE DRESS CODE! If the gooberish boy sitting next to me can wear his shorts that short than surely my shorts can be just as short! Oh, and I broke the honor code by keeping my third piercing! SUCKERS!!!
• Provo drivers. Worst drivers ever, certifiably stupid. 
• Rape Hill. This hill of death nearly killed me every time I had to climb it. Mother earth didn't seem to notice that some of us have to carry half our lives to school, which makes for heavy backpacks and swass :)
• Everyone seems to be marriage and baby hungry! And people get engaged/married after a month or two or dating. INSANE.
• Provo is boring.

 I feel much better for ranting. Thank you for indulging my frustrations by reading. I have decided to go back to my roots, where everyone bleeds red.

And because, let's be honest, I look much better in red! GO UTES!

Love always,
      Christine