This issue's topic -- architecture on campus -- holds a special place in my heart. Right next to the place where I store this happy memory:
Just over a year ago, my sophomore fall, I decided to pursue my long-standing interest in architecture more concretely and enrolled in Architecture 1. One of our first assignments was to build a tower, which could support two eggs, six feet off the ground, three feet apart from each other, out of 18 sheets of paper without tape, glue, or anything else. [Caitlin, how did you do that? Well, I was the only one in the class who didn't.] Did I mention that it was the same week as rush?
A week later, I was a person utterly destroyed, closer to neither goal of architectural prowess or sisterly bonds. I've since recovered, joined a sorority (I'm a follower) and still like architecture a lot. But I thought I should just throw in that anecdote because, while all of this week's articles are thoroughly entertaining and well researched, none of them really capture the life-destroying power of countless nights of paper cuts and broken eggs.
But seriously, architecture is pretty cool. At the very least, good designs retain heat better. So read up and keep warm!
