ASUSU VIEW: Ask yourselves ‘why not?’ this year
A wise woman was once quoted as saying, “If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.” This woman was acting great Audrey Hepburn, who I have had a personal crush on ever since seeing “My Fair Lady” as a child.
We are in the greatest years of our lives, and fun is something that we must put as a priority. As Aggies we must have the attitude of ‘why not?’
Instead of asking ourselves “Why should I go to the football games?” “Why should I go to the school-sponsored activities?” “Why should I talk to that cute boy/girl in my math class?” we should be asking ourselves ‘why not?’
We have started this year out on the right foot. We have surrounded ourselves with fun things to do, and we have done them. We had an incredible Week of Welcome culminating with an incredible 80’s dance followed by an amazing concert. We followed that weekend with an equally outstanding one by destroying Idaho State at home followed by a great after-party in our student center. We must not lose this momentum.
As a student who has attended the three major universities in Utah I can tell you the thing that has set this school apart is the amount of fun I find myself having on a daily basis. This University is offering us so much and we must continue forward in order to make this one of the great years of our lives. This is a year for us to remember forever.
Now the question is what is going on? How can we keep this momentum that we have picked up? How do we keep ourselves having fun? What are the activities available to us?
The simple answer; stay informed on the events, and attend them. Grab a football schedule and go watch our Aggie football team make a bowl game this year. We have the Nite Kite Revival Tour reading poetry like you’ve never heard on Sept. 25 followed by the Kalai concert on the 27th. There is poetry and a beverage each month, for some light music and poetry along with a free bevy. On Oct. 12 we have a former skinhead and neo-Nazi, who has changed his life around from hate to tolerance, coming to speak to us. At the end of October we have homecoming week followed by the week of The Howl featuring the musical guest “We The Kings.” On Nov. 6 we will be having an actor, writer and producer of NBC’s Emmy award-winning “The Office,” do stand-up comedy here on our campus.
There are so many great activities that are now available to us as students that we must take advantage of. As we do so it will enrich our lives, and we may never have the chance to do some of these things again. This is our opportunity to meet people that will be our friends and confidants for the rest of our lives.
C.S. Lewis once stated, “Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art …. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.”
The most important thing in having fun this year is doing it with our fellow Aggies. As we get out and meet new people we are making a bond that is much stronger than the education we receive, we are uniting on a different level. This is our year, let’s go Aggies!
Skyler Parkhurst is the ASUSU arts and
lectures director