First off, I would like to apologize for being away for so long. I have been working on a few different projects and haven't had a chance to write on the blog very much. One of the events that have taken my time recently has been the TCU v. SMU weekend. The boulevard was great, the game was great, and just about everything about the weekend was amazing. I believe that most other Mustangs would agree with me in saying that the only thing that could have been better was the result of the game. There was a glaring fact though. Even though we all had fun, we didn't realize the consequences of our actions.
The trash. The trash all over campus was conspicuous. I have never been as disappointed in my life in a group of people. I'm not sure if it is cultural shock from being from the North, or just that we all didn't care. The amount of trash on the boulevard and in front of Dallas Hall was unacceptable. It is unbecoming of a group of young adults to treat our campus in that way.
Growing up in the wilderness of the Adirondacks, I was always taught to leave the wilderness better than you found it. That included picking up stray cans while hiking, leaving extra firewood at a lean-too, or cleaning your campsite so it was better than you found it. Those values taught me that you must be a steward to the land. If you want your children to enjoy the same thing you do, then you must preserve what you hold dear.
Now do not get me wrong, I'm not one of those card carrying Sierra Club members, but I do believe in treating the environment in a responsible manner. So I ask that in the future, if you see a can on the ground, be a good human being and pick it up. It's that simple.
Update:
The Daily Campus this morning has a halfway decent opinion piece on the trash issue. I would have been a little more critical of SMU; but they don't want to destroy their already lacking readership.
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