<p>Why I love Florida State University…</p>
<p>*It is located in Tallahassee, a wonderfully complex city that features, beauty, culture, history, education and diversity.
- It is the oldest university in Florida. The history of FSU is deeply intertwined with the history of Florida from the earliest days to today. The passion and cares of students across the years are richly revealed in the history for Florida State, the paths students walk today are the same as those taken by their ancestors.
- I love the campus. It is fairly compact and built onto the rolling hills of Tallahassee. A short walk downtown and you are in the center of government for Florida.
- The diversity and excellence of programs is evident as you cut through the College of Music building where often the impossibly talented students are heard rehearsing and practicing. Free concerts and other performances are plentiful and professional. You may then catch students of the sciences scurrying from building to building in a competitive rush to class and labs. Business students and philosophy majors are often heard in spirited debates over this bit of detail or that nuance, often using jargon and acronyms that might as well be Greek. Social science and religion majors in emphatically try to redress issues in society while not far away ROTC leaders muster students into formation.
- On football game days the excitement is palpable everywhere on campus and in restaurants with garnet and gold overwhelming all manner of dress from the very young to the quite old in the teeming thousands of alumni, students and fans. A win brings joy; defeat a heavy silence and hushed tones as in a funeral home. Favorite restaurants are packed and parking becomes quite an adventure.
- Outside campus are the secret sinks to swim in, with cold fresh water and Florida heat and sunshine above the surface. The hard to find two-lane country canopy roads that go for miles and reveal little treasures in country stores and rural life.
- The structured insanity of exam week with endless cups of coffee and hurried meals and the rush of relief when all the work is done and the books can finally be closed for a while.
- The frolic of a keg party that is free when you have no money for much fun. The studied drive for a piece of pizza from Momo’s or barbecue from Jim and Milt’s. Pounding music and spontaneous sports on Landis Green.</p>
<p>Yep. ;)</p>