COLLEGE CAMPI

Or campuses.  Cacti, cactuses.

If I can relocate my picture, I'll post it.  If not, you'll know technology got in my way again.  People seem to do that to me more and more these days.  Even on those escalators that move in the airport.  I suppose that's superfluous (escalators that move) but somehow when I think of an escalator, it's going up or down and these well, just move.

But yesterday on our return to Phoenix, people were getting in our way so that we were delayed in meeting our ride.  Not by much, but as were flying in, we could see the formation of yet another dust storm or haboob.  After a long flight from Charlotte, NC, we were wanting to get home.  But people.

Anyhow, we made it and now I'm back on the subject of college campuses.  Our son chose two beauties (University of Illinois and Washington University); our daughter chose three (Arizona State, University of California, and University of San Diego).  The latter was selected as the one of the top 14 schools in the nation.  I would certainly have selected Wash U over several of the others, but no one asked me.

At one time, I would have chosen MTV High as one of the most beautiful high school campi, but no more.  Their last 3 buildings, F, G, and H were architectural disasters in the vein of '60's construction though F was before and H after.

So what makes up a beautiful campus? Flora, fauna, and edifices that shout out.  It helps to have happy, at least smiling students making the walk from class to class.  But if I had to select one, it would be the buildings.  And not one, not one, not one would have a flat roof.