Today Paul and I went exploring on the campus. The most common words uttered today were "wow," "good grief," and from Paul "I'm jealous." The campus is incredible. There are courtyards everywhere, trees (!), art work and scultures in front of nearly every major building (including a spectacular display of rock, water, and plants at the university's entrance called "Jacob's dream"), and much more.
I would describe the campus as the oasis in the middle of the desert. The town is not impressive by any stretch of the imagination, but I will be spending most of my time on campus anyway--a fact that makes me quite excited. The interior of each building was as impressive as the exterior. The Bible building was remarkable: equipped with a spiral staircase, a very nice chapel, a train-staion-esque portion (for lack of better description), numerous paintings...etc.
The student center has a campus store vastly superior to that of OC. There are several fast food chain restaurants inside and a bowling alley on the bottom floor--because their student center actually requires multiple levels.
The library blew me away. First of all, there's a Starbucks on the 2nd level (including a Starbucks OFFICE nearby, which Paul and I both found incredible). The Theological Room of Reading was fantastic--it alone may house more books than the entire first floor of the OC library. Needless to say, I believe I shall enjoy the hours I spend in this building, likely sipping on my Starbucks macchiato as I research.
Lest I forget, the campus has a football and baseball field--making the OC facilities look rather paltry in comparison, I'm afraid. If I can get over the omnipresence of Purple, I believe I'll have quite a nice time.
More to come later, I'm sure. For now I must continue getting organized in my new apartment (which deserves a description and post of its own).
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Agreed. ACU's campus is amazing. Make sure you get one of those purple milkshakes! Mmmm.
BUT OC HAS A CLOCK TOWER! Put that in your pipe ACU!!!
I don't have to write here how jealous I really am. But again, let it be known.
ACU sounds amazing! We need to discuss.
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I decided to join the club,
brandon, it's so funny cause I feel the same way about my campus...I guess going to OC for a while just makes you start to think that every campus sucks (forgive me oc) but then you go out into the world and see that, nope, it's only oc. Hope you're having fun!
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