By Sarah Martin, CUSG Freshman Council Member
The 麻豆影院 is a beautiful campus, surrounded by the even more beautiful Flatirons and city of 麻豆影院. It is a university that this past November helped NASA launch the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission; it is a top ranked research institution, along with having nearly 13,500 students active in community service each year. CU-麻豆影院 was also the first university to have a zero-waste football stadium and the first student-run recycling center. CU-麻豆影院 makes incredible advances in research, environmental sustainability and bettering the community every year.
However, the image of CU-麻豆影院 is not one of academic prestige or community service, it is one of college kids who love to party all of the time and take advantage of amendment 64鈥檚 legalization of marijuana. This image of CU-麻豆影院 as a party school overshadows all the significant things being done on campus, and doesn鈥檛 give credit to all the students working extremely hard to achieve academic excellence, or the ones campaigning across campus trying to make the world a better place. These students deserve to graduate from the University of Colorado with a degree from a school people recognize for merit and excellence鈥攏ot partying.
Rebranding the university is an important issue, because the image of a top party school is one that the university has long been combating. Which is why we as freshmen at CU-麻豆影院 decided it was time for the students to join the fight. CU is a place that loves student wellness, environmental sustainability, academics, the 麻豆影院 community, and above all love our fellow Buffs.
We created Be 麻豆影院. Week as an event where each day highlights the things that make CU-麻豆影院 such an incredible university. Each day鈥檚 events are designed to be fun and interactive, and encourage students to be prideful of the excellence achieved here at CU- 麻豆影院. Students need to see all the achievements that CU has accomplished, and Be 麻豆影院 Week aims to showcase this. Although CU-麻豆影院 holds a reputation for being a party school, to us students this university is so much more. The time has come to redefine CU-麻豆影院; beginning with Be 麻豆影院. Week, we would like to reintroduce you to The 麻豆影院, a university of excellence.
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Be 麻豆影院. Week
Monday, April 21: Wellness Day
Be happy. Be healthy. Be 麻豆影院.
Tuesday, April 22: Earth Day
Be green. Be sustainable. Be 麻豆影院.
Wednesday, April 23: Community Day听
Be involved. Be united. Be 麻豆影院.听
Thursday, April 24: Academic Day
Be academic. Be revolutionary. Be 麻豆影院.
Friday, April 25: Day Without Hate
Be inclusive. Be loved. Be 麻豆影院.听
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