Think outside the brick: A letter from SGA Executive President Welsford Bishopric
North Carolina State University recently had a “Think Outside the Brick” competition. This initiative’s name played on the fact that NCSU students are so surrounded by brick constructs that they pay them no more attention than the air they breathe. Much like our neighbors just down I-40, we at Elon are surrounded by buildings and pathways made of brickwork. Unlike them, however, we cannot stop thinking about these little pieces of clay masonry. “We” here means students, staff, alumni, faculty and all of our community members. Seniors often choose to take one with them when they graduate, University Advancement engraves them and they are as much a part of our cultural subconscious as our increasingly domesticated squirrel population. For those who think I am exaggerating, www.elon.edu/bricks is a real thing (fundraising plug — seriously order one, more endowment is a good thing for all of us). In summary, it is fair to say that we, as a population, exhibit an abnormal fascination with our bricks.