The campus at UNL is one place in Lincoln, NE where you can see what Lincoln has to offer to the public. Right when you walk on campus (especially early on a Saturday morning) you notice that it is really quiet and clean. But if you were to go there on a school day you would get a whole other perspective. The sidewalks are clogged and everything is congested. The early Saturday morning time is my favorite. You can smell all the restraunts in the surrounding area start to cook their daily specials, and get ready to open to the public. You can also smell the fresh cut grass of all the practice fields. As I was walking around I heard quite a few noises cut through the quiet noises of the campus. The fountain in the middle of the main courtyard was one of the best things on campus. I enjoyed how the noise of the splashing water made the campus seem calm and homey. One of the more distinct noises on the UNL campus was the road noise. Many times a day big tractor-trailers drive down the four lane road that divides the campus boundaries.
As I kept walking around on campus I saw some of the dorms that the students live in. As I sat in the courtyard outside of Harper dorm I noticed how clean the campus was. I never saw a piece of trash anywhere. I also noticed that there was plenty of seating all along the sidewalks on campus. You could pop a squat anywhere.
The best part that I loved about UNL was the stadium and practice fields. They were just massive and so well kept up. I was in awe at that. But then I had to remind myself that this is Nebraska and well they do love their football more then the residents of Arizona do.
At the end of the day even though I did really enjoy UNL’s campus I would never go there if I had a chance to go to Wesleyan. It’s home now.