So, the art/art history majors’ trip to Nashville and Memphis was amazing. It felt as though a whole week went by in the space of a few days. We looked at art, we ate delicious (and messy!) Memphis barbeque, we checked out the live jazz scene on Beale Street, we stayed in a cool post-industrial hotel, and we saw Graceland. Add to this six hours of driving between Hanover to Memphis, and you have a wonderfully exhausting weekend.
Memphis and Nashville are full of live music, whether you are at the Frist Museum, in the Union Station converted-to-hotel, or on the streets. Saturday night we went out after dinner and explored Beale Street. Musicians were both indoors and outdoors, wielding microphones and singing their hearts out. My friends and I danced on the cobblestones, taking in the music and the mood of the city.
Coming back from Memphis, I was abruptly shocked back to reality. Someone on the second floor in Crowe residence hall burned a candle that started a fire!! (Candles are not allowed on campus.)
Everyone living in Crowe was woken up at 5:30 a.m. by the smoke alarm, and everyone made it out of the building unharmed. The sprinkler system quickly kicked in on the 2nd floor, effectively putting out the fire, but in the process people’s rooms were soaked, and water soaked through the 2nd floor into the rooms on the 1st.
Some people’s things were damaged, but I think I can speak for everyone and say that our overall feelings were of relief that no one was hurt. The people who were affected had to find places to stay the night. My Ogle pod has taken in my friend, Mera, who lives directly below the room that caught fire. Until the damage is cleaned up, a lot of people are staying in File and Young Houses, sororities and fraternities, etc.
It’s really heartwarming to see the campus come together to help each other out; people affected by the fire got multiple offers of places to stay. We are such a tight-knit community — people all over campus readily taking in others — and it makes me proud to be part of that.
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