Tell me to write an essay at home and it will take me two hours to write a page. Send me to a good library and I can have the page written in half an hour. For the past two Mondays I've ridden up the hill to the La Sierra University library to get some homework done. They have a sweet atrium where I can type to the rhythm of a flowing fountain while surrounded by plants and their accompanying fragrance. Every 45 minutes or so, I stretch my legs by trying to get lost in the three story maze of books. When I don't have homework, I find it incredibly revitalizing to simply walk through the campus or sit under one of the mature trees with some good literature. When I think about my favorite cities (San Luis Obispo, Portland, Bozeman), I realize they are all home to a major university. While I detest frat culture, I love campus culture, and I don't think I ever want to live in a city where I can't ride across town to a good college library.
