It was a bright, blue sky fall day. Leaves were just starting to turn color in Indianapolis, but most were still very green. Butler students were in their classes as the halls and footpaths were relatively quiet by the time Krista and Ayrielle came to campus. If the calendar didn’t say it was September, you would have sworn it was still the summer term. We walked past the football stadium where we saw someone throwing a frisbee and meandered towards one of the cooler spots on campus – Holcomb Gardens. We reflect at the lake two of Indiana’s most prominent families and their impact on the university.

To all the graduates celebrating, the campus you see now, the campus you hold dear in your memory shall change. For better (or worst) the campus changes to fit the needs of the new students and faculty. They create new dorms, purchase new digital materials for libraries, upgrade lab equipment, and so forth. Every now and again the alums or industry partners will donate large sums to purchase something rather sexy for the institution. By sexy I mean—not something necessarily needed by either students or faculty, but future students will inevitably be attracted to. Take example any outside artifact (aka statue or fountain that adds to the scenic ambiance to campus).

If you plan to do something to celebrate, we would recommend that you plan ahead. The Sunday we came to town students were moving out, a citywide marathon happened in the morning, church bells ringing, and the first warm wave came about. We didn’t plan ahead and were starving as we waiting in a never-ending brunch line.

The Bad Good Friends first reconnected at the University of Louisville as it was the halfway point from Ayrielle and Krista, who at the time we're living in two different states. It was a rainy day thanks to a tropical storm, Gordon. As a result, there would not be plans to meander around campus too much so we opted for the campus art museum.