There are a few articles rolling around the internet that suggest there are 20 Reasons Why CSU Is Better Than CU. Now I'm all for school pride, but when it comes to CSU I just don't understand how you can have any. In response to my fellow Odyssey contributor Kaitlyn Prins, I've concocted a few counter arguments to her "mostly" erroneous list. I'd like to say I will be focusing on the school itself for this list, as the surrounding town area is irrelevant in terms of the actual school. Plus, if we were comparing towns, come on, Boulder has the Flatirons, Boulder Reservoir, Boulder Creek, a thousand hiking/biking trails and Pearl Street Mall which Fort Collins simply can't hold a candle to. Let it be known that I'm from the Midwest in God's Country, Wisconsin, so I don't hold any biases from living in Colorado too long.
1. CU Boulder has won tons of "green" awards.
CU has won the Best Green Institutional Building Award from the Colorado Green Building Guild, CU Boulder was the first campus to achieve a Gold certification in AASHE Sustainability Tracking and Rating Systems and won the EPA Green Power Partnership College & University Green Power Challenge Award.
2. CU Leed's School of Business is incredible and I don't even have to tell you how outstanding the engineering programs are.
Oh, and have you heard of NASA? They have a few things set up at CU to say the least.
3. Boulder has so many outdoor clubs that routinely go up to the Flatirons or reservoir that it's impossible not to find one that doesn't perk your interest.
You like skiing? Oh, we have that. Hiking? Yup. Biking? Oh yeah. Hiking? Nah. Just kidding of course we have hiking.
4. The new CU Rec Center is absolutely gorgeous and can satisfy any fitness goals you have.
Two pools, a gigantic weight room, cardio equipment, dance studios, yoga rooms, rock walls, an ice rink, an indoor track, basketball courts and racquetball courts are all packed in there with plenty of breathing room in between.
5. Okay, CSU might be a tad more down to earth than Boulder.
I'll give my co-contributor that. But I've been around down to earth people my entire life. When I was picking a college, I didn't want to go somewhere everyone would be just like me. I wanted something different, out-there and outlandish, somewhere that would open my eyes to the true variety of people in the world. Boulder has that, maybe not in terms of color, but the number of people I've met from every corner of the earth is amazing. I feel I couldn't have done that anywhere else.
6. I have no rebuttal for the fact there are dirty hippies at CU.
Carry on.
7. Every year, CU has the Nearly Naked Mile where a bunch of mostly sober kids strip down and raise money for charity in the fall.
It's cold, but we still do it.
8. CU hosts various guest speakers throughout the year including Edward Snowden and the Dalai Lama.
If the latter doesn't influence your motives for helping the world I don't know what will.
9. Our basketball court is sponsored by Coors.
It's called the Coors Event Center. How cool is that?
10. All those yuppies at Boulder stimulate the local economy.
So do you, frat boys, do you.
11. CU's graduation rate is at 71% compared to CSU's 65.2%, just saying.
12. CU has much better school colors.
While I respect CSU's gold and green color combo as I am a Packer fan, CU's black and gold combo is by far the sexier of the two.
13. Ralphie the Buffalo is beautiful.
A majestic bovine creature that runs our football field and honestly should wear the American flag on her back; she is the National Mammal of America after all.
14. All the Californian kids at CU aren't so bad.
Once you get past all the "asuhh dudes..." and Supreme gear they're actually very nice!
15. Sko's not a wor- what?
I'm sorry, I can't hear you over 40,000 people chanting SKO BUFFS BABAY.
16. The creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone attended CU Boulder.
Glen Miller and Robert Redford also boast Ralphie as their mascot.
17. CU has a romantic walkway around a scenic quaint pond for all you little love birds.
18. You can often find CSU student's hot boxing their parent's 97' Ford pickup.
19. If you can't go to college, go to state.
20. The Colorado State football team doesn't have a website.
Which is fine, it's hard when you can't string three "W's" together.
