Letter to non UCF friend

Dear Friend from Wisconsin,
Hey there how’s it been?! I hope things have been going as great for you as they have with me here in Orlando. I know it’s been a while but I figured I’d give you a little news in what I’ve been up to. Class is fantastic and the walks in the mornings are so peaceful as the sun rises. The Student Union is the epicenter of activity on UCF and is always bustling with students. It’s an energetic atmosphere as clubs and organizations left and right try to gain students’ attention to join or get involved. As morning peaks, on my way to Chemistry, the Metal Appreciation Club at UCF have a tent set up with speakers blasting fast paced metal music. I noticed that many people seemed a little agitated that the music was so loud. I asked myself “how many of these people in their booths absolutely hate metal music?” I figured by the looks on many faces that over half seemed to be annoyed at the fact that they couldn’t hear their voice or anyone else’s. I’m not sure if your too much of a fan metal or not, but I certainly have respect for the newer styles of metal emerging; this doesn’t mean I’m a huge metal fan but in small doses it’s ok. Do you believe they should continue their quite successful scheme; considering it’s tent is always full of people? Even though it has the right to be a club wouldn’t you agree that there is a way to fix this rock between a hard place through campus policy? A simple solution would definitely be to just relocate their tent to an area with less or minimal foot traffic. They could also reschedule their time to be out by Student Union, because such a busy area deserves to gain some grounds on and be part of this university’s collective culture. Besides the problem of being too loud and too early, I began to wonder if any situations would arise due to the negative feedback of the majority of students outside. I also reminisced of the time when you and I were fishing in Key Largo in a nearby bay when two jet skiers used the same bay to practice their stunts in for 90 minutes. We were so upset that there loud engines and fast speeds were so close and scaring all the fish away that we wanted to tell them to get lost and that this was a bay for fishing not water sports. In the end though, they had the right to be there on their jet skies. There was nothing that said they couldn’t be there so we dealt with the nuisance by listening to music in the cabin and eating lunch. In the same way that we found a way to resolve our conflict by making the best of the situation at hand, other organizations could use the time the loud music is on to get paper work done, or use alternative means of getting attention such as captioned videos, or larger signs that are clear and readable. This basically showed me, and I hope you realize it to, that there is never a need to jump to hostile or radical action. By showing respect and using effective strategy, one can implement more successful activities if they take advantage of the situation (such as the one with the Metal club) at hand. I hope you take care and write your response back to me on the Metal Appreciation Club.

Sincerely,
Christopher