The University of Oklahoma is one of the most beautiful schools in the nation. The campus is filled with wonderful buildings with great history and meaning. Dale Hall is one of those buildings that has been very meaningful and memorable to me and I have selected this building because of that reason. During my first semester at OU, most of my classes were in Dale Hall. On my first day of class, I remember walking up the front steps and through the doors and being overwhelmed with excitement and happiness because I was embarking on the next step of my life. Many students at OU think that Dale Hall is ugly but I remember really loving the building that I spent so much of my time in. The stairs in the center of the building seemed grand to me and I thought it was really interesting how they seemed to be the center of a cross that was created by the hallways that led to the classrooms. The building was so much different than those in the community college I had attended before coming to OU. I get really nostalgic when I think of the building because it was such a great place to me. Dale Hall is where I met one of my very best friends, Austin. It is where I had my very first class at OU. It is where I took shelter from the rain, snow, and wind during that cold spring semester. It is where I have learned, grown, and laughed and it will always hold a very special place in my heart.

Dale Hall has influenced my view of architecture and honestly just life greatly. It has shown me that beauty is so subjective. Everyone else’s opinions about the building doesn’t lessen or alter the beauty and meaning that I see in it. I think that that is a really amazing thing. If I can understand that idea when it is focused on a building, then I should be able to understand that on a grander scale as well, which isn’t always easy to do.

Corina Aguirre

P.S. this assignment is crazy profound. I had no idea that this would stir up so many different emotions. Are any of the rest of you guys feeling the same way?