The Hogwarts Fine Art Center

It’s interesting that a large percentage of BYU bachelor’s are banished to the Clyde and crab tree buildings. By the same token a lot of marriage hungry girls (aka MFHD majors) spend all their time in the JFSB. I think if BYU somehow made them inhabit the same building than an unprecedented number of engagements would occur. Not at first of course; because both genders would have to get used to seeing the opposite sex on a daily basis.

I think the one place on campus that has the most balanced ratio of genders would have to be the HFAC. Now before you change majors or start hanging out in there, I must warn you. The HFAC is a very strange place! Every time I walk in there I feel like I’m visiting Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry. First off, there are always people wearing strange robes, hats, and scarves. Some of these scarves even say Hogwarts or display the various colors of the different “Hogwarts Houses”. These odd people always seem to be muttering to themselves or vocalizing strange incantations with great volume and determination. Many of them are even holding wands whether they are conducting music, painting pictures, or perhaps just dueling.

And what sort of Hogwarts School would it be if I didn’t often hear ghostly singing howl its way through the corridors from some unseen place. The HFAC is complete with very unusual staircases, eccentric individuals, and classrooms that are so difficult to find they seem to vanish and reappear as if by some spell. P.S. if you have trouble with the stairs just remember that in order to move upwards you must often step down a few steps proceeding up.

At this point I will caution you again__not to get distracted by all the paintings on the walls or you may find you have wandered up into dark towers or down to the creepy dungeon. Once on the lowest level, your chances of finding your way back out becomes difficult as you will be wandering through a virtual labyrinth of passageways, doors, and individuals that are so strange they rarely venture up to the service. I am convinced that some of these “basement dwellers” were once like you and me. Sadly, they have played so many roles in so many basement plays that they have lost all touch with reality. These disoriented souls hardly know who they are anymore or what their original hair color was.

Lastly, if you find yourself doubting my comparison between Hogwarts and the HFAC, simply walk into the HFAC and ask someone about a boy named “Harry Potter.” In this world he is extremely famous and all you encounter will be able to tell you about “The boy who lived” and all of his adventurous exploits. Many of them (girls) will even have posters of him and giggle if you point this out. And so I will leave you with this parting wisdom, do not venture into the enchanted halls of the HFAC lightly, unless you wish to die a most tragic social death.