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Let the fine arts expand your outlook on life — you don’t have to look any farther than your own backyard.
COMMENTARY
Chelsea Hudson

A liberal arts education has the power to be liberating if appreciated fully. A gigantic step that TCU needs to take is greater support of the arts.

We have incredible talent all around us, and we need to make the time to see a play, enjoy a dance performance, see the art displays in the Moudy Building North and listen to the TCU symphony.

We could all learn from TCU’s most artistically talented. These individuals have discipline for the hours of hard work and energy they exert. Our Ballet Department is one of the top in the country. Many of the students majoring in dance, theater, art and musical performance spend many hours in class — sometimes between 18 and 20 hours a week.

These students rigorously apply themselves in school by researching the history of their craft and relating it to their own experience. The professors who teach the arts are very demanding and honest, creating pressure to strive for perfection. Many of our students in the arts are double majors.

It is our musicians, artist, dancers and actors that teach us to think about life. TCU reminds us of the importance of diversity. Our students who major in the arts bring us diversity literally and metaphorically. They bring us diversity of thought and expression.

Through plays, dance performances, musical performances and art, we as a community have the opportunity to see the world through different eyes. The true beauty in diversity is not difference, but appreciation of individuality.

The arts are an important part of a well-rounded human being. But our actions do not match our values. The next time you are wondering what to do one Thursday or Friday night, go to a TCU play or dance performance. Let your mind wander into the bliss of true intellectualism, and who knows — you might just walk away changed. And perhaps all the student performers who dedicate their time and energy to the arts might be impacted by one more filled seat.

We’re always striving to fill the stadium on game day — let’s also try to pack Ed Landreth Hall Auditorium come performance day.

Chelsea Hudson is a senior political science major from Plano.