The Harris Fine Arts Center, commonly known as the HFAC, is slated for demolition in the face of plans for a new arts building. Despite the myriad advantages to the new arts building, and the inarguable faults of the HFAC, some arts students are not ready to let the HFAC go. These arts students have chained themselves to the front entrance, sides, and roof of the HFAC in hopes of stopping the wrecking ball from collapsing the rotting building. 

“It’s an important part of BYU history, and I’m not ready to give it up,” explained Khristeigh Smith, a third-year clarinet performance major. The Alternate Universe had to send a journalist up to the roof in order to speak with her. “Besides, I thought BYU was all about holding on to obsolete and useless things!” 

Since there has not been an official date set for the demolition of the HFAC, these arts students are prepared to stay as long as it takes. Academic standing is not an issue, since the students receive credits for their real-life applications of performance art. Whether the university will allow the death of students to stop them from executing their plans is still unknown.