Students across BYU campus are calling for action after a recent emergency birth occurred in the worst building on campus.
Jennica Nielson, a returned missionary of 10 months, was in her “Intro to Motherhood” class at Thomas L. Martin Building (more infamously known as the MARB), when right at 9:49, her water suddenly broke. Her gasp of surprise, along with the subsequent contractions, however, were drowned out by the droves of students sprinting out of the classrooms.
After two unsuccessful attempts to walk into the hallway, Jennica knew that her baby would not have a hospital birth. The crowded hallways impeded both BYU EMS and first responders to arrive at the scene, but thankfully, two Family Studies majors at the scene were able to assist with the birth. Jennica and her new baby boy were later successfully transported to the medical wing of the Spencer W. Kimball Tower.
“I think I’ll call him MARBin,” she was reportedly heard saying. The Alternate Universe was unable to make contact with Jennica’s husband for commentary.
The MARB is known across campus for having both the most crowded and fastest-moving hallways during passing periods. In the days following the event, students have formed what they call “Justice4MARBin,” an organization with the goal of better regulating passing periods at BYU, bulldozing the MARB, and legally changing MARBin’s name to “literally anything else.” #Justice4MARBin has been shared a total of 8,000 times across campus.
The University’s reply is as follows:
“We express our deepest condolences to MARBin as well as his parents for his name and unfortunate entrance into life. As is the norm with these kinds of things, MARBin will receive both automatic acceptance and free tuition when he is of age to attend BYU.”