<p>What happened to the environmentally conscious university I had originally applied to? I simply can not bring myself to fathom that all of us here would tolerate such behavior by our beloved Cornell. The necessary means to effectively cleanse a pool of all the various bacteria found on this planet raises obscene environmental concerns with the industrial manufacturing of chlorine and the resources put forth in making a pool sanitary.</p>
<p>Personally, to stand up against this atrocity, I will be taking my swim test in the middle of February on the eve of the year’s largest snowstorm. Jumping into the gorge I will swim from the north campus and promptly die of hypothermia once I reach shore.</p>
<p>Pools, I laugh at their futility, for I shall look to commune with nature.</p>