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From alums: a bucket list
experience before graduating
We asked our alumni for their recommendations of things BSC students must do
before they graduate. Here are some of their suggestions:
1. Visit the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.
2. Ring the bell atop the Berte Humanities Center on your last day of class.
3. Watch a sunset from Vulcan Park on top of Red Mountain.
4. Attend lots of Birmingham Barons games.
5. Volunteer in the Birmingham City elementary schools located near campus.
6. Attend the BSC Carol Service.
7. Turn right out of campus.
8. Visit the graves of three of the four little girls killed in the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing near
the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, followed by a guided tour at the church.
9. Experience a sunset from the bleachers of the BSC baseball field (one of the best spots in Birmingham for this).
10. Eat at Irondale Cafe, The Bright Star, Lloyds, and Nikki’s West.
11. Attend the Rickwood Classic (the annual Barons game at Rickwood Field, America’s oldest baseball field).
12. Make a visit to Uptown to take advantage of the cool atmosphere—eat a burger at Mugshots and grab
a coffee to go from Octane.
13. Visit the Tuxedo Junction neighborhood of Birmingham.
14. Sit in a class with a leftist professor with imagination, courage, and compassion.
15. Pull an all-nighter, even if you’ve prepared for weeks for the next test. You’ll make lasting friendships,
and if you’re pre-med, get used to it.
16. Rush a fraternity/sorority, even if you don’t plan on joining one.
17. Eat at Al’s Deli and Grill. Order a gyro, ranch fries, and sweet tea.
18. Play a prank on your RA—but nothing too mean.
19. Eat at Fat Sam’s Subs.
20. Get two other friends and paint yourselves with “B-S-C” for a sporting event. Make sure to stand in order.
21. One night during E-Term (if you’re on campus), strip down to your boxers and jump in the fountain.
22. Enjoy E-Term. It’s awesome.
23. Take at least one video of yourself with a group of people you’re hanging out with your freshman year.
A decade later, determine what kind of an impact those people had on your life.
23 things first-year students should