According to the Jan. 11 Daily article “Time for Towers to bid Iowa State farewell,” the Towers residence halls will be imploded. I and many others will definitely be there to watch it happen.

But why do we just have to watch? Why can’t we participate in the actual implosion?

I think there should be a raffle to determine who will be the person who gets to push the button that will bring the buildings down. I would love to be able to say that I pushed the button that brought down one of the city’s most recognizable “high rise” buildings.

I have never been inside of them, much less lived in them, but I would still like to push the button. I can only imagine how the people who lived in the buildings would feel about being able to blow them up. The university always needs money. This seems like a worthwhile cause to me.

Landon Streit

Freshman

Construction Engineering