Monday, January 20 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and being a federal holiday, all classes are canceled. Racism has also been canceled, but only for this one week. Inspired by King, the University has held events and programs raising awareness and encouraging students to be open-minded, productive, and brave in the face of social injustices.

Junior Keith Vanderbuilt has his own special way of honoring the beloved civil rights leader. Instead of attending these events or doing anything on Monday, Vanderbuilt slept in until one in the afternoon and had a dream. He told us, “It was the opposite of a nightmare. It was a day pony.”

Instead of dreaming of the end of oppression, he dreamt of the end of hot women wearing baggy, shapeless sweaters. Instead of dreaming of true freedom of speech, he dreamt of the freedom of whipping it out in public. Instead of dreaming of a better tomorrow for all, he dreamt of a better tomorrow for white men.

After waking up from his eye-opening dream, Vanderbuilt thought long and hard about how he could make it come true. He thought about Martin Luther King Jr. and how he died for his dream. He thought about the ripples King made in the nation and the world. He thought about what a person can do when they have something to say and someone who is willing to listen. Then the thought exhausted him to a point where he laid his head back down and had another dream. When asked what the dream was about, Vanderbuilt said, “I had lunch with Martin at Hooters. He ordered soup.”