August 28, 2005
Purdue (in Photos - briefly)
After church today, I took a quick walk around campus with my camera, snapping some shots to share with those who may be curious about where I live. Sometimes I feel awkward taking pictures. Today, I did, so most of these were taken discreetly, thus not framed very well. Also, there's a lot more to Purdue than just these photos. I just wanted to get some of the principle places that I visit on a daily basis.
Above is University Hall and the fountain next to the grave of John Purdue.
This is the Union Building where students go to hang out. I had lunch there last Monday (and probably will every Monday). It was super crowded, but they have carved wooden chairs at all the tables and it has this castle feel to it. I like the reliefs on the front of the building. They show acts of courtship. If you look closely, you'll notice that this one shows the man helping the woman put on her coat.
This is the Stewart Building where I used to go to the computer lab before I got the Internet at home. I think there's a bowling alley in the basement of it.
And this is a pretty fence with flowers.
This is the campus bell tower. I read a little plaque about it today. Appparently, the original one was part of the first building on campus, but it was destroyed in an explosion, so they built a new one, nine bricks taller than the last. That one was taken down and then rebuilt into this one, which is even taller than the last one. Apparently, it symbolizes that we are continually building taller.
Purdue has lots of fountains on campus. This is one of them near one of my buildings. The first time I saw it, freshmen in swimsuits were playing around in it and I was kind of shocked. I think of fountains as being august and dignified structures, but apparently (as I should've known from Friends) you can play in them too.
Welcome to Beering Hall, home of the Liberal Arts and Education Department. I have a class here.
This is Heavilon Hall, home of the English Department. Consequently, my other two classes are here.
As a folklorist, I like to look at campus customs. This was a different one for me. People tape flyers all over the ground. It doesn't seem like it would be that effective, though, because it's not like you stop and read them. Ok, so I've stopped and read some of them. Apparently there's a railroading club and a parachuting club. Still... sometimes the print is way too small. They need to figure out to use big print and catchy phrases.
Finally, the guardians of Elliot Hall of Music. I could figure out that one is for drama (the face, you know) and the other is for music (harp), but I can't figure out the last one. Any suggestions?
Well, that's a brief virtual tour of Purdue after my weeklong acquaintance. It's a nice campus. I like it.
Posted by kea at August 28, 2005 03:17 PM