I admit to having the maturity of an adolescent boy, but the University of Dubuque's sculpture outside its welcome center might make a more mature person giggle:
Sculpture abutting the Peter and Susan Smith Welcome Center at the University of Dubuque. |
I thought of the inspiration of my scientific predecessors, such as Val Kilmer in Real Genius, and considered developing a new course, Boulder Balancing, or a cross-listed course with music. Hard Rock for the Rock Hard. But even if I could slip it past the administration, some parent would probably complain about their innocent college student child being exposed to such mind-expanding material.
A different angle dangles a different interpretation. |
In geology classes, I have often talked about the death of the dinosaurs when a huge rock from space impacted Earth, killing of the dinosaurs, and I was reminded of the words sung by The Police: