tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775601543504931076.post6600829749151656852..comments2023-10-23T10:48:21.362-07:00Comments on Red Lion Reports: In Re: The Katz BuildingMarie T. Reillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04697870656185092759noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775601543504931076.post-87134460296399405382008-11-01T07:02:00.000-07:002008-11-01T07:02:00.000-07:00Dean Chen,If the Katz building were to be moved to...Dean Chen,<BR/><BR/>If the Katz building were to be moved to your campus, it would need to be on the proviso that the thing face in the correct direction; this to ensure compliance with the architects' vision that the building evoke a forelorn camera, craning towards Mt. Nittany.<BR/><BR/>But we will be keeping it for the following non-exhaustive reasons:<BR/><BR/>1) the thing allegedly comes with 3L parking spaces<BR/><BR/>2) we have paid for it<BR/><BR/>3) it offers shelter against the harsh State College winter<BR/><BR/>I think you are right to well-regard the Katz building; as I alluded to in the post, it promises to be a functional marvel and is at least physically interesting. And, in a universe governed by the law of entropy, it has the virtue of being new.David Hutchinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10038305833028994907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775601543504931076.post-75849809823244242832008-10-31T19:43:00.000-07:002008-10-31T19:43:00.000-07:00I like the Katz Building. I'd bring it to my camp...I like the Katz Building. I'd bring it to my campus in a heartbeat.Jim Chenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13981455878475838042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775601543504931076.post-6538429064348483292008-10-24T05:50:00.000-07:002008-10-24T05:50:00.000-07:00Many people in State College have told me that the...Many people in State College have told me that they think the new building looks like a plane terminal. I usually proceed to give them the craning camera explanation, but if often results in little consolation.<BR/><BR/>Ugly or beautiful, one great thing about the building is that it signals that yes, indeed, there is a law school at Penn State. And yes, we mean business. No longer will we prowl in the bowels of Beam. My hope is that once the landscaping is planted it will soften the sterile lines of the building.Alison M. Kilmartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09992535815536326753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775601543504931076.post-46162240818394684222008-10-20T19:32:00.000-07:002008-10-20T19:32:00.000-07:00I'm sure you are right about the babies' digestive...I'm sure you are right about the babies' digestive systems. And in any case, what do they know? <BR/><BR/>I recall hearing something about the insect study; it explains why I am frequently at the gym working on my thorax.David Hutchinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10038305833028994907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775601543504931076.post-67706941081550222872008-10-20T17:24:00.000-07:002008-10-20T17:24:00.000-07:00I have heard of the baby methodology, although I t...I have heard of the baby methodology, although I think the study reported by the Economist was done first with insects and their mating success correlated to bodily symmetry. The study also manipulated images of individuals and asked members of the opposite sex to rank them in order of attractiveness. In any event, don't feel sore and unworthy, it could have been the baby's digestive system!Kelly Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07576564623143850806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775601543504931076.post-78380301507542252562008-10-20T15:11:00.000-07:002008-10-20T15:11:00.000-07:00Kelly,Regarding symmetry being the key to beauty: ...Kelly,<BR/><BR/>Regarding symmetry being the key to beauty: I have read about studies which, while confirming that facial symmetry is a reliable attribute of human beauty, find additionally that the most beautiful people have generally symmetrical faces leavened with an aesthetic apostasy or two (e.g. think Jolie with her giant lips and eyes; models whose chins are closer to the tip of the nose than the tip of the nose is to the space between their eyes).<BR/><BR/>By the way, these studies are conducted by sticking babies (too young to have had what society thinks is beautiful communicated to them) in front of images of faces and seeing which they stare at and for how long. Funny that there seems to have been no test done for supreme ugliness; perhaps that would be child abuse.<BR/><BR/> After I read the study I kept trying to get babies to stare at me, and felt sore and unworthy if they looked away or, worse, cried (both of which occurred).David Hutchinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10038305833028994907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775601543504931076.post-22232732188759457922008-10-20T14:00:00.000-07:002008-10-20T14:00:00.000-07:00Dave, your writing is a joy to read! Your questio...Dave, your writing is a joy to read! Your question of aesthetics raises many thoughts. I have shared the very same Maupassant story with some who liken the Katz Building's form to a sort of Loch Ness monster. I believe the shape of the Katz Building is actually supposed to be reminiscent of a camera craning towards Mt. Nittany. But whether monster, camera, or terminal, the building is certainly modern and sleek. <BR/><BR/>I will confess that it is difficult for me to see it as anything but special, and so objectivity may not be within my grasp at present. In that regard, I will agree with you that humanity may not ever have been able to make uniform judgments about beauty. I posted a while back on a study suggesting <A HREF="http://redlionreports.blogspot.com/2008/02/more-than-skin-deep.html" REL="nofollow">symmetry was the key</A> to beauty, but I am less convinced of that in the case of the non-organic. The Katz Building embodies many things; for starters, the bitter-sweet and exciting emotions of our approaching graduation are all wrapped-up in the move to Katz. A new chapter is beginning for both Penn State Law and for the first graduating class from University Park, we turn the page on May 9th in the Katz Building, what a place!Kelly Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07576564623143850806noreply@blogger.com