Monday, June 27, 2005
it's like taking happy pills but different
San Diego, CA, May 29, 2005 - With a loud thwack, artist Tim Hawkinson cracked a bottle of Chandon champagne on one of the boulders that make up the 370,000-pound sculpture called "Bear." The May 27 christening was part of a topping-off ceremony, after engineers and workmen maneuvered a huge rock 'head' on top of the 20-foot-tall teddy bear that now sits permanently at the center of the new engineering courtyard on the UCSD campus.
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Why would an engineering department want a giant Teddy Bear in their courtyard? Are they trying to soften up their image? Are they trying to woo more women to the department? I find this faintly disturbing.
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