Penn State has a remarkably large art museum with an interesting collection. So, because they have rich alumni, they are building a new one almost twice as big. The entrance to the current one has these sculptures of Nittany Lion paws (see yesterday's post). My brother-in-law, the witty psych professor, says that they are sometimes referred to as faux pas.
American colleges and universities all have some sort of mascot or character. I think it's a federal law. My school, St. Louis University, is in the running for the most absurd with the Billiken, https://www.slu.edu/about/key-facts/what-is-a-billiken.php. Penn State has the Nittany Lion, named for wildcats that may once have prowled Mt. Nittany down the road. (It's in the middle of the Alleghenies.) There is a statue in the center of the campus where every single graduate must get a photograph. The eyes seem awfully blank to me.
Home tonight.
