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Re: Speck

Ted Powell
Mon, 17 Aug 1998 09:02:26 -0700

On Mon, Aug 17, 1998 at 06:57:57AM -0700, Kevin Chu wrote:
> I was looking at the maps (off the VanLUG web page) to see how to get
> to Brock Hall. What is that speck thing in front of the library? It
> looks like someone (a really big person) lying on the ground.

Not lying on the ground. Standing up. In its early days, detractors
referred to it as Ladner's Last Erection.

However, as reported by the Red Rag during Engineering week, there was
no truth to the rumour that two large concrete spheres were to be placed
at its base; and it only emits sound waves.

One of the main objections to its placement next to the Library was that
Ladner wanted it to chime every hour "to remind students of the passage
of time." Most of the time it's silent, though it does have four clock
faces. It plays its bells quite a bit during Convocation.

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