We’ve all heard the complaints: what’s up with the design, it’s weird looking, it doesn’t fit in with the rest of the buildings on campus, and so on and so forth.
We need to take a step back, and listen to ourselves. We sound like we’re describing an antisocial genetically engineered first grader. Let’s give this ugly glass duckling some love, shall we?
1. Business in the front, party on the side. It’s a vastly more entertaining walk towards Broadway thanks to the fact that we can creep on people walking around inside.
2. Admit it, every time you’re walking by and you look over and realize you’re walking down/up the same ramp as some kid who vaguely looks like you in Lerner at the exact same time, you freak out a little on the inside.
Oh my god, is that my evil doppelganger sent back from the future? Or worse, a Cylon? Would that mean I’m also a Cylon?
But once your heart stops pounding, you’re left feeling pretty cool, like you were just in a 3 second sci-fi mini-series or something.