Pictures from Bellarmine 2006

If you keep up to date with the musings, you know that I'll be an instructor in mathematics at Bellarmine University in Louisville for the spring semester 2007. Since very few of you have been to Louisville, I took a few pictures while I was there filling out my paperwork, getting my ID card, and finding an apartment. Here's a brief tour.

Bellarmine is independent Catholic, and its motto is In Veritatis Amore.	Love and caring are included in that motto. You'll see a theme soon.	Bellarmine hosts the Thomas Merton Center, which contains the papers of the well-known monk and author. The statue's not him, though.
Looking out towards the dorms. There are hills and lots of space, when compared to Hyde Park. It's a suburban neighborhood.	The main administration building, Horrigan Hall.	Athletic teams are named the Knights, represented by this very over-the-top statue.
The buildings are in 50s-60s tan.	Even the brick ones.	Normal colleges have attractive functional lounges and cafes that do not close during finals week. Yes, Chicago closed its largest lounge for the final three days of exams, and its cafe for the final two. Apparently the Trustees had to meet there.
Concern about its people leads Bellarmine to cover the walkways between classroom buildings. It's going to be weird to work at a positive place.	Pasteur Hall, home of Math, Computer Science, and some lab sciences.	It was built in the 60s, and looks eerily similar to the middle school where my dad worked, down to the concrete floors.
The computer lab and small classroom.	Pasteur 109, where I'll be teaching my two introductory sections. It's nicer than Chicago classrooms.	My office will be in the basement. Again.
Here's the entry to the Math and CS office.	I make the sign!	This will be my office, once the current occupant moves down the hall. Befitting the new guy, it's the worst, but still better than a six-person place next to the mechanical room.
The chapel. It's as nice as one would expect from a Catholic school.	The view from the windows inside is also gorgeous.	Imperial House, where I'll likely be staying. It's about two miles from campus. Rents are a little bit less down there.