Word: circularity
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...Pennypacker's central circular staircase is a great place for congregating. And people do. "The Pack's" bright landings are full of people at all hours, and a four-story beer funnel makes an appearance on its open stairwell once a year or so. Pennypacker's rooms are not massive, but their quirky shapes offer a change of pace from the standard Yard dorms...
...ROXY ITSELF IS AN ELABORATE AND DECOROUS OLD BALLROOM, TRANSFORMED INTO A DANCE CLUB AND SHOW SPACE WITH A NEON-LIT CIRCULAR BAR AND THREE DISCO BALLS. WHILE PERHAPS A LITTLE ECLECTIC, THE VENUE ITSELF WAS NOT A PROBLEM. THE CROWD, ON THE OTHER HAND, WAS. REGGAE ALLOWS FOR A SYNTHESIS OF STYLES, AND AN OVERALL TOLERANCE FOR ALL PEOPLE. HOWEVER, I DO NOT EXPECT OR WISH TO STAND NEXT TO 30- AND 40-SOMETHING YUPPIES IN SUITS AND TIES RUNNING TO THE SIDES TO ANSWER THEIR CELLPHONES. THEIR PRESENCE WAS A LITTLE BAFFLING, AS MOST OF THEM APPEARED...
...this is not to the story's detriment, although it is not really in keeping with his usual style of grounding in historical details. Still, he catches certain moments with such accuracy it is uncanny. One such moment: "It was like the Asian Nod, which included in its almost circular movement the possibility...
...seemed no women had joined them yet, but he thought it would be alright if I did. He slid the wooden door open to reveal a room full of thesis-writing guys, who seemed absolutely oblivious to looming deadlines. They were comfortably reclining in large chairs placed about a circular table littered with empty bottles. There was smoke in the air--from cigars and such--and Frank Sinatra's crooning filled the air. I stood for a moment, unsure what to do next...
Tiepolo's Hound, in other words, is not a novel disguised as verse, with straightforward plot lines and a handy denouement. Its mood is ruminative rather than expository. Its progress is circular, a slow eddy of recurring images and motifs. At the center lie questions about culture and history and race and art that are not answered--no single answers could satisfy such questions--but set in rhythmical equilibrium...