<p>In my essay i need to say that something is heavy, i was going to compare it to something at the school, such as a common statue or something along thoese lines…does anyone know a good example, that everyone would recognize? thankksss</p>
<p>heavy like a bust of george washington…there are four large ones in each “corner” of campus. or heavy like the statue of the hippo. or just say a statue of george washington. there’s a bunch around.</p>
<p>I’d go with the hippo- that’s kind of an insider joke, and wuld show you have been there.</p>
<p>From the Hatchet:Most people know the story of the hippo, or some version of it. University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg purchased a bronze statue of a hippo from an antique store while on a vacation in New England in 1996. As a gift to the class of 2000, the hippo statue was placed outside Lisner Auditorium. Since then, it has received an increasing amount of attention on campus and was declared GW’s unofficial mascot in 2001.</p>
<p>The legend surrounding the GW Hippo appears on the statue’s plaque:</p>
<p>GW’s River Horse Legend has it that the Potomac was once home to these wondrous beasts. George and Martha Washington are even said to have watched them cavort in the river shallows from the porch of their beloved Mount Vernon on summer evenings. Credited with enhancing the fertility of the plantation, the Washingtons believed the hippopotamuses brought them good luck, and children on the estate often attempted to lure the creatures close enough to the shore to touch a nose for good luck. So, too, many generations of students of The George Washington University.
“Art for wisdom, Science for joy,
Politics for beauty, a Hippo for hope”</p>
<p>I’d go with the hippo.</p>