I don't get why you'd donate sculptures of dogs that don't even look like Huskies. Are these sculptures ones that were already made for a different school that had a different breed as a mascot?

(01-30-2013 02:25 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  I don't get why you'd donate sculptures of dogs that don't even look like Huskies. Are these sculptures ones that were already made for a different school that had a different breed as a mascot?

No, they were specifically created or commissioned by the donor for NIU.

On a side note, the CPC cam shows it's snowing in DeKalb now.

(01-30-2013 10:59 AM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(01-30-2013 10:56 AM)$NIU$ Wrote:  Anybody thats an artist or graphic designer please raise your hand. Then let me know how you feel about the red panels? Those red panels are NOT a good look and will also be costly to maintain the brightness and color. NIU should have had help client reviewing the art/design of what they're buyin (ie: pig dog) rather then just shelling out the money. Maybe I'm overreacting but are there other any university facilities w/ red panels?

I'm more worried about the 3 dogs sculpture at the entrance.

In the name of marketing brand consistency, all the sculpted, molded, cast,
welded, paper mache'ed Huskies should not "stray" from this form...

Looks like they're doing some work today. 15 degrees and windier than hell...I'm sure those guys are having a great time.

Decent amount of progress for such cold days. Next weeks weather looks much better.

Working today. Saturday.

(02-02-2013 08:26 AM)HUSKIEFOOTBALLFAN Wrote:  Working today. Saturday.

Damn, right. Excellence never rests. Dominance never stops. BCS 2.0 waits...

Really exciting to see the progress on the CPC! It'll be great for the football program, but it will also be huge for other sports. Interesting article in the Northern Star about the Track team and their lack of adequate practice facilities. Quotes from the article:

"Teaberry said her team makes the best of it even though resources are somewhat limited. The team has to practice in three different locations to try and get the necessary work in. “We're in the Convocation Center now,” Teaberry said. “We’re in the [Chick] Evans Fieldhouse and Sycamore High School to practice for some of the events. So we have a couple places where we can go to get some things done.”

This can be especially challenging for the field athletes. Currently, NIU does not have a long jump pit for long jumpers and triple jumpers to practice in. Head coach Connie Teaberry said not having a place for all the field athletes to practice makes it hard on them when they compete in the indoor season. Freshman jumper Ellen Renk said that not having a place to practice makes competition day almost like practice day. “I think the biggest challenge is just that as jumpers we don’t get a lot of experience jumping into the pit,” Renk said. “And so we have to utilize the meet really well because not only is it our competition time, it’s also kind of a little bit of our practice time because it’s the only time we get to actually be in the sand.”

This will change with the Kenneth and Ellen Chessick Practice Center, which will have a four-lane indoor track as well as a long jump pit."

(02-02-2013 08:26 AM)HUSKIEFOOTBALLFAN Wrote:  Working today. Saturday.

Looking like all the pillars will be up in the next week at this rate. It's really going to be cool to see when they start enclosing it.

i wonder if them working today has anything to do w recruits being on a visit and wanting to show off the work being done?

(02-02-2013 12:03 PM)NIU32 Wrote:  i wonder if them working today has anything to do w recruits being on a visit and wanting to show off the work being done?

I was just thinking the same thing.

Have they said the expected opening date of it?

(02-02-2013 12:09 PM)HUSKIEFOOTBALLFAN Wrote:  

(02-02-2013 12:03 PM)NIU32 Wrote:  i wonder if them working today has anything to do w recruits being on a visit and wanting to show off the work being done?

I was just thinking the same thing.

They did take off 2 days this week though I thought it was because of the cold. Maybe it was a planned stoppage for the recruits.