Talk:Nittany Lion Shrine
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Merge this stub into the Nittany Lion page?
[edit]The current page for Nittany Lion Shrine is a stub. The Nittany Lion page has a small section on the Shrine and also on Guarding the Shrine. Why not merge the stub into the larger page?
June w (talk) 09:22, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
I just cut this out
[edit]because it was not sourced, but thioght I'd share it here
- In 1966, the statue was actually painted on Wednesday evening, Nov. 2nd, by six Syracuse University students who had driven to State College that evening to paint the Lion. When they arrived late that evening, the statue was bare, very well flood-lit, and completely unguarded. They sprayed the orange paint on with a old, air-loaded fire extinguisher they had brought, then left the campus, completely undetected. On their way out of town they spotted a sign for Beaver Stadium and decided to cap their prank by painting the goal posts orange as well. That proved their undoing since ABC was guarding their TV equipment for the Saturday regional broadcast. When the lights in the stadium came on and the police car raced to the end zone, one of the students was captured - his jeans got caught caught going over the 5 foot chain link fence surrounding the field. He was released the following morning and returned to Syracuse with his colleagues. The case brought against them in Student Court was dismissed. The Syracuse Daily Orange ran a fund drive and student contributions completely paid for the paint removal...nearly completed by game-time on Saturday.
- In 1966, the statue was actually painted on Wednesday evening, Nov. 2nd, by six Syracuse University students who had driven to State College that evening to paint the Lion. When they arrived late that evening, the statue was bare, very well flood-lit, and completely unguarded. They sprayed the orange paint on with a old, air-loaded fire extinguisher they had brought, then left the campus, completely undetected. On their way out of town they spotted a sign for Beaver Stadium and decided to cap their prank by painting the goal posts orange as well. That proved their undoing since ABC was guarding their TV equipment for the Saturday regional broadcast. When the lights in the stadium came on and the police car raced to the end zone, one of the students was captured - his jeans got caught caught going over the 5 foot chain link fence surrounding the field. He was released the following morning and returned to Syracuse with his colleagues. The case brought against them in Student Court was dismissed. The Syracuse Daily Orange ran a fund drive and student contributions completely paid for the paint removal...nearly completed by game-time on Saturday.
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