Painting the....

AlphaFrog · #1 05-31-2007, 12:12 PM

I noticed in another thread that there were several people that said "Oh yeah, the XYZ's had X kind of statue in their yard, and people were always painting it..."

What was it at your university, and what's your best story about it?

Ours was Rocky the Bulldog, down by the football stadium. Our new member retreat, we went out at midnight to paint the dog. We spray painted him as a ladybug, although our NM Ed person wouldn't let us put letters on him. Not sure the reasoning...who else is going to paint the dog as a ladybug?? And it's not like we'd get in trouble...hell, there's even a "Paint the Dog" game on the school's alum website - it's a tradtion!!

Drolefille · #2 05-31-2007, 12:34 PM

There's a rock on SLU's campus that is the sole "property" of Parks Guard which is a drill team based out of the college of Aviation and Engineering, and though the website sort of seperates itself from the Air Force, it was portrayed to me as almost a fraternity with the Air Force ROTC on campus.

Anyway, their "pledges" or whatever were in charge of painting the rock and changed freqently. Its default was a MIA flag. The best story is that someone came and painted over it several days in a row, someone outside of PG. The PG guys were out there every night redoing it.

PeppyGPhiB · #3 05-31-2007, 12:47 PM

Pepperdine has "The Rock," which is...well, a rock in the middle of the campus, close to the dining hall. The groups that paint it get very creative, and it really never sits unpainted.

PhoenixAzul · #4 05-31-2007, 01:44 PM

Yep, Otterbein has "the rock", which has a very strict contingent of rules around it...we paint it regularly during pledgeship as a bonding activity. Some people do get creative, i think my favorite was a bumble bee.

KSig RC · #5 05-31-2007, 01:47 PM

BU has a rock at the corner of the BU Bridge that is known as "Fraternity Rock" - although obviously some other orgs will paint it on occasion.

Ksigkid and I spent many many many long hours painting that bad boy, or painting a McNugget onto it, or sitting in lawnchairs during greekweek.

mu_agd · #6 05-31-2007, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by KSig RC

BU has a rock at the corner of the BU Bridge that is known as "Fraternity Rock" - although obviously some other orgs will paint it on occasion.

Ksigkid and I spent many many many long hours painting that bad boy, or painting a McNugget onto it, or sitting in lawnchairs during greekweek.

I walked by there the other week and I swear the rock was gone. Or, you know, I could be lying.