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Monday, March 23, 2009
New SMU fountain victim of bubble prank
After flooding the surrounding sidewalk with foam, the fountain was shut off around 10:30 p.m.
Sarah Acosta/The Daily Mustang
Students on campus Sunday night saw more than a light show at the Hilltop’s newest fountain.
Around 9 p.m., students and local residents started gathering around the new Val and Frank Late Fountain, located in the front of the Dedman Life Sciences building on the east side of campus, as bubbles spewed from the fountain.
Sophomore Kaleigh Richter was on her way to the gym when a trail of foam led her to the sight. According to her, of the students, Giddy Up drivers, and police that passed her, all were clueless as to any background information on the incident.
Sarah Acosta/The Daily Mustang
After flooding the surrounding sidewalk with foam, the fountain was shut off around 10:30 p.m.
The fountain was dedicated on March 5 in honor of donors Val Late and her late husband, Frank. In a recent interview, Brad Cheves, vice president for development and external affairs, said the Late Fountain upholds to the goals of the university’s Second Century Campaign by enriching campus environment.
The 42-by-64-foot oval fountain is surrounded by a rim offering seating, which, in this case, provided a base for the cloud of foam.
According to the SMU Daily Police Crime Log, this marks the third bubble incident on campus this semester.
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Travis Bush, says:
Now this is what a good education is all about!
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xian, says:
Science!
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Chris Kidd, says:
The best part of the article:
According to the SMU Daily Police Crime Log, this marks the third bubble incident on campus this semester.
Ya gotta love the fact theres a campus police department whos looking for clues concerning someone whos putting what appears to be powdered soap into fountains. I wish I had that job ;)
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Andrew, says:
The ironic part is, this is a prank that is usually performed by a schools athletic rivals.
Kinda narrows down the list of suspects.
P.S. Before all of you Mustangs start sending me hate mail, I myself am a proud Mustang, but you just got to laugh.
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alexander troup, says:
Well they are good kids not throwing shoes and going to work on prefomance art sculptures....A/T,...Once upon a time S.M.U was,wheat feilds out in Nowhereville
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Chris Kidd, says:
At least it wasnt a "Bush Burning" ;)
Ok, that was wrong, but it was funny :D
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alexander troup, says:
What color is the fountain tonight, seems like the only thing going on over there..these days....A/T, Reachout and ignore art preformances..or bath in them...
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Rachel Skinner, says:
I was just about to claim it as a point for TCU, but they never said it was purple foam. No half-way stunts here.<br> Go Frogs!!!<br> (Also, one point to be given to SMU for coming onto our turf and shoe-polishing more than 100 TCU students' cars "I <3 SMU" the night before the SMU vs TCU game a few years back. Priceless.)
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Andrew, says:
Rachel, I think that 2 points should be awarded due the extreme cost which was absorbed by the SMU students. Do you know how much overtime we must pay our house staff to drive to Fort Worth and perform the prank? Plus they always want mileage and a meal allowance.
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