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Winter Carnival Festivities Underway
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JANUARY 30, 2004 -- While the Winter Carnival recess won't start until February 4, student groups have already started earning points in hopes of grabbing a trophy.
And statue-builders have started their final push toward the Feb. 5 deadline.
Competition in special events--such as broomball, ice bowling, and even curling--has already commenced. The 2004 Winter Carnival queen will be crowned January 31. The winner not only presides over Carnival, but gets to ride the Zamboni during the weekend hockey games.
Meanwhile,month-long statue builders have a date with the judges Thursday morning, Feb. 5. One-nighter construction begins at 4 p.m. Feb. 4.
Statues will reflect this year's theme: "What We Love the Most from Coast to Coast." Statue judges look at first impression, the caption, lettering, artistic value, intricacy, proportions, apparent effort, the relationship to the Carnival theme, whiteness of snow and neatness of the site.
Eight student organizations will entertain Rozsa Center audiences during the annual stage revue, with two shows Thursday, Feb. 5 (4 p.m. and 8 p.m.). The productions are evaluated on the quality of acting and presentation, technical production and staging, originality, applicability to the Carnival theme and entertainment value.
Michigan Tech's basketball and hockey teams are all at home during Winter Carnival. The men's and women's basketball squads will face Ferris State on Thursday, Feb. 5, with the women's game at 5:30 and the men at 7:30 p.m. On Saturday, they play Grand Valley State, with the women at 1 p.m. and the men at 3 p.m.
The hockey Huskies take on St. Cloud State, with game times 7:05 p.m. on Friday and 5:05 p.m. on Saturday.
It all comes to an end on Saturday, Feb. 7, with the awards ceremony in the Memorial Union Ballroom at 3 p.m. The annual torchlight parade and fireworks will take place that evening on Mont Ripley, starting at 8:30 p.m.
A complete Carnival schedule, statue photos, queen photos, results and more information are available at the Winter Carnival web site (http://wintercarnival.mtu.edu).
Winter Carnival is sponsored and organized by the Blue Key National Honor Fraternity (www.hu.mtu.edu/~bluekey).
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