Winter Carnival Statue Competition
Houghton - February 5, 2009

The judges have selected this year's winners for the Winter Carnival Statue competition. While we're quite certain that the judges labored over their choices, we suggest that the real winners are those who come to view these terrific statues.  While we did our best to produce these wonderful statues for our readers, once again being there is the only way to comprehend and enjoy these winter gifts. Do yourself a favor, go to Houghton and Hancock and witness this event first hand. In the meantime we are bringing you six pages of photo coverage. Click the link below to get started.

Phi Kappa Tau Wins Fraternity Statue Division
Phi Kappa Tau brought home the gold in Michigan Tech's Winter Carnival statue competition today, nabbing first place among the University's highly competitive fraternities.

Their creation, "Aliens Come from Far Away, the Men in Black Save the Day," captures an icy scene from the "Men in Black" movie: our heroes zapping large-scale alien creatures in the New York City Bridge and Tunnel Authority. The display is located in front of their house, 1209 West Quincy St. in Hancock. The spacey creation captures this year's Winter Carnival theme, "An Icy Place Gets a Blast From Space."
 
 
The top statue-builders in other categories:

Student Organizations: Army ROTC, first; Air Force ROTC, second; Inter-Christian Council, third.

Residence Halls: The Summit, first; Mama's Boys, second; The Northern Alliance, third.

One-Nighter University Housing: Bastille, first; 4D, second; Asphodel Fields and Atlantis, third.

One-Nighter Off-Campus: Lutheran Student Movement, first; Concordia Student Ministries, second; Boy Scout Troop 208, third.

One-Nighter On-Campus: VPA Nightclub, first; Computer Science Learning Community/Daddy's Girls, second; Mu Beta Psi, third.
View Winter Carnival 2009
 

Sigma Tau Gamma,
A Snow Sculpture &
  A Chilling Fundraiser
 
Houghton - February 5, 2009

The Frat members of of Sigma Tau Gamma, the Gamma Chi Chapter of Michigan Tech won the fifth place in the fraternity division of Winter Carnival 2009.  In addition to their sculpture success, the frat members successfully raised money for the Salvation Army. Fortunately for the brave guys who took part in this chilly fundraiser, the temperature rose to a balmy 20 degrees this morning.
above - Mike takes a ride on a space creature at Mario's Galaxy Lost and Found, Sigma Tau Gamma's  Snow Statue entry in this year's  Winter Carnival.
to be sure, the fraternity slowed local traffic on College Avenue.
Frat Member sports sponsor's names on his chilly back!  Great Job guys!
Check out the Fraternity's website where you will find more photos and information.
http://sigtau.students.mtu.edu/
IronwoodInfo was on the MTU Campus early this morning photographing this year's MTU Winter Carnival. Later today we will be posting the coverage to this website. We hope you will enjoy the coverage. If possible, we recommend that you get to visit the MTU Carnival and experience this terrific event.
 

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