[Knucklehead]

Hey Folks! We here at the big 13 are trying to find out some of the history of the spirit rock. I'm so old my memory is shot, so please help.
Specifically:
How it started?
When?
Who's idea?
Etc

Thanks!

[LUconn]

not sure, but part of it's history involves a hole being dug behind it andit being tipped over into the hole in '01 or maybe '02. One of the more funny pranks I've ever seen on campus. After they got it back into place it was then cemented into the ground and it still stands today.

[Libertine]

Actually, the Rock came in during my freshman year in '93. As Guillermin told us in convo at the time, LU was trying to start some traditions and this was going to be a part of that. I believe his exact words to the students were, "It's your rock now, so have at it." It seemed pretty strange to me at the time to truck in a multi-ton boulder in the name of school spirit, but I guess time and multiple layers of spray paint has borne out what the admin was trying to do.

[Sly Fox]

What happened to the original spirit rock we had back in the '80s? Even back then it had to have zillion layers of paint on it.

[Cider Jim]

My favorite spirt rock story is coming out of the Vines Center after a basketball game at night and seeing that someone had set the rock on FIRE! (well, we are the Liberty FLAMES). I thought it was a pretty creative idea that someone had come up with...until I heard the sirens from LUPD.

[HenryGale]

They got the idea from Cedarville after a group of students were there for a conference or such...they saw their rock and brought the idea to LU

[Knucklehead]

Thanks guys. Libertine, do you expect me to believe your memory is that good. I mean a direct quote from your brain from '93?

[Libertine]

Well, I don't think I'm exactly an attributable source but, yes, my memory for quotes is that good. Shall I bring up any 'feta cheese' references or Luwan Lewis anecdotes to prove my point?

[Knucklehead]

Na, I believe you! And no it would be hard to attribute something to someone named Libertine!

[Libertine]

Na, I believe you! And no it would be hard to attribute something to someone named Libertine!

Finally! Someone who knows what the word means!