Is this real?

[The Sicatoka]

In case you aren't familiar with this particular piece of campus art ...

https://commons.und.edu/public-sculpture/2/

[Vegas_Sioux]

On 8/14/2021 at 8:40 AM, Wilbur said:

It would be a shame if NDSU students stole Mike......

A shame....

I’m sure we could pay for them to keep it in Fargo too. 

[petey23]

Who knows, maybe a new tradition will come from this.

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Maybe come finals week we will see UND students making their way to the Student Union to rub MIKE the HAWK for good luck.

[Mama Sue]

I am not sure I support all this rubbing…just saying…things could get out of hand with college students, ya know?

[Sioux>Bison]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CSp2oFOnjIh/?utm_medium=copy_link

[Sioux>Bison]

I would say the student body loves it already!

[BarnWinterSportsEngelstad]

1 hour ago, Sioux>Bison said:

I would say the student body loves it already!

I'd agree.

 

 

Hometown: Grand Forks, ND
Honorary Graduate From: Hawkademy
Major: Working on that M.D. (Mascot’s Degree)
Relationship status: Single, not looking, in love with University of North Dakota
Primary activities: Soaring, perching, hunting and, mostly, cheering on North Dakota!
Favorite food: Bison burgers, coyote chowder and jackrabbit jerky
Hangouts: North Dakota sidelines, stands, rafters (hawks are drawn to anywhere with a “bird’s eye” view) and loves spending time in the kid’s zone
Favorite pastimes: Giving high fives, dancing to our fight song and, of course, posing for pictures with fans
Study habits: Hits the books at Starcher Hall, regularly frequents IT department to replace missing computer mouse...
Most loved holiday: North Dakota homecoming and “Hawk”oween

[SIOUXFAN97]

are they ever going to give it a name if they do it will something safe like pat, brook(e), or whatever elon musk named his kid?

[geaux_sioux]

1 minute ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

are they ever going to give it a name if they do it will something safe like pat, brook(e), or whatever elon musk named his kid?

SALTY MIKE

[Shawn-O]

If anyone sees him holding up that "Where's your hockey team" sign one more time, please have him escorted out of the building.    

[SIOUXFAN97]

1 hour ago, geaux_sioux said:

SALTY MIKE

"official" name i meant   

[Goon]

 

I don't know. I think the new statue is kind of neat. It's probably not for the older folks. JMHO. 

 

[nodak651]

Starting to think that this so bad that it could be good... lol

But I also think they should reviver thundar the bleacher creature for football games for on field entertainment with mike hawk at intermissions/commercial breaks, so that isnt saying much..

[geaux_sioux]

42 minutes ago, nodak651 said:

Starting to think that this so bad that it could be good... lol

But I also think they should reviver thundar the bleacher creature for football games for on field entertainment with mike hawk at intermissions/commercial breaks, so that isnt saying much..

Salty Mike would roundhouse kick the Bleacher Creature back to the decade from whence he came.

[jdub27]

2 hours ago, Goon said:

 

I don't know. I think the new statue is kind of neat. It's probably not for the older folks. JMHO. 

 

It definitely won't be once they figure out why everyone is calling him Mike. 

[petey23]

4 hours ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

are they ever going to give it a name if they do it will something safe like pat, brook(e), or whatever elon musk named his kid?

ummm. the name is Mike.

Nickname is Salty Mike

[petey23]

1 hour ago, nodak651 said:

Starting to think that this so bad that it could be good... lol

But I also think they should reviver thundar the bleacher creature for football games for on field entertainment with mike hawk at intermissions/commercial breaks, so that isnt saying much..

Thunder the Bleacher creature was horrendous. I did what I could when I was in the student senate to delay it by a couple years by convincing the Senate to deny any money for it. But they got it privately funded and not enough votes to prohibit it.....what an embarrassment that was to UND....right up there with the Scream Yellow campaign at NDSU

[nodak651]

2 hours ago, petey23 said:

Thunder the Bleacher creature was horrendous. I did what I could when I was in the student senate to delay it by a couple years by convincing the Senate to deny any money for it. But they got it privately funded and not enough votes to prohibit it.....what an embarrassment that was to UND....right up there with the Scream Yellow campaign at NDSU

Just embrace it.  Things like that make life more interesting. 

[Blackheart]

3 hours ago, Goon said:

 

I don't know. I think the new statue is kind of neat. It's probably not for the older folks. JMHO. 

 

Jeez...I hope they didn’t pay more than $20 for this thing.

[SIOUXFAN97]

biked by mike hawk tonight....thought he was on university but they got him on the south side of the union....will make for some easier shananigans back there......scary to look at. kinda cool tho

[90siouxfan]

Salty Mike putting the chase on that bleacher creature thing might be some good entertainment

[petey23]

Welp. It was a good run.

 

 

[SIOUXFAN97]

once again...is this for real...i just predicted that putting it on the south side back there something was gonna happen....too funny

[CMSioux]

The biggest disappointment is that there are leaders on this campus (somewhere in a closed meeting room) that thought this was a good idea and spent a great deal of time and money to create this statue, then within a week some other leader(s) made the decision to remove it. Just a bad reflection on all sides. It just shows that one hand doesn't know what the other is doing. Sounds like we need some investigative reporting. 

[SIOUXFAN97]

14 minutes ago, CMSioux said:

The biggest disappointment is that there are leaders on this campus (somewhere in a closed meeting room) that thought this was a good idea and spent a great deal of time and money to create this statue, then within a week some other leader(s) made the decision to remove it. Just a bad reflection on all sides. It just shows that one hand doesn't know what the other is doing. Sounds like we need some investigative reporting. 

what?????? they took it down?  who did it offend?