Bravo to whomever did this!!!
http://www.nj.com/education/2015/11...nted_red_on_rut.html#incart_river_mobile_home
http://www.nj.com/education/2015/11...nted_red_on_rut.html#incart_river_mobile_home
Rutgers president ‘embarrassed’ about Princeton cannon
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I just read this. The guy just doesn't get it. On a side note, it's amusing that students would graffiti a statue at Princeton & crap on TTFP at the same time.
The comments seemed more directed at the graffiti than the painting of the cannon.
The cannon is fair game and a cool rivalry. The expletives on the statue are kinda stupid.
Listen, I'm not his biggest fan, but WTF do you guys WANT a worldwide top 50 university's president to say to HIS students, in the press? "Well done, BRAVO, BRAVO!!"...I mean com'on....lol.
Not doing this in college was my biggest regret from my times at Rutgers
I thought so too...
In a letter to Princeton's president, Rutgers President Robert Barchi said Wednesday his school would be "deeply embarrassed and diminished" if the graffiti was the work of its students.
"Both of us know of the long history of student mischief between our institutions," Barchi wrote. "While we at Rutgers are happy to enjoy a friendly rivalry with Princeton, we do not condone the childish and lawbreaking behavior of whoever did this to your campus."
Not a bad response if you ask me.
Painting the cannon red is one thing.
Giving New Jersey greetings outside of that is pretty low grade.
Giving New Jersey greetings outside of that is pretty low grade.
Agree - the cannon war goes back decades.....no need for graffiti let alone Penn State graffiti at Princeton. That's just piling on the stupid.
Love the work of students.
Why doesn't Barchi go clean the cannon himself. Maybe he can run into some RU donors and tell them they mean nothing. He can bring Jules and then scowl at her if she tries to talk.
Why doesn't Barchi go clean the cannon himself. Maybe he can run into some RU donors and tell them they mean nothing. He can bring Jules and then scowl at her if she tries to talk.
Happens back and forth between Michigan and Michigan State and while the graffiti is poor sportsmanship and illegal, neither President is writing letters about their schools being deeply embarrassed and diminished.
Barchi owes me an apology for the football team's performance the last 3 weeks. It has been deeply embarrassed and diminished.
Barchi owes me an apology for the football team's performance the last 3 weeks. It has been deeply embarrassed and diminished.
Silent Bob Logic
F TTFP grafitti- RU should apologize
RU receives 10k in donations- Donors are frauds
Academic fraud - suspend coach 3 games
RU receives 10k in donations- stop donating you frauds
F TTFP grafitti- RU should apologize
RU receives 10k in donations- Donors are frauds
Academic fraud - suspend coach 3 games
RU receives 10k in donations- stop donating you frauds
Th number of idiots on this board and perhaps at my alma mater is astouding.
It is true, that during the fake stealing of the cannon in the 60s, the Dean of the Rutgers Engineering Department apparently remarked, “We’re glad they’re teaching those boys something.”
https://paw.princeton.edu/issues/2015/09/16/pages/3040/index.xml
It's also apparently sinking.
What a misleading headline, he was referring to the graffiti with the fu#k penn state on it not the painting of the canon, which Princeton doesn't mind and dates back eons.
Which is stupid and trashy. The obsession by our students with Penn State needs to stop especially when they kick our asses on the field.
And I hate Penn State.
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/stor...2015/11/12/rutgers-princeton-cannon/75638020/
PRINCETON - Rutgers University’s president says he’s embarrassed after Princeton University’s cannon was painted red.
Rutgers and the Ivy League school have feuded over ownership of the cannon since 1777 and Rutgers students have been painting it red for decades.
PRINCETON - Rutgers University’s president says he’s embarrassed after Princeton University’s cannon was painted red.
Rutgers and the Ivy League school have feuded over ownership of the cannon since 1777 and Rutgers students have been painting it red for decades.
People should read the damn article before posting. Barchi's concerns were clearly more about the graffiti than about the painting of the cannon. And while the cannon was funny, the graffiti is stupid and should be somewhat embarrassing.
I took his comment to be more directed at the fact that the students apparently defaced the Princeton tiger, writing comments about not only Princeton, but also PSU. I tend to agree...there is no need to do more than paint the cannon, and even that is a little silly at this point.
I agree that the article was potentially misleading and that expletive graffiti has no place, even in pranks.
However, since nobody was caught it is in no way proven that this was the work of Rutgers students (as much as we all see the tell-tale signs with the cannon painted red and hating Penn State).
As such, it is not a productive use of time for the Rutgers University president to be writing letters proclaiming his embarrassment of a random incident in another city, while all but ignoring athletic details unless they involve budget neutrality..
I think Barchi made his expression of embarrassment contingent upon the determination of the fact that it was RU students. He's hedging his bets and getting ahead of the story. [laughing]
Well, I guess it's about time that he got ahead of at least one story [laughing]
well he commented on this but couldn't be bothered to find the time to watch the Mike Rice video:thumbsdown:
This was already done back in the late 70s and affected the outcome of the game... No goal posts, no extra point try!
I know. I was there. And by there I mean on the field helping drag the crossbar off.
is that there year the Home News published a picture of this with the Gun of one of the campus cops just lying on the field during the attempts to stop the students? (fell out of its holster)