Double the celebration

Monday was a day for celebrations - both for SuperFrog and the last hurrah of the Brown-Lupton Student Center.

SuperFrog celebrated his birthday with cake and ice cream and the final days of the Student Center were commemorated in song and T-shirt(s).

Students high-fived their favorite frog mascot while grabbing free burgers for a lunchtime treat on the steps on the Student Center. Entertainment came courtesy of acoustic guitarist Tim Miller who sang original tunes from his upcoming CD as well as popular covers such as Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes."

Students grabbed free burgers, ice cream and commemorative T-shirts marking the building's last days. This summer it will be torn down to make way for the new Clarence and Kerry Scharbauer Hall and students will migrate to the new Student Union building across Campus Commons.

This week's festivities also included awarding prizes in a "brick-guessing" contest. The grand prize went to Paul Palmer who snagged $500 for having the closest guessitate to just how many bricks were used to build all the buildings on the commons.

The correct answer: 838,987 according to Don Mills, vice chancellor for student affairs, who announced the winners.

That was a bit less than the number of candles on SuperFrog's cake.

The food went fast as students carbed-up in preparation for final exams and T-shirts were snagged as well. But you can still check out Miller's website and hear his new tune "Adelaide" plus see a great photo of him wearing a plaid blazer in the biography section. Nice!

www.timmilleronline.com