Student Newspaper at Michigan Tech University since 1921

Published Weekly on Tuesdays Office Located in Walker 105

Winter Carnival snow sculptures throughout the years

All images were found in copies of the Winter Carnival Pictorial, previously published by The Lode.

 

 

1963 – Third Place – Delta Sigma Phi

Bullfighting scene

 

1964 – First Place – Kappa Delta Psi

Theme: Land of the Sandman (fantasy, dreamlike, fairy tale)

A giant portrayal of Rip Van Winkle leaning against a tree surrounded by elves

 

1965 – First Place – Theta Tau

Theme: Our American Heritage

“Declaration of Independence”

 

1966 – First Place – Delta Sigma Phi

Theme: Sights in Ice

“Dutch Windmill”

 

1967 – First Place – Theta Tau

Theme: Midwinter Mockery

“Is This My World”

 

1968 – First Place – Sigma Rho

Theme: Wonderful World of Ice (Walt Disney)

“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” 

 

1969 – First Place – Theta Tau

Theme: Ice-terical History

“Da Gall of Dat Guy” (reference to Charles DeGaulle)

 

1970 – First Place – Delta Sigma Phi

Theme: Best Snow on Earth

“Crack, Snapple, Plop”

 

1971 – First Place – Delta Sigma Phi

Theme: The Age of Shiv-V-Alry

“Buzz off Snidley”

 

1972 – First Place – Theta Tau

Theme: Snobody’s Perfect

“Oops I Created a Freak”

 

1973 – First Place – DHH

Theme: Frigid Fairy Tales

“Let’s Take a Walk While the Porridge Thaws” 

 

1974 – First Place – Cross Roads

Theme: Sub-zero Heroes

“It’s a Bit Nippy Out Here”

 

1975 – First Place – Theta Chi Epsilon

Theme: The Frozen World of Frostbound Funnies

“Cold Hold on Freezin’ Squeezin’s”

 

1976 – First Place – Theta Chi Epsilon

Theme: Happy Birthday USA

“Liberty’s The Icing on the Cake”

 

1978 – First Place – Delta Sigma Phi

Theme: Chiller Thrillers

“Make it a Stiff One”

 

1979 – First Place – Delta Sigma Phi

Theme: Snowy Scenes from the Silver Screen

“All-Ice in Winterland”

 

1981 – First Place – Delta Sigma Phi

Theme: Nursery Rhymes in Chilly Times

“Old King Cold and His Kingdom of Old”

 

1983 – First Place – Delta Sigma Phi

Theme: Icy Trips Though Comic Strips

“We’ve Sailed the Ocean for the Wizard’s Potion”

 

1985 – First Place – Tau Kappa Epsilon

Theme: Classics Brought to Ice

“The Three Iceketeers”

 

1989 – First Place – Sigma Phi Epsilon

Theme: American Dreams in a Frozen Scene

“One Stop on the Dream to Freedom”

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