02/08/08
Statue Results (pdf) are now available from Blue Key. Completed statue photos are also now available.
Michigan Tech often registers more than 200 inches of snow in a season. Not content to let this abundant natural resource go to waste, students band together in an annual celebrtion of our beautiful, tough, exhilarating, and character-building climate.
Winter Carnival began in 1922, with a one-day Ice Carnival. It was so popular that students made it an annual event, and Winter Carnival as we know it began to take shape.
It was suspended in 1930, in the aftermath of the stock market crash, but in 1934, Blue Key Honor Fraternity resurrected the event. Then, 1936 brought the biggest change, one that would become Carnival's best known tradition: snow statues.
Since then, the statues have become famous for their size, detail, and design as building methods (and secrets) have been passed from year to year.
During World War II, Winter Carnival was again suspended. It took off again in 1946, when the Stage Revue was added, with fraternities, sororities, and other campus organizations presenting skits for the enjoyment of the crowd and the performers alike.
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02/06/08
Photos Updated Frequently During All-Nighter—The next best thing to being here.
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Up-to-date Events Results are available on the Blue Key website.
01. When is the All-nighter?
The All-nighter is Wednesday, February 6 and statue construction for the one-nighter snow statues begins at 4:00 p.m.
02. When is the statue judging?
Statue work must be completed by 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 7 and judging will begin shortly after at 9:00 a.m.
03. What is Broomball?
Broomball is a sport that is played very similarly to hockey, with the exception that the goalie is on their knees and the goal is actually a box. Players have to move across the ice in their street shoes and use their duct tape covered broomsticks to hit a small ball into the goal. Only six players, per team, are allowed on the ice.