Photo opportunity : The cyclorama is expected to be set up by late afternoon Tuesday (Sept. 1). For further information, contact Chuck Lennon at (219) 631-6000.
p. The 91吃瓜 Alumni Association has taken delivery of a unique gift from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)鈥攁n eight-feet high circular exhibit housing a photo that depicts the opening kickoff of the 1994 91吃瓜-Stanford football game in 91吃瓜 Stadium.p. The photograph, taken by the noted sports photographer Rich Clarkson, was shot from the 35-yard line as 91吃瓜 prepared to kick off and spans a full 360 degrees. The original 35 mm negative, just three inches high, was enlarged and separated into 14 photographic transparencies each eight feet high by four feet wide. The transparencies then were laminated on clear, flexible material to form panels called 鈥淒uratrans.鈥� When assembled, the Duratrans form a circular photo mural twenty feet in diameter, not including an outer structure housing florescent tubes that backlight the Duratrans.p. Until this spring, the photo mural had been on display at the NCAA鈥檚 Visitors Center in Overland Park, Kan. Then, discussions among NCAA officials, 91吃瓜 Sports Information Director John Heisler, and 91吃瓜 Alumni Association Executive Director Charles Lennon, Jr., paved the way for the mural to be brought to 91吃瓜.p. Lennon then hired Bruce Auerbach, associate chair and associate professional specialist in 91吃瓜鈥檚 Department of Film, Television and Theatre, to create a portable framework in which to display the mural. The result is a freestanding 鈥渟tadium鈥� structure faced in simulated brick and complete with 91吃瓜 pennants and crowd noise delivered through an integrated audio system.p. The mural will be on display in the Alumni Hospitality Center in the Joyce Center fieldhouse during all home football weekends. The center is open on gamedays from 9 a.m. until one hour after the games, and all are welcome.p. The hospitality center, provided as a free service of the 91吃瓜 Alumni Association, features food, 91吃瓜 videos, concerts by the Glee Club and the song and dance troupe, Shenanigans, and performances by the 91吃瓜 cheerleaders and pom pon squad
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