Interactive greeting card from President Geoffroy

**1100011CS** · 12-08-2010, 01:30 PM

**ISUAgronomist** · 12-08-2010, 01:34 PM

Pretty cool.

Time to get out some ice skates

**1100011CS** · 12-08-2010, 01:36 PM

I'm surprised they hire somebody to make that. Surely some students could do it for a project.

**acrozier22** · 12-08-2010, 01:53 PM

Very well done.

Not realistic. Those stupid swans should have been attacking the figure skaters. That's what they would have done in real life.

**Stumpy** · 12-08-2010, 02:23 PM

Have they taken the aerators out of Lake LaVerne to allow skating again, or is that just for seasonal propaganda purposes?

Either way, I enjoy seeing this done every year, and feel it is a nice gesture.

**4ISUnUI2** · 12-08-2010, 02:29 PM

It's pretty. Makes me miss Iowa and campus, especially since I won't be home for Christmas this year. Ditto the comments about ice skating.

**superman_101680** · 12-08-2010, 02:33 PM

Originally Posted by acrozier22

Very well done.

Not realistic. Those stupid swans should have been attacking the figure skaters. That's what they would have done in real life.

I'm more shocked the University would allow ice skating on a lake that isn't fully frozen. Imagine the liability.

**Senolcyc** · 12-08-2010, 03:22 PM

Call me old fashioned but I like the regular cards he used to send. You open it up and a life-size President Geofroy pops up.

**sodakjoe** · 12-08-2010, 03:36 PM

I really liked the one from a couple years ago where they had the campanile version of "Bells of Iowa State" playing in the background.

**Cycsk** · 12-08-2010, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by 1100011CS

Warmest Wishes

Are students and alumni really that sentimental about the campus these days?

**Palmer** · 12-08-2010, 04:32 PM

Originally Posted by Cycsk

Are students and alumni really that sentimental about the campus these days?

My family sure the hell is...

**LindenCy** · 12-08-2010, 04:32 PM

I like it!

**Cycsk** · 12-08-2010, 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by Palmer

My family sure the hell is...

I am also nostalgic about my college campus experience. However, with so many students living off campus these days, I wondered if it might be changing. I don't find today's students nearly as caught up in the campus traditions as previous generations.

**CyForPresident** · 12-08-2010, 05:57 PM

Originally Posted by Cycsk

Are students and alumni really that sentimental about the campus these days?

I sure as hell am and I only left Ames in July. I miss that place daily.

And if they are allowing people to ice skate on Lake Lavern, I'll be making a trip to Ames this month. That is something I always wanted to do.

**wxman1** · 12-08-2010, 06:04 PM

My dad is still sentimental about it here. There have been a couple of times that he has gone over to the campanielle just to hear the bells. I love it hear and will miss it dearly when I graduate.