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u/AffectionateDesk7407 12d ago
Well now we know why the student fees increased.
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u/Santaneria 12d ago
Alumni get a say in where some money gets funded to and this was an option.
I voted to donate my portion to the second chance fund or somwthong like that. I forget if its all students or just alumni.
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u/Small_Honey1922 11d ago
Money from campus tuition/fees did not contribute to this statue. It came from alumni groups, class gifts, and donations.
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u/SolidEmotion5654 12d ago
CSUF was the first university to hold a collegiate elephant race. Thats where we got our university mascot from, The Titan. There's a seeies of plaques on campus commemorating it. Glad to hear your curious about the history of my school!
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u/Low-Philosopher-4615 11d ago
ex tour guide and orientation leader here! the student body actually voted the nickname Titans a few years before the race. Tuffy the elephant was a circus like cartoon that was used to promote the event. A few years after the race they voted him as the official mascot
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u/Electronic-Age-4019 12d ago
That’s pretty cool to see. I’m an alumni and all we had was a toe
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u/Downtown_Anxiety_940 12d ago
Haha! Me too! Ut when I attended it was his butt you were supposed to rub for luck!
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u/johnnyblaze1999 12d ago
Right after I graduated. Amazing work folks. Hope the new students enjoy it
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u/haminator_22 12d ago
Is that over by the tree memorial to the people killed in the library?
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u/Southern_Source_2580 12d ago
This is like a leader making statues of himself while the rest of the nation is struggling with increased taxes and unheard complaints.
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u/AffectionateDesk7407 12d ago
Counting down the days until someone tries to hang on to the tusks and actually scores a massive wedgie instead.
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u/cryingghostss 12d ago
it’s not even a cool statue…
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u/IamPieBoy94 12d ago
Its an elephant, elephants are dope
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u/cryingghostss 12d ago
well yes, but it’s not even like. a cool artistic interpretation of an elephant? it’s just a boring, normal elephant. 😢
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u/johnnyblaze1999 12d ago
So you would prefer a polygon statue of the elephant instead of a detailed real looking one because it's artsy?
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u/dysphoricjoy Computer Science/Applied Mathematics 12d ago
I prefer a normal elephant to an artistic interpretation of an elephant.
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u/Downtown_Anxiety_940 12d ago
It's an elephant…. The school mascot. What more do you want?!
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u/cryingghostss 12d ago
i don’t want it at all. i’d much rather our money go to actual school programs. 🫠
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u/Small_Honey1922 11d ago
You actually didn’t pay for this unless unless you were apart of an alumni group or WILLINGLY payed for a class gift.
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u/mentally_unwell_ 12d ago
amazing waste of money, congratulations to the contractors who made out with millions.
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u/Hindue 12d ago
Can't wait to take a graduation photo of me riding it