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Below is the press release from USG about the Senate vote to restore
the Zebra Path to its original colors. Since the artist,
Kim Hardiman, is Chinese American, the AA E-Zine contacted her to get
some original photos. She is so excited that her work will be
restored to her original design. Though actually, when you see what it was
like when first painted with sharp corner edges rather than the
lazily repainted ones now, you will get an idea of how much effort she
put into the original. To learn all about that, to see the
original New York Times and Statesman articles from 1981, check out
the accompanying article on alumna
Kim Hardiman.
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The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) at Stony
Brook University has passed a resolution to repaint the Zebra Path
to its original colors; black and white. Senator Craig McCarthy
wrote the resolution to preserve one of the longest standing
traditions we have a Stony Brook, dating back to 1981 when it was
originally created by a Stony Brook student [Kim Hardiman] to
brighten the center of campus with a living work of art.
The Senate was enthusiastic to pass the resolution to celebrate the
final senate meeting of the fall semester. Several Senators and
Executive Council members noted that many of their constituent
students are angry about the change to what is now mockingly
referred to as ‘Candy Cane Lane.’ The University community was under
the impression that the change was only for the 50th anniversary,
rather than a plan to update the path to fit with school colors
permanently. Interestingly, the school colors in 1981 were scarlet
and gray, which could have been chosen for the path at the time.
Although being Red Hot is new, the color itself isn’t.
The resolution makes a few key points about the path. This does not
represent the artist’s intention, nor does it fit with the original
named, “Zebra Path.” The Career Center
has been hoping for a restoration of the black and white zebra path
as well. They embraced the original path by incorporating it into
their online job finding service, ZebraNet. The path [in its current
colors] has become a running joke across campus. This resolution is
about restoring one of the few traditions we have at Stony Brook.
STONY BROOK, NY, December 3, 2009
David Mazza, VP of Communications and Public Relations
dmazza @ stonybrookusg.org 631 632 6808
About the Undergraduate Student Government (USG):
Represents and serves more than 14,500 undergraduate students at
SUNY Stony Brook University. The USG is responsible for
appropriating student fees to 160 funded clubs and organizations in
order to create a sense of community on campus and to enhance
student life. For more than 50 years, we have been an organizing
force for student power on campus through activism and
representation throughout important decision-making bodies at the
University.
For more information, please visit USG's website:
http://sbusg.org
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Kim Hardiman's comments in SB Independent
article by Daniel Lehrhaupt
http://www.sbindependent.org/node/2010
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