Media Hound Back at Still Hall

From the October 16th Dekalb (Il) Daily Chronicle "Media Hound restored Friday in front of Still hall on campus" by Kate Schott.

Media Hound's back. He is one of about 50 fiberglass dogs that were part of a 2008 community art project called Huskies on Parade as a way to help the NIU/Dekalb/Sycamore communities recover from the St. valentine's Day murders that year. Northern's mascot is the huskie.

He was reported missing the weekend of July 17-18 by the staff of the media services Department at Northern Illinois University. This made national news. He was found July 21st in the 500 block of Normal Road and reported to NIU police. This past Friday, he was reinstalled on his cement slab in front of Still Hall.

he is named "Snappy" and is dressed as a 1940s-era reporter with a fedora on his head and camera around his neck.

It appeared that the perpetrator/s used a crowbar to pry Snappy off the cement and only a few toes from his right front paw remained. He is back in perfect shape, even with a few dings from the abduction fixed.

Snappy is now affixed to the cement with a different type of screw to make it more difficult to get him off, plus there are other security measures in place (just what they wouldn't say).

The Huskies on Parade project raised $40,000 for a scholarship fund established in the names of the five students killed.

So, we got to see him the second day he was back.

Good to have Snappy Back and a Must-See for Visitors to Dekalb. --RoadDog