It had been a quiet morning on the IC campus before shouting broke out by the Textor Ball on Thursday afternoon. Students on their way to and from class were surprised by a group of students who appeared to be protesting -- not abortion or gay rights -- but the popular nickname for IC's famous Textor Ball, "The Fish."

The statue, which stands between Muller and Friends on the roof of Textor, is a large ball made of silver medal. Some IC community members call it "the fish" in reference to the design on the front of it. The students protesting this Thursday apparently did not agree, as they circled the statue for about half an hour yelling things like "Fish are friends, not balls!" and "Fish have fins, duh!"

Ithaca College students all have their idiosyncrasies, but really? Protesting a nickname? This blogger wonders if it was protest, or prank. Only time will tell...