<p>Is there a statue of Adm. Rickover at the Academy? I'm almost positive I remember seeing it at NASS, but I may be thinking of someone else. This is important because I'm writing a paper about the Yard and I don't want to be incorrect in speaking of Rickover's statue.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>building named rickover yes, but i am not sure about the statue, sorry.</p>
<p>Yep, just inside the main entrance to Rickover, in the lobby. And his rather protuberant nose is always very shiny. Something to do with mids taking exams as seeing it as good luck to rub his nose. (not to be confused with another part of the anatomy of a male goat in front of MacDonough which always seems to be shiny also-and I don't know what rubbing them signifies. Also, I am not familiar enough with the anatomy of male goats as to declare them rather protuberant, or not)</p>
<p>When circumstances demand, I'm confident Billy rises to the occasion. :eek:</p>
<p>hahaha, I heard that the rubbing of the goat-part originally was a way to punish plebes. I guess that might "offend" someone now so they did away with it.</p>
<p>Regarding Rickover and his nose: thank you, now I can confidently finish my paper. :)</p>
<p>I think Brassoing the goat's privates originated in a kindlier gentlier age and was considered slightly risque. It was probably some sort of plebe "spirit" mission. With that said, we always tried to drag our drags, our girlfriends, and our wives to an adjacent seat where they could themselves observe the phenonoma and we could stutteringly embarassingly (sure) try to explain it. And then a few years later, with our 5yr olds in tow, trying to avoid it. Needless to say, my mom would have no clue as to what we are discussing.</p>
<p>With that said, could you imagine an Academy with none of the modern buildings (none of the old ones have been torn down) which "adequately" provided all the needs of a Brigade the same size as the one today. Varsity gymnastics, wrestling, fencing, swimming, diving, boxing, and basketball all used to be in MacDonough. Hard to believe.</p>