Meanwhile, the bronze sits in central stores. It was donated to the math faculty's Descartes Foundation by former math professor Dr. Henry Crapo. Pat Lewis of the arts centre make friends with the wild boar sculpture temporarily installed in Modern Languages earlier this month. It's supposed to have fountain and surrounding landscaping, but no funds are available to arrange that, says the committee's chairman, Ernie Lappin of physical planning. Marlene Bryan, also of the arts centre, has been collecting the money on behalf of the committee, but denies having eaten the dog biscuit.
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In the fall of 1991 he was kidnapped by Engineers and forced to masquerade as dog, which he did with his usual flair and inimitable panache. After this a search began in earnest for a permanent site. The boar needs a new home, out of the Modern Languages building and somewhere it can be fastened in place with bolts and concrete. The bronze boar sculpture has lived in Modern Languages since 1979, after it was donated to the Descartes Foundation, an offshoot of UW's math faculty, by former math professor Dr. Henry Crapo. Because of its location the boar has acquired a reputation as a mascot for the faculty of arts, Roberts says, and it's been a tempting target for pranksters.