At high noon tomorrow, this dude is gonna die!

NEWS RELEASE LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY ************************* Fistful 'o snowman Lake Superior State University student Nate Oosterhouse pushes another fateful fistful into a 15-foot snowman effigy slated to burn at noon on March 19.

NEWS RELEASE

LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY

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Lake Superior State University student Nate Oosterhouse pushes another fateful fistful into a 15-foot snowman effigy slated to burn at noon on March 19.

Lake State has been burning a snowman annually since 1971 to welcome spring to Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.

The ceremonial conflagration, held the closest Friday to vernal equinox, includes a cookout and poetry reading.

Spring actually arrives the next day, March 20, at 1:32 p.m. EDT.

Oosterhouse is an environmental health major from Hudsonville, Mich. (LSSU/Sean O'Mara)

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