Grounds Maintenance crews continued the cleanup process of Sparty Wednesday.
Sparty, which is believed to be the world’s tallest free-standing ceramic statue, was painted blue and yellow Tuesday morning in what crews say was the worst attack on the statue in years.
The University of Michigan played MSU’s men’s basketball team Wednesday. Some students said the blue and yellow decorations were likely an act of rivalry.
Gary Parrott, manager of Grounds Maintenance, said the cleanup process is done, but a crew will still have to put a coat of protective clear paint over the statue. He said he hopes to add the paint next week.
“It depends on the weather,” he said. “We may have to put up some flames to let the material dry when we put on the clear coating.”
MSU’s Department of Police and Public Safety has no suspects, but MSU police Capt. Dave Trexler said it likely was a U-M fan.
Trexler also said he is not sure if the police will continue an investigation.
“Really there is no place to go with it,” he said. “Every once in awhile we get lucky with it and someone saw something or someone decides to rat out a friend, but in this case I don’t think that is going to happen.”
