in the center of campus. The tower's lantern hangs year-round and is lit every evening at dusk. Lighting of the "L" The Lighting of the "L" tradition began after a 1935 college prank. Bored on a foggy day, F. Clark Carnes and Bernie Brown hiked up Miller's Bluff, north of Grandad Bluff. They gathered and piled brush in the shape of a by "L", started it on fire, and slipped down the bluff toward campus before police could locate them. When Brown and Carnes reached Veterans Memorial Stadium, the fog lifted and allowed the crowd to see the "L". In recent years, the "L" has been lit by electricity and shines from Grandad Bluff. Athletics The University of Wisconsin–La Crosse maintains programs in several sports including indoor and outdoor track, cross country, gymnastics, and football, competing in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC), which is in the NCAA's Division III. UWL holds membership affiliation in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), The Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW), The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, and the National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA). UWL has student athletes participating on 19 teams, won 70 national titles in the following categories: UWL has also won 388 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships. UWL is one of only six institutions in NCAA Division III history to finish in the top 20 all 10 years of the Directors' Cup, which includes all 433 NCAA Division III schools. UWL has won WIAC Conference Championships in the following categories: UWL has won 27 men's track and field titles, the most in Division III history. The Eagles have won 14 indoor and 10 outdoor championships, both ranking first in the nation. The Eagles have now swept the indoor and outdoor titles in the same season 10 times (1988, 1991–1993, 1997, 2001–2004 and, 2006). The university won the NCAA Division III "triple crown" in 2001–2002, claiming the men's cross country title, men's indoor track and field title and men's outdoor track & field championship. The university is one of two NCAA Division III institutions to win the "triple crown" (the other being North Central College during 2009–2010). The Eagles also captured the 2005 NCAA Division III cross country title, the third in school history (1996, 2001). The gymnastics team has won 12 national titles, a record in the NCGA, as well as a record 20 WIAC titles. UWL won its