With a clamorous crowd, blasting arena horn and sporadic referees’ whistles, it sounded like a typical Topper basketball game.

But from the Atmos Energy company-owned suite No. 2, one may never notice.

From the upperlevel luxury box, the crowd noise is a raspy whisper, the horn is like an ignored alarm clock and the whistles are like the chirps of birds in the distance.

With a clamorous crowd, blasting arena horn and sporadic referees’ whistles, it sounded like a typical Topper basketball game.

But from the Atmos Energy company-owned suite No. 2, one may never notice.

From the upperlevel luxury box, the crowd noise is a raspy whisper, the horn is like an ignored alarm clock and the whistles are like the chirps of birds in the distance.

Pink is splashed across the brick walls and shower floors; there are even pink metal lockers, carpeting, sinks, showers and urinals. For decades, visiting football teams playing at Kinnick Stadium have dressed and showered in a pink locker room. Critics of the University of Iowa’s visitors’ locker room say the use of pink demeans women and perpetuates offensive stereotypes about women and homosexuality.

Possibilities were pitched to a pair of recruits sitting in the football locker room.

Among the possibilities were to be a part of history and a large family.

Football coaches and staff members bring recruits to Western throughout the year and show them the campus, stadium and facilities to woo athletes into furthering their careers in red and white.