The Marquette basketball team still won't play UW-Milwaukee.
Marquette revealed today, that despite the threat not to count the ballots, over 10% of the votes cast in the first round were for the Marquette Warriors. Given the defiance of the alumni and the apathy towards the second round of voting, this controversy is still not over. By re-selecting the name that was never popular to begin with all Father Wild and the Board of Trustees have ensured is that students and alumni will continue to show up to games wearing bootleg Marquette Warrior t-shirts and sweatshirts - if they bother to show up at all.
No word when Board of Trustees Chairman John Bergstrom is going to stop selling Jeep Cherokees, Buicks, Pontiacs, and other automobiles exploiting the Native American experience just to make the white man more money. No word either when he'll demand the Green Bay Packers (on whose executive committee he sits) start boycotting games against the Washington Redskins.
The design of the logo is next:
A series of focus groups throughout July will involve students, alumni, faculty, staff and season ticket holders in updating the visual identity for the Golden Eagles logo and mascot. At the same time those involved in this effort will also be reviewing comments and suggestions submitted online during the voting process. In this whole process the university will be assisted by Rickabaugh Graphics, the same firm that designed the new “MU” monogram unveiled in May.Might I suggest a big Indian in full headdress carrying around a stuffed bird?
