I had a chance to talk to the two Marquette people I know, a mother and daughter, about the decision to change the nickname of the school's teams to "the Gold." The mother is a Marquette alum and the daughter is a current student.
Like almost everyone else, they are livid. They can't get over how stupid this decision is. The daughter talked about how their school is a national laughing stock and wondered if this was done to take some of the heat off a $4000 tuition increase. The mother told me she was in touch with other alums discussing what, if anything, they could do about this.
The daughter talked about how she could not walk anywhere on campus without coming across one protest or another.
There is also a HS junior in the family who has decided he's not going to Marquette because of this.
I think it's a good think I brought this up to them at church. After we talked, the daughter said, "I have to go in (to the church) now and repent for all the things I'm thinking."
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it sure sounds like nothing will change around here. the administration is dead-set on keeping the name, even though i have yet to find an alum, student, or fan who likes the name.
the president of the school showed up at a rally the other day to basically state their case that nothing is changing.
i still think if people boycotted the first home basketball game it would send quite the message to the administration
Are you a student there, Brian?
nope...i am from milwaukee, but i am a proud graduate of the university of wisconsin...so this all kind of makes me laugh!
in a related note, the mu board of trustees called an emergency meeting today to discuss the name change. here is a link to the story in the local paper.
http://www.jsonline.com/sports/marq/may05/325171.asp
I've posted a fresh blog entry with a link to that story.
Thanks for the update!
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