On Dec 8,  0:48, Kurt Stutt wrote:
> Subject: RPI became Rensselaer, now Engineers will become ?
 
> I have a few problems with what was said.  First, I think the
> nickname "Engineers" has caught on with all the teams.  So it doesn't
> reflect the entire university.  Does that mean all the students at
> Boston University are Terriers?  Sure didn't look like it the last time
> I was there.  Engineer has "limited opportunity for logo, mascot and
> promotional use."  Well, we had a mascot, the swarm, and that was
> taken away.  It made very nice logos and was a hit with the fans.
> Why not go back to that?  Frankly, the nickname and the mascot do
> not need to be related for a school to merchandise successfully.  Is
> that bear they sell on Cornell paraphernalia the "Big Red" species?
> No.  The promotional problems with RPI merchandise is due entirely
> to RPI administration, not because of the nickname.  If they really
> tried, RPI could be very successful in selling its images.  They just
> don't try.
>-- End of excerpt from Kurt Stutt
 
        concur, except to add that i always thought that the Swarm (remember
him??) was a great mascot, and i was very disappointed when he fell victim to
the administration spin doctors who thought that he didn't present a dignified
image (that was part of the RPI v. Rensselaer debate, but heaven knows we don't
want to rerun THAT thread).
 
                                        jag RPI (Engineers) '87
 
 
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