Posted on 05/11/2005 6:14:17 PM PDT by hispanarepublicana
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Vanity - TTU Seal Change |
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Posted by Army Air Corps On General/Chat 05/09/2005 12:43:09 PM CDT · 65 replies · 348+ views 9 May 2005 | Army Air Corps All Interested Parties in the TTU Seal Change debacle should contact the following people to voice your disgust over Chancellor Smith and his waste of University time and money on the proposed changes to the University's seal. State Representative Pete Laney Capitol Office Room CAP 3N.05, P.O. Box 2910 Austin, TX 78768 (512) 463-0604 (512) 463-5896 Fax The Honorable Robert Duncan P.O. Box 12068 Capitol Station Austin, Texas 78711 (512) 463-0128 Toll Free (800) 322-9538 State Rep. Carl Isett Capitol Office Room EXT E2.318 P.O. Box 2910 Austin, TX 78768 (512) 463-0676 State Rep. Delwin Jones Capitol Office Room CAP... |
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Bolled over by alums, Texas Tech backs off on new seal (would've removed cotton bolls) |
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Posted by hispanarepublicana On News/Activism 05/06/2005 6:23:14 AM CDT · 234 replies · 1,878+ views Lubbock Avalanche Journal ^ | 5/6/05 | Elliot Blackburn Bolled over by alums, Tech backs off on new seal BY ELLIOTT BLACKBURN AVALANCHE-JOURNAL The Texas Tech University System will return cotton's likeness to new designs of the school seal, an administrator said Thursday. Associate Vice Chancellor Lynn Denton, the system's head of marketing, said the school will develop new designs of the school seal that include symbols representing cotton. "We've decided that we are going to put cotton plants back into the seal," Denton said. Alumni became alarmed earlier this week after speculation circulated the Internet that the school was downplaying the Double T logo and removing cotton from... |
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Cotton Stripped from Texas Tech Seal (attempt to politically correct the South out of culture?) |
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Posted by hispanarepublicana On News/Activism 05/05/2005 6:57:02 AM CDT · 229 replies · 2,227+ views The Lubbock Avalanche Journal ^ | 5/5/05 | Elliot Blackburn Cotton stripped from Tech seal BY ELLIOTT BLACKBURN AVALANCHE-JOURNAL Texas Tech may face a fight from cotton farming alumni after the school announced Wednesday it would pluck the symbolic tufts of the West Texas crop from the school seal. The changes are part of a broader marketing campaign to be launched early next year that Tech officials hope will improve the university's national reputation. Chancellor David Smith refuted rumors Wednesday that the school was abandoning its past for the marketing effort. A-J File Photo "It is not undoing tradition, it is not undoing pride," Smith said of the changes. "We... |
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I'm surprised they didn't decide to raise the state sales tax for a detailed study of the issue. Sounds like a little ray of sunshine in an otherwise disappointing legislative session.
filed by same rep that authored tax appraisal cap bill that cities/counties fought so hard against
The fight continues! Next step, kicking Chancellor Smith to the curb...
you have freepmail
i just read mr. hr your profile and he says he wants to buy you a beer...and he liked the ann coulter pic on your page a little too much. you probably like saigon cafe, huh?
that post above should've been
to you
You bet! Saigon Cafe is one of my favourite places to eat pho or Vietnamese hot pot.
we like it too. i'm very protective of my freeper identity, so you & mr. hr might not ever meet.....any luck onthat other "mission"?
"... he liked the ann coulter pic on your page a little too much."
That just proves that he is a normal, red-blooded American male! :-)
I'll bet the esteemed Chancellor is grinding his teeth right now..........
glad she's home safe
I see that you use the word "esteemed" loosely :-)
Two little speed demons from our University almost ran us off the road - one passed three cars (my daughter and I were two of those three) on the SHOULDER of the road....... I'm thinking her Mommy and Daddy might like to know about that stunt........and as luck would have it, they were recognized.......;^)
You are so smart...you should go to grad sch.......oh, nevermind
YOU GOTT'R DONE!!!!
Cool. I tried to switch over to channel 28 in time, but I guessed that I missed their blurb regarding the Seal.
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