Don’t muck with my T-shirt
Students brainstorm ideas to replace offensive gamewear
The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee held a meeting Monday night to begin work on designing a new T-shirt to replace the “Muck Fizzou” shirts. The committee wants input from all students on the design and hopes to unite fans under one image.
By Dylan Sands
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
Student-athletes and other student organizations met Monday night to vanquish a common foe. The place: Allen Fieldhouse. The mission: “Operation T-shirt.” The enemy: the infamous “Muck Fizzou” T-shirt.
The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee invited the groups to brainstorm ways to replace the controversial game day shirt and add a touch of class to the student section at games. Last semester, ESPN refused to film student sections while the “Muck Fizzou” T-shirts, which they deemed offensive, were being displayed. The SAAC hoped the meeting would be the start of a campaign to create new game day shirts and put student fans back on ESPN.
Matt Baysinger, Stillwell senior and member of SAAC, said his organization could not make the needed changes alone.
“SAAC is one of many student organizations,” Baysinger said. “Our main reason in doing this is to unite the entire student body.”
According to the meeting mission statement, the SAAC wants all students to consolidate in one student section at games rather than attend in random groups. Initial ideas involved creating a contest in which students have a chance to design the new shirts. After a vote, a winner would be chosen and the “Muck Fizzou” shirts could be traded in for the new, “classier” shirts.
Some suggested burning the old shirts at pre-game bonfires. Others thought a famous alumnus could be asked to promote a new shirt. Warm reception was given to the thought of uniting the student section under one title: the hawk flock.
Caitlin Mahoney, St. Louis senior, said she thought the meeting went well.
“It’s good to hear everyone else’s views,” Mahoney said. “As long as we can put them into action.”
SAAC members concluded the meeting by asking for volunteers to form a more concrete committee dedicated to the project. They asked that others spread the word to get other students involved. They said they hoped to get the message out in time to have a new shirt designed before basketball season.
Hannah McMacken, Lake Tapps, Wash., junior, said she agreed that the entire student body needed to be involved in order to change the fans’ image.
“I’m excited that we’re involving more people,” McMacken said. “I think we can accomplish more as a greater mass.”
— Edited by Elizabeth Cattell
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