UMBC Slogan Contest
Hey UMBC! The SGA is kicking off a new and innovative competition for UMBC students. Project Black and Gold is a contest to submit the best UMBC slogan(s) you can think of.
Throughout the month of November, students will be able to submit their ideas using the online submission website. Beginning in December, a SGA selection committee will choose their five favorites. These selections will then be put to a week long student vote on myUMBC.
In an effort to get more school colors on campus, the winning slogan will be paired with banners designed by UMBC-related graphic designers. The banners will then be placed all over campus to show our Retriever Fever.
Once, you have submitted your slogan(s), you can Tweet your entry, make it your Facebook status, or anything else to advertise your idea! So go, go, go! Submit your slogan idea(s) now, and tell your friends to do the same!
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I think that this idea is a home-run. It’s a lot like their improve-it campaign, but less money. I’m all for the annual improve-it contest because it is a great idea for students to make change to their campus, but the $30,000 should really be given to the teachers. They are getting the shaft with these mandatory days off. Maybe that could be someone’s idea for the improve-it campaign this year.
This slogan idea could be a good way for students to take a little UMBC pride off campus with them. I remember the year the UMBC basket ball team went to the NCAA. This school was covered in “Retriever Fever” and it would be nice to see that same school spirit come out again.
Great. With all the corny naming like “True Grit’s” going on lately, we could use a different approach… hopefully the results will be better.
Aside from True Grit being our mascot’s name, the phrase “True Grit” also has several synonyms (backbone, boldness, courage, daring, dauntlessness, fearlessness, gallantry, guts, heart, heroism, intrepidity, mettle, nerve, pluck, right stuff, spunk, stomach, stuff, true grit, valiance, valor, what it takes)
So, I’m guessing the name/phrase is supposed to refer to characteristics the students at UMBC posses/have.
Maybe the lucky phrase will have one of those words in there, no?
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Nothing wrong with True Grit. Nothing at all.
My comment was critical of renaming the Dining Hall to “True Grit’s,” not of the mascot itself.
I’ve always been of the opinion that UMBC’s school spirit lies in having none whatsoever. Really, is not one of the things that makes UMBC quintessentially UMBC our well-known apathy about going here? Seems to me that’s spirit enough in itself.
@SS
In UMBC’s defense, they only changed the dining hall name to True Grit’s so it would accurately reflect the quality of the food.