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-w- The Battalion Lifestyles 1,1997 Wednesday • October l, 1997 seems to for ring o the old i.” Ifstu- ir ring in ■rous op- t as many o use. Nailing it down ill Nail salon offers Aggie logos to spirited customers S pen D, Conn rk Fuhrman, r Los Ange- s detective ed notoriety J. Simpson a I, is writing )out the tin- 5 murder of ing the mur-i a Moxleyas relling “Mur- the Simpson Ivocate and newspaper lay. jS By Rhonda Reinhart Staff writer A rmed with a brush and a bottle of ename1, T racey ; Capehart, a nail techni cian at Exclusivd-y Nails, Pi is kringing Aggie ^5irit to another levd_ Capehart is one of the t few professionals making Jnail art in Eryan-College Station. About four weeks 1 ago, she became the only | person licensed to paint if Texas A&M logos on finger- t rails . She paints everything from Reveille to the Gig 'an thumb and also takes cus tomer requests. Capehart said the Aggie rail art has been well received by students, and since she received the license,she has put A&M lo gos on the fingernails of 25 dif ferent customers. "The first client who saw my nails got four done," she said. "It was really popular when the seniors got their rings ." Capehart said she always gets compliments when she wears the A&M logos. Sanders Letbetter, odlegiateli censing director, said he has never had a request for Aggie nail art before. "I've never heard of anything like this at any other school," he said. "Texas A&M has 27 regis tered trademarks, and Tracey plans to use our most popular ones. She does a good job repro ducing our trademarks." Letbetter said the collegiate licensing office averages about 150-200 license agreements per year, but for every product that is licensed, there is one that does not get a license. " We do have guidelines," he said. " We want the product to be a positive representation of the University." Letbetter said some other unusual products the office has licensed besides the Aggie nail art include refrigerator mag nets that play the Aggie War Hymn and Aggie bird feeders. Capehart originally is from New Jersey and moved to Col lege Station in February, but she calls herself an "adapted A ggie." "I'm new to all this Aggie stuff," she said. "I don't have a ring, but I have my nails done. It makes me feel like I'm part of, it in some way. I know the fight song, and thats pretty good for a Yankee." Capehart hand paints all of the trademarks except for Reveille, for which she uses a decal. The process takes less than five minutes per nail, and each nail costs $3. Capehart said her Aggie nail art is not a get-rich-quick scheme. lit's just for fun," she said. 'Tt w on't make me a millionaire." Capehart said her A ggie nail art gives people spirit and gives their nails character. "It adds something you don' t usually see," she said. "I put nothing past A ggies when it comes to school spirit It would not shock me if one of these crazy Aggie guys came in and w anted one of their nails done, and I would do it." Heather Braren, a senior dhenical engineering ma jor, said she thinks the Ag gie nail art is an interest ing idea. "Sines there is so much demand for A&M merchandise, if someone w ants to express their school spirit that way, w hy not?" she said. 'Tt's a novel idea." Capehart said it is nice to hear from other people 1 who appreciate her work. "It has made it more fun when everybody is so excited about it," she said. " When guys comment on your nails, you know they're really cool." Capehart said she thought the Aggie nail art would only be popular for football games, but even during the week when there was no game, she had customers requesting A&M logos. "Now that people know I do the nail art, clients come in just to tell me new ideas," she said. " Maybe it will be a new tradition." local law. 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