Wednesday, luiyj
nner
Wednesday, July 5,2000
Sports
Page 3
THE BATTALION
he spirit of Indepen-
in Rockport, Texas, odl
:s to attend the event,
Y J. GOLDFLU!
Bonn, Hummel
Irace in Maine
Texas A&M’s distance run-
Iners Tommy Bonn and Mike
IHummel competed among hun-
Idreds of the best distance run-
Iners in the world at the New Bal-
lance Maine Distance Festival
j2000 in Brunswick, Maine, last
| Saturday.
In the 1,500-meter run, Bonn
land Hummel finished fourth and
[sixth, respectively, among colle-
[giate runners. In a field of more
[than 35 competitors, the duo fin-
[ished 18th and 24th, overall.
Bonn clocked in with a time of
[3:44.61, a personal best, placing
[him third on the A&M performers’
[listbehind Scott Gravin (3:43.85)
[and Calvin Gaziano (3:44.29).
Hummel finished the race in
[3:45.67, 32 seconds slower
[than his personal best.
Buckner set to
(coach equestrians
Tana Buckner was named
jlexas A&M’s equestrian coach
by A&M Athletic Director Wally
|Groff and Dr. Gary Potter, profes-
isor of animal science and leader
jofthe Equine Sciences Program.
Buckner served as the Aggies
[western coach last year while
completing the requirements fore
a master’s degree in agriculture.
She will be A&M’s first head
coach for the equestrian team,
[which became a varsity sport at
A&M in 1999 and spent the first
season without a head coach.
Buckner has spent the past
four years coaching the English
and western disciplines at Col
orado State and Texas A&M, while
earning undergraduate and post
graduate degrees in equine sci
ence and agriculture, respectively.
See Briefs on Page 4.
‘Slo-t Sam
Athletic Department revamps logo
Iftl
Reece Flood . ...
The Battalion
For the past 10 years, Texas A&M Athletic Director Wally Groff
and the Athletic Department have been toying with the idea of
revamping the A&M logo. With the
help of Nike and a committee of A&M
students, staff and several organiza
tions, the athletic department has done
just that.
The primary logos of "ATM" and
"Texas A&M" were not replaced by a new
logo, but instead were made uniform.
"Our first goal was to standardize
what we currently have," Groff said,
"and that is the 'Texas A&M' and the
'ATM.'"
With the new standardized version
of these logos, any time an "ATM" or
an "A&M" is printed on a uniform or
used for merchandising, it must meet
the dimensions specified by the Athlet
ic Department:
The standardized logos will be
placed on all new athletic uniforms so
that each team will use the same sym
bol.
Some sports at A&M currently are
using logos that differ from other
sports' uniforms. The most notable is
the baseball team, which features
"Texas" in large print on the front of its
jerseys and "Aggies" printed directly
below in smaller print.
"We want everybody to be the
same," Groff said. "All of our teams will
have 'Texas A&M' on them."
Groff said each new uniform the
school buys will display a matching
"Texas A&M" and/or "ATM."
"1 think it's good business in trying
to create a visual identity that America can associate A&M with,"
Groff said.
In addition to standardizing the current logos, the Athletic De
partment decided to add a little variety to the mix.
"The other thing was to create some new secondary logos that
could be utilized by athletics if they wanted to, but not in place of
a primary logo," Groff said.
The committee did some research in order to find appropriate
logos to use. The New York Yankees-style overlapping "A" and
"M," known as the "ligature," is not an entirely new concept for
the school. Research turned up pictures of the 1901 football team,
the 1912 baseball team and the 1923 track team using this style
with a "C" on top, which stood for "A&M College."
The star overlapping a "T" is also a revamped version of a for
merly used logo.
After the primary logo has been placed on a uniform, individ-
.0415 169
.036
AMPERSAND r«”) IN LOGOTYPE*
In the Sogotyp«, the hetflht of tint aropftrtand (vulua A)
its always* equal to of the height of the ,- A* and "M"
(value X). The ampersand ehould «iway» b« aligned
vertical^ centered.
The block "ATM" and the "A&M" will have to meet these di
mensions, set by the Athletic Department before printing.
ual coaches and teams can decide whether to add a secondary logo.
Some merchandise featuring the new logos have been on sale
for nearly a month and has received a variety of responses.
Jennifer Walker, a gift buyer at the Texas A&M Bookstore in the
Memorial Student Center, said some of
the new items received a few com
plaints from shoppers.
"At first, the 'A' and the 'M' over
each other — there was a little reaction
to that," Walker said.
Although sales started slowly. Walk
er said the new merchandise is becom
ing more popular with shoppers.
Stephen Summers, a freshman com
puter engineering major, is not im
pressed with the secondary logos.
"I would not say there is anything
that I like or dislike about them," Sum
mers said. "As long as they don't get
rid of the old one, it will be cool."
Groff said that although the new
and standardized logos will be intro
duced this fall, not all uniforms will fea
ture the new style.
"Baseball buys one new set of uni
forms every year," Groff said. "I'm not
going to make them buy four new sets
of uniforms. But the new set that we're
ordering for this year will have [the
standardized logo] on it."
The Athletic Department did not
stop at modifying and creating logos.
"In the middle of all this, we decid
ed, 'Hey, why don't we standardize our
colors while we're at it?"' Groff said.
Maroon is available in several dif
ferent shades. But now the athletic de
partment has decided on one shade for
all uniforms and merchandise.
Groff said it was important to have a large number of people
involved with the committee "just to have a variety of input."
Summers thinks the project may not have been worthwhile.
"I think it's an interesting endeavor, but I'm not sure if it was
necessarily worth the time and the effort of that many people."
Wwm mm I %m \m III *9
^bathrooms
Hr
jl „ W .«*» mm-
miBiHt
x«ibUtd r.
ECH
Nutrition
DRINKS • CLOTHIN
AN RETAI
Building, Advocare
iLab
M-F 10 a.m.-6:30P
Sat. 10 a.m.-
hief
ns. Opinion Editor
d. Sports Editor
son, Sci/Tech Editor
’Iioto Editor
una, Graphics Editor
ayton, Web Master
ayla Carr, Jessica Crutclie r '
Luke McMahan, Brieanne
Riley, Sunnye Owens, An#'
therine McNally, Kelley Sto#
Ibert
rart Villanueva, Patric
Elizabeth O'Farrell, FtylaSc y
ding, Bradley Atchinson,
ra, Andrew Hancock
Carson Higgs, Libby
Adrian Calcaneo, Matt W
Brandon Henderson, Kelsei
imara Cuellar
ity in the Division of Student Media,s'
ewsroom phone: 845-3313; Fax:
'The Battalion. For campus, local,and" 1 '
Using offices are in 015 Reed McDona^
o pick up a single copy of The BattaW 1
lie fall or spring semester and JlW®* 1
! the fall and spring semesters and
periods) at Texas A&M University.
e Battalion, Texas A&M University, U 11 ™
All prices slashed!
Rent Starting At:
MAKE MONEY
THE
OLD-FASHIONED
WAY
SELL
SOMETHING.
The Battalion
Classifieds
Call 845-0569
FUN FROM DAY ONE
Introduce yourself to the wonderful world of diving!
Fun and adventure begin the minute you start learning to dive!
If your week is just too full to handle a scuba class then try our weekend
course, targeted at those who only have weekends free to relax The
course starts on a Friday night and continues on Saturday and Sunday.
The next class starts July 14, 15, and 16th.
Other course packages are available. Call for information.
'^Paradise
^j^jScuba
Cofltg* Station
2404 S. Texas Ave., C.S.
696-DIVE
per person
per month
/ FREE standard cable
/ FREE local phone
/ FREE washer C dryer
/ FREE athernet*
/ FREE 24-hour monitored alarm
Now Available! 9-month leases
BPHBTMENTS'
I
OPEN
HOUSE!
TEXAS Am
May 29th-June 2nd
June 5th & 9th
June 19th-23rd
June 26th~28th
July 10th-14th
July 17th-21st
August 21st-23rd
BUNN (Brazos Center)
June 14th <$s 21st
July 19th
August 2nd <St 9th
BUNN (Townshire Campus)
June 8th
July 13th & 27th
601 Luther Street W. ♦ College Station, Texas ♦ 979
BPflRIMENTS*
Equal Housing Opportunity
www.melrose.com
These shows sell
out on Broadway...
And now they're
coming to Rudder
Auditorium...
An Explosion of Music and Dot
These Broadway
favorites aren't the only
performances on our
2000-2001 roster.
The best seats are going fast!
Subscriptions start at $149!
Student Discounts Available
MSC TO FIND OUT MORE, CALL
OPAS 845-1661
orvisitopas.tamu.edu
enlighten • entertain • inspire
2000-2001 Season KORA KBTX
Media Partners ►
ytroMt
KJ^9ZI
a Sc