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Proofs of concept for UT-Tyler Athletics' new logo. These are not final drafts. (Source: SGA YouTube Page) *The author is an opinion journalist and cannot guarantee objectivity in his reporting. Please read critically. UT-Tyler presented design concepts for a new athletics logo at student government’s meeting Tuesday. VP of Marketing and Communications Jeffrey Noblitt, along with Athletics Director Howard Patterson and Design Director Karen Schmidt of Edleman, a New York-based marketing firm, presented The Student Government Association (SGA) with over twelve black and white concepts of what a new athletics logo could look like.   The leaders said they intend to obtain input from university stakeholders in the coming weeks and have already shared these images with faculty senate executive committee. Eventually they will share the refined versions with the student body at large for feedback at later date.  As Soon As Summer Nevertheless, students could begin to see change...

This past November, over 1,100 UT-Tyler students turned out to vote on a question of whether to raise the mandatory athletics fee. . The student government (who officiated the election) saw a historic student turnout and in the end, students rejected the proposal. According to election results, 621 students showed up to vote against the measure out of 1,106 student voters. Just compare this turnout with 660 students in 2016. In other words, November’s turnout was substantial.  So why was this year’s turnout so high and what does it mean for the future of the athletics program?  Unfortunately, the increased turnout marks the beginning of the end for UT-Tyler’s athletics program. For as long as there is an election awareness campaign that turns out the commuter student population, as there was in this election, then these students voters will always defeat a proposal to support the athletics fee. Therefore, it is only a matter of time before the athletics program dies for lack o...