I'm Soooo Embarrassed

When I attended Marquette University, our team logo was the Warrior. During my senior year (95-96), the powers-that-be decided that the Warrior logo was offensive to no one who actually paid money to attend the school, and, therefore, needed to be changed. Hell, that had only been the logo for 40+ years, and any alumnus who was contributing money to the school probably attended as a Warrior. But, fuck the students and alumni; who really gives a shit what you want anyway, right?

So, a vote was held to decide on a new name. Two choices were given (how these choices were picked or why "Warriors" wasn't one of the choices was never disclosed): The Golden Eagles or The Faggots. (I actually voted for Faggots, but the majority voted for the gayer name.) And so, based on the results of the "vote," in 1995, the Marquette Warriors were rechristened the Marquette Golden Eagles. And no one rejoiced.

Fast forward 10 years. Since the name change, there has been much lobbying to have the Warrior name returned. In 2004, two members of Marquette's Board of Trustees, which makes decisions like what the school's logo should be, volunteered to donate $2 million to the school to have the name changed back. While the school declined that offer, it did authorize the Board to look into a name change. And, yesterday, it happened: The long-awaited name change. Yes, my friends, I am proud to announce that, as of today, Marquette is now the Home of The Gold.

The Marquette fucking Gold. This is our return to glory? I am thoroughly fucking embarrassed.