(06-23-2017 05:43 AM)BigTribe3 Wrote:  Oy...forget the feathers. It's been a decade now and to today's students the feathers are something you find on a bird. It's long over and buried.

I just don't get, nor accept, this weak and defeatist attitude.

The only difference between the Utah Utes logo and the W&M logo was that our two feathers stood up, and the Utes' two feathers hang down. The Utes still have their logo; W&M does not.

It did not, does not, and never will, sit well with me.

It is intellectually dishonest to the core ... something drilled home by four years of fabulous teaching at the College of Knowledge.

My preference is that my school, and the Administration of my school, show some backbone on this issue, especially since a "clever" route to reinstatement of the feathers is available with the emergence of the Griffin.

That they choose not to do so is their choice, and I will not tar and feather them for being weak on this issue.

But don't tell me to forget the feathers.

I wore the Indian athletics gear proudly in the 70's, represented the College proudly, and I dissent from the PC that pervades the NCAA, and the college landscape in general.

Yes, the Indian imagery from years gone by might be considered by some to be a caricature that should be avoided, but the remedy is to amend the caricature, and not throw the baby out with the bath water.

The W&M-Indian roots go back to the founding of the school, and that is something all freshmen learned when they questioned why we were the Indians. Do today's students have the same knowledge and understanding? The teaching of history comes in many forms. We alumni do today's students a dis-service if this issue is not kept alive.