After the May 7 Senate meeting and discussion of logos, I got to wondering what all the universities I've attended were using for stationery. I started out my undergrad. days at Michigan Technological University, in geology. Then I went to Michigan State, then the University of Washington, and finally Michigan State again.
First, Michigan State. Is Sparty, battered but unbeaten, on the stationery I wondered, or perhaps even his spear point? Nope:
Michigan State University Stationery
What about Michigan Tech? We had the best hockey team in the country when I was there from 1970 to 1973: the Huskies. Is there a dog print on that logo? Maybe a hockey puck? Nope:
Michigan Technological University Stationery
Well, what about the University of Washington--I seem to have a penchant for schools represented by Husky mascots. Paw-prints? Nope. Quite conservative in fact. Here's an example from the College of Engineering:
University of Washington Stationery
You have to wonder, taking into account the very traditional stationery of the University of Texas (previous blog), what kind of research was being conducted over the last three years by our marketing folks. Did the committee actually look at the stationery of other universities? Or did they just look at the "athletic and spirit" logos that most universities have on all the paraphernalia in their spirit shops, and then assume that these must also be on the stationery?
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