Syracuse - Keep Orangemen and Orangewomen
Keep Orangemen and Orangewomen!To: Jake Crouthamel, Director of Athletics, Syracuse UniversityOn May 11, 2004, Syracuse University announced a new logo, color scheme and nickname for its athletic team... continue reading »
"I'm proud to be an ORANGEWOMAN"
"OTTO IS AN ICON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
""orange" just doesn't sound right; we are people, "orangemen" or "orangewomen", not fruit."
"It's amazing that Nike tells SU what its athletic teams can be named. The administration is apparently too cowardly to admit that when many students are around."
"diversity is something that SU supports, so keep the respect of our differences between the male and female genders. Genders do matter, be proud of each!"
"What is their problem?!"
"orange people rock!!!"
"What a waste of money..."
"orange just sounds stupid"
"I thought that "Orangemen" and "Orangewomen" were already gender specific, so there was already no confusion. Now instead of no confusion, the confusion arises with the question why are they just the "Orange""
"the Syracuse sports teams consist of Syracuse STUDENTS not administrators, changing traditions is NOT in the job descriptions of adult administrators...Syracuse and all of its teams (etc) are there for the STUDENTS not employees....LETS GO ORANGEMEN AND W"