Our University has many symbols that we identify with: the Wolfpack, accompanied by Mr. and Ms. Wuf as our mascots, and the Memorial Bell Tower is in the middle of our official seal. Students and alumni hold these symbols dear just as much as they cherish the memories they have accumulated here at our University. What makes our University’s symbols great is their traditional staying power. If our fathers went to State, they too cheered on Mr. Wuf, and they walked the Brickyard when they went to the library. Most probably sung our alma mater as they watched the game, and yelled a suggestion of a location for Carolina students to go in the Red and White song. We wish that our school slogan had the same traditional staying power as our other University symbols. Recently, our slogan was changed to ‘Red Means Go,’ and it has met general approval. However, now the University is considering changing the motto again. Although this slogan hasn’t matured yet to the point of our alma mater, we feel that we should give it a chance to reach that point for us students and our alumni. If students have watched the screens at the football games, they would have seen P.J. King professing our slogan to fans. During NCAA games, the nation got a hint of our slogan. Now that everyone has gotten a taste of this new slogan, is it really right to change it again? Everyone is just now starting to get used to this one. If we keep changing our slogan, it will never reach the point of it being a traditional part of our University’s symbols. A change to our slogan wouldn’t be an adoption of another slogan, but instead a destruction of the slogan symbol. It took awhile for our current slogan to be accepted and generally known to University students, and if it is changed we will have to wait a long while until we have another established slogan. What we really worry about concerning the prospect of a new slogan is the dread that a new slogan could be unoriginal. Our old slogan ‘We all go to N.C. State’ doesn’t feel very unique. If the University does put their foot down and decides we have to change the slogan, then they should pick up on the definite positive aspect of our current slogan: originality.