GW Bookstore phasing out "GW University"


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I was hanging out at the bookstore waiting to get interviewed about Wikipedia (nerd alert) when I noticed some official bookstore types discussing the merchandise. As I've noted before, I think that all the shirts and merchandise that say "GW University" as opposed to "GW" or "George Washington" look dumb, it's a generic looking and not very descriptive logo.

So I decided to tell the bookstore administrators my thoughts on the "GW University" text, and they all agreed with me. They said they had been discussing the exact same thing a couple of minutes before. One of the folks (whose names I didn't get, but all seemed to be from eFollett, the bookstore company) said they were indeed phasing out the "GW University" text, which made me happy.

And I also saw some neat stuff there, a lot of which doesn't seem to be on the website. Some things I noticed were the shirt pictured, some nice looking hoodies with fancy vintagey cloth GW logos sewn on, the famous GW Crocs, and a lot of buff and white GW jerseys on sale, which I also mentioned before. Pay the place a visit.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Nice work, thanks for speaking up about needed changes at the bookstore. They also seem to be using the more Buff-like "vegas gold" instead of bright yellow and other, non-GW, colors. Wish they would update the bookstore website.
Andrew W said…
That's true, the buff is another good change. They seem to be making an effort to get cooler, trendier and more fashionable stuff.

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