We will be having a UG2 meeting tonight at 6:30PM in B23.

We will be discussing money and travel arrangements tonight for DSVC, so make sure you are there!

If you cannot come tonight, we will also be meeting Thursday evening, 6:30PM in the upstairs conference room. If you can’t make either meetings, shoot one of the officers a message, and we’ll get back to you.

My list of people so far:
Lindsay Brown
Amber Davidson
Paul Murray
Clara Fowler
Matt LeJeune
Jessica Fletcher
Whitney Lanie
Heather Evans
Emily Steed
Caitlin Barr
Kaitlyn Wooley
Sarah Matthews
Elizabeth Gebel
Dustin Vessel

If you know

of anyone that is NOT on this list that has expressed interest in attending DSVC, let us know and forward them meeting times/info!

Thanks everyone, see you tonight!

UG2 Meetings are still Monday nights at 6:30 pm in VAC B23. Come by and ask any questions you may have, we’d love to have to go to Dallas with us.

TONIGHT:
6:30PM: UG2 Meeting in B22. Bring any work you need and get stuff done. Perfect if you need any help or want a critique.

We’re also going to be talking about DSVC. If you are interested, come tonight. We need to get information on how many are going ASAP so we can make hotel reservations and start fundraising. DSVC is going to be March 31-April 2 and will be about $205 JUST FOR THE CONFERENCE (includes conference, studio tours, and awards ceremony, go here for more info). This DOES NOT include gas, hotel, shopping, etc.

TOMORROW:
Kate Bingaman Burt will be here as a guest of the School of Art and will be speaking tomorrow night. She has done work for Target, Newsweek, Madewell, and Real Simple.

- 12PM: Lunch at the Dog House. Students are welcome to come hang out with Kate and ask questions or just relax and get some good food.
- 2PM: ZINE Workshop VAC 119 during Patrick Miller’s type class. We will be drawing and building small books together, a lesson taught by Kate.
- 5PM: Kate will be speaking in VAC 103.
- 6PM: Student show in the Gallery and Awards Ceremony

AFTER THE SHOW: Come to Sundown and hang out with Kate, teachers, and students. Grab something to drink and get some time to talk to a professional in a laid back atmosphere.

Art From The G.U.T.

Deadline: December 10

Art from the GUT features works by students from Grambling State University, Louisiana Tech, and University of Louisiana at Monroe all in one space. It’s a great event for meeting fellow art students.

Louisiana Tech Annual Student Show

Deadline: December 12

Louisiana Purchase:

National Biennial Juried Exhibition

Deadline: January 2

http://www.sears.com/zombies

Awesome!

For those of you that missed out, we ate sandwiches, chips and dip, and made album covers.

What did you do?

NEXT MONDAY:
We’re preparing for HALLOWEEN! Tuesday night, October 26, we are participating in Tech’s Halloween Bash. We will be setting up a booth in the TONK, painting kid’s faces and providing stamps to decorate Trick-or-Treat bags.

We need volunteers to help! If you’d like to help, email, jrh060@latech.edu or linny.brown@gmal.com or tell us next Monday.

See you in VAC 103 at 6:30!

In case you didn’t hear, UG2 is changing meeting nights from Thursdays at 7PM to Mondays at 6:30PM.

Come hang out in VAC 103 with us and have a fun night of design!

Rushing Haise
UG2 President

So I read this article from our twitter feed. This logo’s been out for a while, but the quotes in the article and comments are pretty negative, which was interesting, because personally, I like it.

Here’s why:
The bangs and upturned nose do give a youthful appearance. The color is brighter, the necks are pretty long and straight and at first a little strange if you’re used to the old logo, but it gives a sense of movement and energy, I think. The previous logo by comparison seems a little static. It has a nice combination of straight and round edges which makes it overall more interesting.

Not that the previous logo was a bad logo. Heck no. As stated in the article, Saul Bass designed the logo in 1978. It’s too recognizable and cherished to be totally re-vamped. However, one reader quoted in the article stated, “The nerve to think you can improve on a logo by Saul Bass. I would’ve rather seen this be completely replaced with something else than see a master’s work disrespected.” That to me is a problem. Firstly, when young designers deify famous designers to the extent that they cry foul when a mark or logo is changed or even slightly altered you run the risk of making things stale in the long run. People change, society changes, design eventually has to change with it.

Secondly, that commenter also had another interesting statement: They would rather see the logo change completely than see Saul Bass’ work ‘disrespected’. Saul Bass made an incredible mark. He made it. It is his work, but it does not belong to him. The Girl Scouts of America called for this re-branding because they decided they needed it. In the end a logo’s function is to represent who it belongs to, not the designer who made it.

This is just my opinion though. Write yours in the comments!

UG2 will be having a bar-b-que on Sunday, May 2 from 4-7 p.m. in Hide Away Park. We hope to see you there!

Contact: Catherine Foshee 318.631.5700 or
email resume to: tnproduction@centurytel.net

They are looking for someone to train to design & build ads, help put publication together for press & also put banners & display ads on the internet.

They offer 401k., health, dental & vacation.
The hours very because of paper size & amount of ads or changes.

Hours are normally as follows:
Mon.-8:30am-5:30pm
Tues.-8:30am-9:30pm
Wed..-7:30am-around 1or2pm

Will discuss Thurs.- Fri. hours to make 35-40 hours a week.
They do not work weekends.