Welcome to the JOUR 328 class blog. This is where everyone will get a chance to write thoughtfully on news events or issues arising throughout the semester.
The first piece will be on something on our home turf that has caputred the nation's attention: the Maryland football team's new uniforms. They made their debut in front of a nationally televised audience in prime time on Labor Day, and everyone has an opinion on them. Beautiful or ugly, unique or confusing, stately or bombastic.
What are your thoughts? We're not looking for fashion criticism, per se, but rather what these uniforms say about the team, the athletic department, the university, as well as what they can and will do for the university. And maybe also some artistic sense, as well. Think about other much-discussed uniforms at other schools - Penn State, Alabama, Oregon, Michigan, USC.
