Colors are representative of so many things in our culture today. When somebody says red and green, someone else almost immediately exclaims “Christmas!” When someone hears red, white and blue, anthems of American patriotism come to mind.

 For all the native Louisianans, who does not think of the LSU Fighting Tigers when they see purple and gold? In this same vein, the colors of maroon and gold run wild through the hearts of people in our beloved city of New Orleans – in association with the mighty Wolfpack of Loyola.

Rewind the film; maroon and gold? Those are two rather vague colors. If we want to get into specifics, I have seen everything from red tinted maroon to purple tinted maroon, and everything from bumblebee yellow to Vegas gold.

So I ask, can I please get a clarification on what exactly our school colors are?

As noted before, the classic purple and gold is directly related to LSU. There are no deviations or shade ranges when it comes to flaunting those colors, especially when representing the university in athletic events. Loyola’s color scheme has changed in rhythm with the entire athletic program.

We have moved from purely red and white, to the maroon and gold, and now to different programs deciding to rewrite the university color code to ways fitting the particular team.

When it comes to pride in wearing school colors, I give two ‘thumbs-up’ to the women’s basketball program and the baseball program. Yes, I ‘thumbs-up’ the baseball team.

These two programs have remained most faithful to the “classic” color combination of Loyola: dark maroon and Vegas gold. My ‘thumbs-down’ goes to the newly instated tennis program.

 A record of 4-10 is not spectacular, but are we really expecting a conference championship out of the inaugural year of this program? No, not really. One thing I certainly would expect are some uniforms or travel gear that do not resemble the Spanish flag. Nonetheless, very good season girls.

Well, why do colors and uniforms matter? It is in fact the performance of the athletes who wear those colors which is being decided, is it not? Looking back on a pervious statement “run wild through the hearts of people”, school colors work in association with other factors to spark spirit. School spirit leads to victories.

 There is a certain aspect of school pride that must be present in a student-athlete and their coaching staff. Can a student-athlete and those associated with a program have pride while wearing a uniform not directly corresponding to their school colors?

My point in this madness, can we please adopt dark maroon and Vegas gold as our school colors? I am tired of the non-uniformity in our school’s athletic uniforms. Nevertheless, Geaux Pack!