'Cal: There's an App for That!'

Jim Fallows:

There are other topics to catch up on, but by serendipity three similar-themed responses on the UCal Logo Wars arrived at practically the same moment.

One by one, and even more powerfully in combination. they make the excellent point that this is not just about a logo and whether you prefer the "classic stateliness" of the old look or the "bold simplicity" of the new. These writers argue that this seemingly silly controversy in fact raises timely and surprisingly sweeping questions about the future identity, role, and financial underpinnings of great universities. I turn it over to the readers:

Embracing the new. One reader in North Carolina says that the people in charge at UC are merely trying to get ahead of technological and market reality:

Posted by Jim Zellmer at December 14, 2012 2:16 AM
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