Vote now to name the student section in Kelly/Shorts Stadium

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There is four days left to vote for the name of the student section in Kelly/Shorts Stadium.

And Kathy Simon, assistant director of Student Publications, wants to make sure students get their vote in before midnight this Friday.

“I think students should take time to vote on the name change because it is their section, their name and their chance to leave a legacy behind and name something at CMU,” Simon said.

Students can go on cm-life.com to vote for the name choices of “Maroon Platoon,” “Chip Crew” or “Pleasantville.”

“I think the narrowed down choices are very good and any of the three would be good,” Simon said. “So far, the voting process has been a lot of fun and we’ve had a great response already.”

Last Thursday, the voting started and, Sunday at MAINstage, students were able to vote.

The decision to set the student section name came up in the past couple of years, said Mike Dabbs, director of marketing and community relations for athletics.

“We wanted to build identity with students and we thought those three names would fit our student crowd,” Dabbs said.

He also said they narrowed down to those three names because the students bring so much energy and enthusiasm to the stadium.

“I like all three names — they bring a unique blend to the student section, and the athletics eepartment and CM Life both came up with ideas and we wanted to incorporate CM Life to help name the student section,” Dabbs said.

Bentley sophomore Carissa Schmidt wants to make the student section’s name to Chip Crew.

“I like that name because it sounds better and it is shorter and easier to pronounce. And it fits our school better and unites the students more as a crew,” she said. “And I like the idea of spicing up the section name.”

The winning name will be announced on cmuchippewas.com. The hope is to set the name before the first home football game (Sept. 19 vs. Alcorn State), Simon said.