Help Fund Two New Giant Flags at Yost!
EDIT: Thanks to our amazing donors, including a generous Mr. Aaron Ward, our goal has been reached! Thanks to everyone who contributed, we will keep you posted on the status of the flags!
If you've been to Yost Ice Arena for a Michigan hockey game in the past two years, you're probably familiar with the student sections' giant Swedish and Texan flags. Next season, we plan on adding two more giant flags to our arsenal, and we would greatly appreciate your support in our fundraising efforts.
Because we are not, and never will be, a University-sponsored student group, we cannot seek funds through the Student Activities Fund. We are very grateful to the Eckert family, who handmade the Swedish flag and donated the Texas flag, but now we seek support from the entire Michigan family for these next two flags.
Below (in the first comment) is a link to our Paypal account. Our fundraising goal is $600, which will cover both flags (one of which will be a custom design) and shipping. We had issues setting up on Kickstarter and Indiegogo, so we're just going to keep it simple with a Paypal account. We'll keep you posted on our progress via @ChildrenOfYost on the Twitters.
Thank you, and Go Blue!
February 15th, 2012 at 7:52 PM ^
I'm interested to know if the "Children of Yost" think they represent the entire student section.
I can't be the only one who thinks all of the new hand signals and gimmicks the section next to the band does are a bit juvenile, and are made even moreso by the fact that nobody aside from the section next to the band does them. For example, the stupid additional claps and hand motions to The Victors, that nobody aside from that one section does.
I'm also interested to know why the nucleus of that group of people are folks that I went to undergrad with, who I know are no longer students, and haven't been for over five years.
It seems to me the COY are a subset of the student section that thinks they are and represent the entirety of the student section, when they're nothing of the sort. The Yost student section has never had a name, never had any modicum of organization, and has spread its greatness through example and word of mouth. Not by a pseudo-official organization that thinks it's their job to reinvent the wheel.
February 15th, 2012 at 8:54 PM ^
I'm interested to know why you care so much about a group of people having fun. Calm down dude. Organization comes from chaos, and this group is doing a small bit of organizing to add to the atmosphere. It's tragic you don't 100% approve, but thankfully your opinion, nor mine, doesn't matter.
February 15th, 2012 at 9:06 PM ^
The grand tradition of Yost has is being screwed with by these assholes. I mean, seriously, Yost has a great tradition, with original chants and cheers passed on by word of mouth for decades...oh, wait...
1. The tradition you are appealing to has existed since 1991, when we stole a bunch of cheers from Cornell. Unlike football, there is no longstanding tradition at Yost to appeal to simply for tradition's sake. So, when you complain about other people trying to reinvent the wheel, back it up with something other than an appeal to tradtion, 'cause the tradition you're appealing to is a) not all that long and b) stolen from somebody else.
2. Complaining that Yost is a bit juvenile when the student section has, for both your tenure and mine, had a chant that is purely stream of insults and obscenities, is pointless.
3. The section has gotten louder and more intimidating since you were a student. I know because I regularly attended hockey games since 2002 (and did so irregularly before then). The reason for this is that increased coordination between students because multiple people chanting the same thing is much more effective than one person yelling something.
4. It is ridiculous that you keep complaining about the student section when you are not a student, you don't sit in the student section, there is no longstanding tradition being violated, and the section is not crossing any lines that haven't been crossed by you guys. So I'd advise that you quit being a dick.
February 15th, 2012 at 9:21 PM ^
You're entitled to your opinion. You've got a point. My point is that the Children of Yost take themselves quite seriously, while they consistently manage to only get about half the student section involved in anything that they do. They can, and should be open to criticism if they're going to put a name on the student section and act like they represent the student body at Yost.
And, for the record, I've been attending games at Yost for 20 years now. But that's no more important than how long you've been going, either.
February 15th, 2012 at 10:39 PM ^
Oooohhh....I am impressed...
February 15th, 2012 at 8:34 PM ^
February 15th, 2012 at 9:06 PM ^
"Flair?"
The Victors does not, and should not have "flair." Fist pump, clap, and that's it.
February 15th, 2012 at 9:13 PM ^
The Victors is not, and should not be, affiliated with the Jersey Shore. GOLF CLAP AND THAT IS IT.
February 15th, 2012 at 10:37 PM ^
You wouldn't know by watching the bones and trumpets in the hockey band...
February 16th, 2012 at 1:54 AM ^
weather is here, wish you were beautiful.
February 16th, 2012 at 11:41 AM ^
I will say that, on occasion, Section 17 does smack of self-importance. And, they could do more to get everyone involved in unison. However, they contribute valuable things to the Yost experience (not just the flags). I am a recent Alumnus, but still sit in the student section out of memories and enjoyment. Just because I don't get to Yost early enough to sit over there, does not diminish mine, or anyone else's, contributions to the crowd.
FWIW, I consider the "Children of Yost" the entire student section. But I will give Section 17 their due for all they've done. This is a great idea, well done.
Go Blue!