[bluefish81]

Here's a crazy thought. How about instead of posting on a message board that a school that you decided to attend sucks, you try to do something about it? Share your opinion on why you think the free item is dumb with a better audience, such as Iowa State students? Send a letter to the editor of the Daily, or the Ames Trib or post on a site with more ISU traffic like StrangeTalk or CampusAuthority.

I, personally, don't have a problem with these things. It's a free, promotional item, like those little poms that people giveaway or the red towels that were handed out at Homecoming. The purpose isn't real complex, it's an effort to show support for something. When I participated in Recruitment as an active member and even now, all the women wear little blue ribbons to display Panhellenic unity. I'm going to have to agree with AggieSigmaNu361 that with your logic of thinking, CPC is ripping off of previous ribbon efforts.

Also, there's a lot of these bracelets for so many different things now. I think four or five of my female cousins had them when I saw them at Thanksgiving. And according to other previous posters, it's not like ISU is the only school with these things, but they're not making a profit off of them either since they're free.