Comments on: Joe Miner: Same character, more versatility

By: Jim Rau

Jim Rau — Mon, 12 May 2025 16:57:41 +0000

Boo to the Joe changes! Glad I bought my print of Joe when he was a manly Miner (no offense, ladies) & toted a slide rule.

By: Susan L. Murray

Susan L. Murray — Sun, 11 May 2025 17:22:19 +0000

I’m glad Joe was able to put his foot down for awhile. 🙂

By: Gari T. Gatwood

Gari T. Gatwood — Fri, 09 May 2025 17:33:07 +0000

What happened to “mines and metallurgy ” ?? Don’t they deserve a place in this logo as in MSM?? The history of this school was heavy into mining.
p.s. the slide rule is appropriate and fine although not so necessary today – perhaps it could be replaced with a computer – but I would not vote for that change.

By: Mark Dieckmann, PetE 82

Mark Dieckmann, PetE 82 — Fri, 09 May 2025 03:15:13 +0000

Over the years, Joe has become less of a miner and more of an actor trying to be a miner. At least the mascot person still has the beard.

By: Ron Sherard

Ron Sherard — Thu, 08 May 2025 23:09:57 +0000

In reply to Milton J Murry.

Not sure about a copywrite but the logo sites do say there is a copyright.
I’m not sure who ever changed the university colors either. I really liked the gold and black and orange.
And why is the beard gone when these days male facial hair is in like never before?

By: Willard Jenkins

Willard Jenkins — Thu, 08 May 2025 22:13:58 +0000

I don’t see the slide rule.

By: Milton J Murry

Milton J Murry — Thu, 08 May 2025 22:13:06 +0000

Do the figures have copywrite status coverage? Milton

By: KW

KW — Thu, 08 May 2025 14:44:45 +0000

Was there a feedback process for this? The new mascot leaves a lot to be desired… The colors are an abominable choice.

By: Tom Gredell

Tom Gredell — Thu, 08 May 2025 11:41:44 +0000

Call me old (I am), but where did Joe’s beard go? And the announcement says that Joe still has his ‘classic elements’, but I cannot determine if he still has his sidearm?! I hope he does, because you can run into some dangerous varmants in the open pit mines!

By: Pete Legsdin

Pete Legsdin — Wed, 07 May 2025 21:32:07 +0000

Casual Joe needs a revolver on his left hip.
Rally Joe and Promo Joe look like they were designed to be politically correct. Straight on view of Joe’ s hat doesn’t look good. Send both of these versions to the archives.

By: Warwick W Doll Che '65

Warwick W Doll Che '65 — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 15:15:28 +0000

I bought a T shirt with “Classically Trained” with a slide rule in the center printed on it, and I proudly wore it since I had used a slide rule all four years in Rolla. Hand-held calculators were not known in 1965. While wearing this shirt, somebody asked me if my T-shirt showed some sort of an exotic musical instrument. When I took a survey of what people thought I had on my shirt, nobody, except some old engineering buddies, had a clue what it was. Thinking about it, I suddenly realized that any Miner after the class of 1970 probably had no need for a slide rule, and those current Miners would have no knowledge of exactly what could be done on a slide rule and how to use it. It makes me happy to know that Joe Miner still totes a slide rule on his shoulder in 2025 and that the students still want that on their Joe Miner mascot.

By: William R Bishop

William R Bishop — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 23:14:27 +0000

The hyperlink you sent cannot be reached. This does mst.edu/logos/joeminer.

I don’t have a website