The Texas A&M University Board of Regents has voted to change the University seal. According to the Bryan-College Station Eagle the vote was held without discussion and was unanimous. The 52 year-old  Star-T pattern is out – to be replaced with the block TAM (or ATM depending on your point of view) familiar to fans of Fighting Texas Aggie Band.

System Chancellor John Sharp approved of the change, “When you talk about brand identity, having that ‘Block TAM’ is something that brings it all together. That change makes it very obvious when you see it, where you are and what you’re talking about, that it’s Texas A&M.”

The change may not go over well at the tradition-bound school.  The seal change has already provoked negative online reception, including a petition on change.org asking to return the seal to its original state.

Red wonders what’s next – Marijuana leaf garlands?