When using Mass Transit next semester, students may do a double- take at the buses they are boarding, because of a logo contest aimed at sprucing up the buses.

The mass transit advisory is presently sponsoring a contest titled, Embellish the Bus, that will give SIUC students the chance to design a new mass transit logo.

Sean Borman, Transportation Clerk for Saluki Express, said because the buses look kind of plain, and current logos on the buses are too small, the transit service has decided to try to make them look a little better.

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The logo didn’t take up as much room as we thought it would, he said. The idea looked good on paper, but in reality it looked much different than we thought it would.

Winning entries are expected to take up the side panels as well as the back of the buses. Side panels are 27 feet by 5 inches. Back panels are 7 feet by 4 inches.

Designs must be able to incorporate the current Saluki Logo and represent the bus system as a whole, Borman said.

We want to give them as much space as they need to work with , he said. We don’t want to hamper their creativity by any means.

Entries must be submitted on poster board or material of higher quality and must be entirely the original creation of the individual submitting the art work. No loose or three dimensional material may be attached to the surface of entries.

Winners will receive a $300 cash award. The Mass Transit Advisory Board will pick the winners.

Jeff Duke, assistant director of the Student Center and member of the advisory board, said there is nothing in particular they are looking for in the design.

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We just want something to make them look better, he said. We came to the conclusion that since we have so many good art students on campus, that we should let them see what they could do.

The advisory board hopes to have the new logos on the buses by the beginning of the spring semester. Deadline for entries is Nov. 3. For more information, call Saluki Express Office at 536-3351.