{"id":8428,"date":"2020-02-07T16:09:08","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T21:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/news\/?p=8428"},"modified":"2020-02-12T21:01:13","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T02:01:13","slug":"showing-the-spirit-of-e-town-the-new-true-blue-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2020\/02\/07\/showing-the-spirit-of-e-town-the-new-true-blue-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Showing the Spirit of E-town: The New True Blue Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>E-town is a campus centered around supporting others, and that is exactly what the new True Blue series is all about. Started by President McCormick in the fall semester of 2019, the True Blue series is an exciting initiative between Athletics and Student Life meant to build a community through sports on campus. True Blue games are specifically-designated home competitions for our teams where the campus community can all come together to show their E-town spirit while supporting their fellow students and athletics staff. Each True Blue game begins with a special giveaway for the first 50 students, faculty, or staff supporters. Past giveaways have included rally towels, t-shirts, hats, and gloves.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/news\/index.php\/2020\/02\/07\/showing-the-spirit-of-e-town-the-new-true-blue-series\/img_7107\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8431\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8431\" src=\"http:\/\/now.etown.edu\/files\/2020\/02\/IMG_7107-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2020\/02\/IMG_7107-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2020\/02\/IMG_7107-768x546.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2020\/02\/IMG_7107.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>True Blue games are not chosen at random but are geared towards more high-profile games against a rival or strong competitor. \u201cYou know it will be a good game to come out for,\u201d says Zac Pace, Assistant Director of Student Activities. \u201cTrue Blue is all about E-town and what it means to be in this community. The series highlights events the school is already hosting and bring the campus community together to support our student-athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The series picked back up this spring with the Men\u2019s Basketball game on Jan. 18 and Swimming on Jan. 31 with great turnouts for each. It will continue throughout the semester with seven more events.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHopefully more students came last semester who wouldn\u2019t normally come to sports games,\u201d says Chris Morgan, Director of Athletics, \u201cand hopefully they\u2019ll come back. It\u2019s really cool for fellow students to come out and cheer the athletes on,\u201d Morgan shares. \u201cIt goes a bit deeper than seeing their family in the stands.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Below is the schedule True Blue events to look forward to in the spring semester:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/news\/index.php\/2020\/02\/07\/showing-the-spirit-of-e-town-the-new-true-blue-series\/true-blue-spring-schedule\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8429\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8429 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/now.etown.edu\/files\/2020\/02\/True-Blue-Spring-Schedule-300x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2020\/02\/True-Blue-Spring-Schedule-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2020\/02\/True-Blue-Spring-Schedule-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2020\/02\/True-Blue-Spring-Schedule.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>E-town is a campus centered around supporting others, and that is exactly what the new True Blue series is all about. Started by President McCormick in the fall semester of 2019, the True Blue series is an exciting initiative between Athletics and Student Life meant to build a community through sports on campus. 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