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[email protected]. THE COLLEGIAN Vol. 64, Issue 8 Monday, October 10, 2011 UTBCOLLEGIAN.COM >> Women seek to defeat Huston-Tillotson Rams. PAGE 11 Color-coordinated UT-Brownsville to match UT-Austin’s YUM hues; plans mascot contest >>University courting vendors to replace UMix in the Scorpion Cafe. PAGE 3 By Stephanie Mendez THE COLLEGIAN UT-Brownsville is awaiting approval from the University of Texas System board of regents to make navy blue and burnt orange OpiniOn its official colors. Beginning Tuesday, students and the community can suggest a “The Sea new mascot via Facebook, and a Blackboard contest will open Oct. Monsters. With 17. Suggestions will be taken until Oct. 28. “The administration has changed UTB’s colors to burnt orange a city motto like and navy blue and will send that request to the UT board of regents ‘On the Border, in November,” UTB Provost Alan Artibise told The Collegian last Wednesday. By the Sea,’ this Asked why the university did not dramatically change the is the logical colors, the provost replied: “Because we’ve been using blue and a choice.” version of orange for 20 years, so no one wanted to move away PAGE 4 from that.