As a result of the efforts of the University Committee on Corporate Relations and Students Against Sweatshops, UA student athletes may be given the chance to choose whether their uniforms display the Nike swoosh logo. While the gesture is purely symbolic, it gives UA athletes a choice they deserve to have.

The UCCR proposed the policy after their SAS representative members brought it to the table. The proposal will be voted on by the Faculty Senate next Monday. The athletic department supports giving their athletes the right to choose whether they wear the Nike symbol or not.

UCCR's proposal is a result of efforts from Students Against Sweatshops, a group that is making the university conscious about international labor rights on multiple levels. Former SAS member and UCCR representative Avery Koler first proposed the idea, and current SAS member and UCCR representative Rachel Wilson helped persuade the committee to move forth with it this semester.

According to UCCR member and faculty chair Jerry Hogle, the proposal is one that all parties seem to agree on.