Manny’s discontinues sales of ‘Cuse Strong T-shirts
UPDATED: Feb. 8, 2015 at 7:57 p.m.
Manny’s, a popular T-shirt store on Marshall Street, discontinued the sales of shirts that read “’Cuse Strong” just a few days after they first became available, and some students say the shirts went too far.
Manny’s, located at 151 Marshall St., began selling the ’Cuse Strong T-shirts to rally community support following Syracuse University’s self-imposed one-year postseason ban for the 2014–15 men’s basketball season. The T-shirt featured the words “‘Cuse Strong” in large block letters, along with “Unfinished Business: Syracuse Basketball 2015.” The store decided to stop selling the ‘Cuse Strong T-shirts after the initial release of the shirts on Feb. 5, a Manny’s employee said. The T-shirts were being sold for $12.98 each.
According to a Feb. 5 Syracuse.com article, the store had advertised the shirts both on Twitter and on its website. However, shirts were no longer available on Feb. 8. Since the discontinuation, the ‘Cuse Strong T-shirts are shown as “sold out” on the Manny’s website.
Most SU students were not aware of Manny’s selling the ‘Cuse Strong T-shirts, but some students agreed that the shirts were not appropriate because they used the same phrase as T-shirts that supported the victims of the Boston bombings.
Daria Oganesyan, a sophomore international relations major, said that the wording was “too strong” and “should not have related to the Boston bombings.”
Lynnea Capuano, a freshman biology major, agreed that the T-shirts were “off-color” and said, “I think a lot of people are angry about (the T-shirts) because they don’t understand them.”
Published on February 7, 2015 at 7:16 pm
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