Department of Offense

So a good buddy of mine, Fikile B., once came up with an amazing name for a nerdy grad student soccer team, and although he's not with us anymore (confound you MIT), the dream lives on.  Actually, it's no longer a dream.  Shiz just got real.  Currently 1-1, we won our first game of the indoor soccer intramurals last night, and this is our celebratory post.

So if you're a grad student looking to actually make some cash during your long hours of labor as a PhD-chasing peon, best thing to do is get straight A's throughout undergrad and publish a paper or three.  Then you might actually perhaps maybe potentially get past the first round of cuts to be considered for a federal grad student fellowship.  You'll make upwards of $10000 more than your fellow students, and you'll also get to boast about it for all eternity on your CV.  What makes this tricky is that (stereotypically), it's the non-Americans that are rocking the 4.0's.  Anyways, one of the funding agencies that gives out these auspicious fellowships is the Department of Defense, whose logo is displayed below:

But what's so great about defense?  In soccer, I've almost always played on defense, and although the level of talent required is less, the whole game the only thing you're trying to do is not mess up.  The only thing worse in my opinion is being goalie.  One proverbial saying states that "the best defense is offense", and we (tried) to take that to heart this year.  Since we're a bunch of grad students who all missed the cut for a Department of Defense fellowship, we've decided to make our own agency of weighty renown (soon): The Department of Offense:

There's supposed to be small parallels between the designs.  Of course, there's the eagle, but I think the one I ripped off google images is better.  Our eagle also isn't holding a bunch of stupid arrows.  Missiles, in my opinion, make a statement.  Also, we replaced leafy foliage with barbed wire, and although stars are always cool, stars AND grenades are cooler.  There's some jets because I love jets, and I put some soccer balls on the side since, after all, we are a soccer team.

Two more games to go then playoffs (maybe?...)