{"id":88,"date":"2024-04-09T19:55:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T19:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/brand-strategic-communications\/?p=88"},"modified":"2025-01-29T19:39:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T19:39:56","slug":"la-cuesta-collection-megaphone-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/brand-strategic-communications\/blog\/la-cuesta-collection-megaphone-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vault \u2013 La Cuesta: the Megaphone Mark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A quintessential mark of school spirit, the NAU Megaphone was emblazoned across the uniforms of cheer and spirit squads for several years. Initial versions, pre-1966, featured the Arizona State College block \u201cA\u201d on top of a megaphone. After renaming to Northern Arizona University in 1966, the design was updated to have \u201cNAU\u201d embedded into the megaphone design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"241\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/brand-strategic-communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cheers-300x241-1.gif\" alt=\"ASC Cheer Squad wearing uniforms featuring N A U's pre-1966 Megaphone symbol.\" data-id=\"89\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/brand-strategic-communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cheers-300x241-1.gif\" data-link=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/brand-strategic-communications\/?attachment_id=89\" class=\"wp-image-89\"\/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">ASC Cheer Squad<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"616\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/brand-strategic-communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1967-Page-231-Group-Cheerleaders-1024x616-1.jpg\" alt=\"N A U's group cheerleaders wearing uniforms featuring the Megaphone symbol in the 1967.\" data-id=\"90\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/brand-strategic-communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1967-Page-231-Group-Cheerleaders-1024x616-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/brand-strategic-communications\/?attachment_id=90\" class=\"wp-image-90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/2024\/12\/1967-Page-231-Group-Cheerleaders-1024x616-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/2024\/12\/1967-Page-231-Group-Cheerleaders-1024x616-1-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/2024\/12\/1967-Page-231-Group-Cheerleaders-1024x616-1-768x462.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">NAU Cheer Team, 1967<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1045\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/brand-strategic-communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1967-Page-12-Male-and-Female-Cheerleader-768x1045-1.jpg\" alt=\"N A U's cheerleaders from 1967 wearing the Megaphone emblem on their uniforms.\" data-id=\"91\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/brand-strategic-communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1967-Page-12-Male-and-Female-Cheerleader-768x1045-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/brand-strategic-communications\/?attachment_id=91\" class=\"wp-image-91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/2024\/12\/1967-Page-12-Male-and-Female-Cheerleader-768x1045-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/2024\/12\/1967-Page-12-Male-and-Female-Cheerleader-768x1045-1-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/2024\/12\/1967-Page-12-Male-and-Female-Cheerleader-768x1045-1-753x1024.jpg 753w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">\u201cFight, fight, fight for NAU\u201c, 1967<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/brand-strategic-communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/W.-Retro-Megaphone-SST-CLEAN-457x600-1.jpeg\" alt=\"&quot;The Megaphone&quot; a N A U symbol from the 1960s featured on a shirt from the La Cuesta Collection by College Vault.\" class=\"wp-image-93\" width=\"357\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/2024\/12\/W.-Retro-Megaphone-SST-CLEAN-457x600-1.jpeg 457w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/2024\/12\/W.-Retro-Megaphone-SST-CLEAN-457x600-1-229x300.jpeg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>All images courtesy of&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/libraryguides.nau.edu\/c.php?g=770465\" target=\"_blank\">Cline Library Special Collections and Archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A quintessential mark of school spirit, the NAU Megaphone was emblazoned across the uniforms of cheer and spirit squads for several years. Initial versions, pre-1966, featured the Arizona State College block \u201cA\u201d on top of a megaphone. 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