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Texas Tech Student’s ‘Guns Up’ Signal Gets Her in Trouble With TSA By Holley Ford. Published January 15, 2018. Updated on January 15, 2018 at 4:46 pm Diana Durkin.
Graphical representation of Guns UpHand signals were an important part of the traditions of the schools in the. Invention of 'Guns Up' is attributed to 1961 Texas Tech alumnus, L. Glenn Dippel.
Living in with his wife Roxie, Dippel created 'Guns Up' as a way to counter the ' handsign he saw each day from fans of the.Dippel experimented some before looking to the Raider Red mascot for inspiration. In 1971, he and some other Tech fans made decals with the phrase 'Gun 'em Down'. Shortly thereafter, Dippel shared the idea with the spirit organization who began using the hand signal immediately.According to Jay Artigues, the 'Guns Up' cheer and gesture are the inspiration for the 'Lion Up' cheer and gesture adopted in 2014 by the.
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