The infamous MOE sticks (which new students may not know) started in 2000 when several students were using sticks to cheer on the team testing the robot at our build site. (You can hear them at
http://www.moe365.org/sounds.php) They were then painted with green and black stripes and used by the whole team at competitions to help cheer. They were banned in 2004. In 2002 or so the team passed out MOE-mints candy at the regionals. They were banned the next year. In 2004 the 25 ft tower first appeared. This was a (bright green of course) tower at our pit, with a camera on top providing live shots of the floor below. Note that tall structures are banned now in the pits. Is this a trend?
They can't ban our dancing team however!