<p>I just googled the words "public schools bad" because well, I think public school are bad. Anyway, a link for "Bad Axe Public Schools" came up. Their mascot is the hatchet. I thought that was funny. Anyone know if this is a real place--Bad Axe, MI??</p>
<p>Imagine what their school cheers must be like. Bad Axes with an attitude.</p>
<p>Or the phone greeting you get when calling the school, "Hello, Bad Axe School System." Say that one fast a few times.</p>
<p>Tough to beat the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs.</p>
<p>For mascots, the worst well known one is, I believe, Stanford's Cardinal. This is not, of course, the bird. It's the tree! What I find most unbelievable, though, is the fact that they are not the Cardnal*s* but the Cardinal--singular. </p>
<p>Another amusing one is Dartmouth's story. They began as the Indians, but they had to change their name in order to be politically correct. Not feeling particularly creative, they were renamed the Big Green. Dartmouth students felt a little cheated not having a real mascot to root for, so in protest some students got together and raised their own mascot--the Keg, hoping the administration would cave and come up with a real mascot. Either the administration never caught on or simply didn't care because Keggy is alive and well today, and you can see him at all major sporting events. </p>
<p>-student</p>
<p>Bluealien, it would appear as though there really is a Bad Axe Elementary School, Bad Axe Intermediate School and Bad Axe High School ... all located in Bad Axe, Michigan. It's really an unfortunate name, isn't it? Not only is the h.s. mascot a hatchet, they are in the Greater Thumb Conference (athletics).</p>
<p>"The Ancient Syrians worshiped the fighting **** as one of their deities" or so says South Carolina in their explanation of why their teams are known as the Gamecocks. This is just too silly in my urban opinion.</p>
<p>[Edit: See? Even CC thinks it's inappropriate. ;) ]</p>
<p>Bad Axe is actually a cute little town in the thumb of Michigan. Ask anyone from Michigan where their town is located, and they're likely to hold up their left hand and use it as an instant map. Of course, the folks that live in the UP (upper peninsula) can't do this!</p>
<p>Scottsdale Community College in Arizona was wise to adopt the nickname "Fighting Artichokes."</p>
<p>how about Sammy the Seagull of Salisbury University?<br>
Hey, what do you think would happen if some of these Mascots mated and had offspring? I can't think of any clever combinations here, but I'm sure you CCers can!</p>
<p>Oh wait - I do have one - who would win if the banana slugs of UC-Santa Cruz went up against the Fighting Artichokes of Scottsdale?</p>
<p>If you add the beer from the unofficial Dartmouth Keg mascot, the Banana Sluggs are killed off, at least in our garden, leaving the Artichokes victorious!!</p>
<p>Wonder if the Scottsdale fight song is "Choke! Choke! Choke!"?</p>
<p>My kids' high school nickname is "The Kingsmen". A local rock band thought it was pretty cool back in the 60's. The pep band plays a mean "Louie, Louie".</p>
<p>Here is a nominee for most tasteless:</p>
<p>When I was pregnant with my oldest, we lived in Los Alamos, NM -- home of "The Bombers". It wasn't the name so much as the giant mushroom cloud painted on one side of the school. Luckily, we didn't stay there long. I couldn't imagine sending my kids into that building. (It is a beautiful area though).</p>
<p>RISD students play several teams sports including hockey: the Nads.</p>
<p>Popular cheer is "Go Nads!"</p>
<p>Where is Mackinaw when you need him for verification?</p>
<p>S had an interview in a hotel lobby with an admissions guy from U South Carolina. The rep came in wearing a baseball cap with the word C_CKS on it..as it is their team name abbreviated. S said he almost died,as this was a fairly fancy business class hotel here on Long Island!!</p>
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<p>Popular cheer is "Go Nads!"
OMG, tears of laughter are streaming down my face!</p>
<p>SpashMom,</p>
<p>You really don't want to know about the Mascot...</p>
<p>I'm partial to the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs. Boy are those suckers ugly.</p>
<p>I've always had a softsport for Truth or Consequences (NM) High, (if there is one.)</p>
<p>We have the Evergreen Goeducks.</p>
<p>Past and current threads on this important topic :)
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=42281%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=42281</a>
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=113165%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=113165</a>
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=135457%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=135457</a></p>
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<blockquote> <p>For mascots, the worst well known one is, I believe, Stanford's Cardinal. This is not, of course, the bird. It's the tree<<</p> </blockquote>
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<p>The "Cardinal" at Stanford does not refer to the tree. It refers to a color - cardinal is a shade of red. And it's clearly copying Harvard's "Crimson", IMO.</p>
<p>The tree doesn't have a specific name so far as I know. It's a symbol of the school because of a lone, tall redwood tree that long ago stood near what is now the campus site when the Spanish explorers first arrived - and hence gave area the name Palo Alto ("palo alto" = "tall pole" or "tall wood" in Spanish).</p>