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<p>We drove around Lewisburg a little bit, at least the area between campus and Market St. Was surprised that we couldnât find a âsketchyâ area at all. Let me know if we missed itâŠ</p>
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<p>D said she would probably have nightmares about waking up in the middle of the cornfield bordering campus.</p>
<p>missypie & two mules: Unless youâre a Bugs Bunny fan, in which case a bull is a big maroon, or a nincowpoop.</p>
<p>I wonder if there is some revisionist history going on vis-a-vis the Phoenix, in the post Potter era. In the 10 years I was at U of Chicago in the 70/80âs, the Phoenix as the mascot <em>never</em> came up. The only thing parading at the games was the 6 foot kazoo.</p>
<p>Great thread. Impressions of happiness are important in a teen. DD wouldnât even complete the tour at Barnard. She generally complained about not falling in love with any school like she was supposed to. Liked Yale, Shockingly remained interested in Brown despite not even wanting to apply(too close to home) Interested in Northwestern after all visits. In the end she went where she thought she would have the best time academically and otherwise.</p>
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<p>Donât forget ta-ra-ra-GOON-dee-ay!</p>
<p>âIn the 10 years I was at U of Chicago in the 70/80âs, the Phoenix as the mascot <em>never</em> came up.â</p>
<p>DittoâŠmy dadâs been at the university or down the street since 1953. He was even a cheerleader as an undergrad. This is the first Iâve heard of a mascot besides the Maroons.</p>
<p>D (art major) - UArts, Tyler (before it moved to Temple campus), Philadelphia U, Art Inst. of Boston, Northeastern
S - BU, Drexel, Rutgers, Ithaca</p>
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Northeastern
UConn (liked it, but you need a car in Storrs since there isnât much there. Plus, my mom said I would be come an alcoholic)
Miami</p>
<p>How can a âMaroonâ be a mascot? Itâs a color, not a runaway slave. (I could imagine a great mascot based on the Haitian maroons of the late 18th century, but it would be banned immediately for extreme political incorrectness, and it would have absolutely nothing to do with the University of Chicago.) I do think that they now have some Phoenix costume that a kid wears at games, but never having seen a University of Chicago game (and my University of Chicago kids also never having seen a University of Chicago game in 6+ University of Chicago student-years), I canât be certain.</p>
<p>Mascots arenât exactly a University of Chicago thing.</p>
<p>Years ago, during the deluge of college marketing materials, one that attracted the most scorn from my daughter was a glossy piece from the University of Connecticut. The text was full of the universityâs commitment to academic excellence, but the accompanying picture was an oversized photo of the Huskie mascot. She commented, âNothing says âacademic excellenceâ like a kid dressed up as a giant dog.â</p>
<p>Reedâs mascot is a Griffin, but I donât think they have a costume- however the Doyle Owl is legendary.
[The</a> Sacred Owl](<a href=âhttp://douglassquirrel.com/art.html]Theâ>http://douglassquirrel.com/art.html)</p>
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Isnât Stanfordâs the Cardinal, like the color, not the bird.
But then there is the whole tree thing, which is confusingâŠ</p>
<p>Dartmouth doesnât have an official mascot right now â just the color Green. And Cornell is big red, though of course they might have an actual mascot. Harvard has John Harvard but mostly goes by crimson.</p>
<p>The Dartmouth community voted for the moose, but for some reason it wasnât adopted. And now there is an unofficial mascot, âKeggieâ, which is a big beer keg.</p>
<p>JHS: I am so glad you said that about maroon being a color because a runaway slave as a mascot is as tasteless as you indicate it is, and U of Chicago would not sanction that, Iâm sure.</p>
<p>@obssessivecollege: I have trouble picturing not âfinishingâ a Barnard tour. You can see the entire campus if you stand in one spot! Itâs four acres.</p>
<p>That said, my D just graduated from Barnard and adored her college and her time there. (Not saying your D should. Iâm not defensive that way or disagreeing with your post in an way. I am just sort of amused at how small Barnard it and the idea of âtoursâ for Barnard.</p>
<p>I loved it too, but it is definitely not everyoneâs cup of tea, thatâs for sure.</p>
<p>Iâd rather have a stupid mascot than a bland one like Eagles or Wildcats.</p>
<p>My favorite is Akronâs Zippy the 'Roo. Heâs so cute! :)</p>
<p>Yeah, Stanford is another one, where they chose the color as the team name, but they have been using a kid dressed in a tree costume as the mascot for over 30 years. I think the âCardinalâ name was adopted in the late 70s, but I donât know what it was before â something deemed incorrect, no doubt. At the time, âSequoiasâ was the other main candidate. I guess people felt that a giant tree didnât connote speed and grace much. (I remember there were other candidates, too, variations on the âPalo Altoâ theme, but they were of the obscene variety.) The dancing tree wasnât originally an official mascot (and may still not be); it was something the LSJUMB did on its own.</p>
<p>My high school didnât have a nickname for its teams at all. At some point after I left they started to use âBig Greenâ, but I think it was the 1980s before anyone felt something was missing because they didnât have a pet name or mascot. The basketball team did, however, have a 12-foot high statue of the Jolly Green Giant (the family that owned the local food distributor was very connected to the school), and that was always in place for their home games.</p>
<p>Stanfordâs mascot used to be the Indian, indeed deemed too unpc.</p>
<p>Wikipedia on Stanford team name:</p>
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<p>Sounds right to me.</p>
<p>Interesting that âIndiansâ was only used for about 40 years, and the âCardinalâ will pass it by the time next yearâs freshmen graduate.</p>
<p>I never quite got what was so important about dropping âIndianâ names (as apart from insulting mascots like Chief Nock-a-homa).</p>
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<p>Apparently itâs all about the attitude behind it. I understand that Central Michigan University and Florida State University have developed positive relationships with their namesake tribes (Chippewa and Seminole, respectively), demonstrating respect, and therefore have the NCAAâs blessing to continue using those names.</p>
<p>Also, using the name of a specific tribeâwith the tribeâs consentâseems more respectful than using the general term Indians. Suppose, for example, that a school chose to call its sports teams the Zulu while developing a constructive relationship with, or at least seeking the permission of, the actual Zulu tribe. Surely this is more palatable than some white-bread college polo team calling itself the Negroes.</p>
<p>âPositive relationships . . . demonstrating respectâ means âregular checksâ.</p>