<p>It was on that weirdest list, but my favorite is the Fighting Okra of Delta State!</p>
<p>the NESCAC has some odd mascots⊠the Amherst Lord Jeffs, Colby White Mules, Conn. College Camels, Tufts Jumbos (elephants), and Williams Ephs. go figure.</p>
<p>I was always partial to the Battling Bishop of Ohio Wesleyan.</p>
<p>I like the Fighting Okra but itâs at the wrong school.</p>
<p>It should be atâŠwait for itâŠOkrahoma.</p>
<p>Williams is actually the Purple Cows - even stranger! And donât forget the Polar Bears of Bowdoin.</p>
<p>Not a college mascot, but my HSâs official mascot is âThe Forceâ (a lightning bolt) and the unofficial mascot is a TI-84 calculator. Yes, we are geeks and proud of it.</p>
<p>Scrotie made my 17 year old son laugh out loud. My husband & I were a bit disturbed by that costume, I must admit! ;)</p>
<p>As for colleges crossed off the list after visiting âŠ</p>
<p>UChicago: D wouldnât even go on the tour after seeing the area. She said sheâd be afraid to leave her dorm without a buddy. </p>
<p>Kenyon: D watched the students as they walked across campus. She felt that most avoided looking at the other students they passed. That really bothered her. She also felt that it was too isolated.</p>
<p>Rhodes: D loved the architecture, but she was very put off by the campusâs isolation from the surrounding area ⊠although she certainly understood, as she felt that it would be very dangerous to go beyond the gates of the school.</p>
<p>She does like cities, and she is in Nashville now. She just needed the ârightâ city (for her).</p>
<p>The Redskins is the most blatantly offensive one to me⊠But, oh wait. Football teams have a lot of $$$, so they donât have to care.</p>
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<p>Ephs is the official nickname, but they use the Purple Cow as their âmascotâ because itâs quite difficult to make a logo out of an âEphâ -short for Ephraim Williams</p>
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<p>Well, there may be a different reason teams donât call themselves the latter. I donât think itâs out of cultural sensitivity. :rolleyes: Good analogy, though. I canât believe so many people donât get this.</p>
<p>The purple cow is named Ephelia.</p>
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<p>The same way that Yalies are sometimes called Elis after Elihu Yale - even though the official mascot is Bulldogs</p>
<p>"Kenyon: D watched the students as they walked across campus. She felt that most avoided looking at the other students they passed. That really bothered her. </p>
<p>Perception is such a funny thingâŠmy son didnât think he saw friendlier students at any of the 10 to 12 colleges he visited. It seems like everyone we saw on our 2 visits was saying âheyâ and giving hugs (for girls) and at least nods of acknowledgment (for guys) when they passed each other. Now that heâs there, it seems impossible to avoid eye contact because the school is so small and close knit, every one seems to know everyone else!!! But ya know what, if thatâs what someone âfeltâ when they were on campus, Iâd say itâs a sign that it probably wasnât the right school for that person. Really, youâre own âperceptionâ is the only ârealityâ that matters, right? (I feel like that was a very âdeepâ statement I just madeâŠ)</p>
<p>China: I agree completely.</p>
<p>Yes China very deep 
and really really true. The way we perceive things often makes them what they will be. </p>
<p>I looked at the lovely campus and our funny, bright, rumpled and quirky tour guide at Oxy and fell in love. DD just saidâŠâyeah itâs pretty but I donât need another pretty little campus on my listâ</p>
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<p>not quite⊠Williams has the situation reversed, unfortunately. They are officially the Ephs, but use a purple cow because you canât really have an Eph âmascotâ [New</a> England Small College Athletic Conference](<a href=âhttp://www.nescac.com/members/williams/info]Newâ>http://www.nescac.com/members/williams/info)</p>
<p>check out the unfortunate picture: [Williams</a> College - Ephs stay hot, defeat Tufts 30-7](<a href=âhttp://williams.prestosports.com/sports/fball/2009-10/News/10-24-09_vs._Tufts]Williamsâ>http://williams.prestosports.com/sports/fball/2009-10/News/10-24-09_vs._Tufts)</p>
<p>but back on topic, I agree that âfeelâ plays a very strong role. That may even be formed by chance, i.e. what people you randomly encounter, how your tour guide is, the weather, and what mood youâre in all play a role.</p>
<p>That picture is too funny. </p>
<p>We visited U of Rochester and went into a dorm during the tour. OMG, it was awful. Narrow tall cinderblock hallways with doors, all closed, along either side. Very grim. Looked just like a combo of mental hospital/jail/I donât know what. Completely gave me the heebie-jeebies. No hanging out in the hallways in that dorm and socializing. Some of my best college times were hanging out in the halls with the room doors open and dueling stereos going. The entryway was completely unfriendly too. I canât believe they thought it was a good idea to show this dorm to people.</p>
<p>Somebody told me that in the 60âs dorms were intentionally designed and built to discourage students from congregating. Well, they succeeded. </p>
<p>It took U of R off my list, but DS didnât seem to care much. Doesnât know any better, I guess.</p>
<p>Why is the picture unfortunate?</p>
<p>We used to sing acapella with the Dartmouth âInjunairesâ and then they changed themselves to âAiresâ when they dropped the Native American âmascotâ.</p>