<p>“Right now the students at the University of Denver are trying to bring back Denver Boone. Their teams are the Pioneers–but Denver Boone is not pc so he was dumped.”</p>
<p>U of Denver should be called the Bob Denvers, and have a mascot dressed up like Gilligan.</p>
<p>Stanford and Dartmouth are no doubt emulating Harvard (the Crimson) in picking merely a color. Harvard might be emulating Oxford (the Blues)? </p>
<p>I don’t like coed bathrooms no matter how you spin them.</p>
<p>We live close to Ann Arbor, MI, and my older daughter thinks the U of Mich. is beautiful. I think it’s very blah, don’t like the shabby off-campus housing everybody seems to get, and especially hate the little black blotchy things (chewing gum residue?) that are on the sidewalks about every 3 inches. </p>
<p>I too am mystified by the offensiveness of “Indian” mascots. It’s like some people wake up with an urge to complain about something. Nobody picks a mascot that he/she is ashamed of or is making fun of. Irish people aren’t complaining about Notre Dame’s “Fighting Irish,” Scandanavians aren’t complaining about the Minnesota Vikings, engineers aren’t complaining about the Purdue Boilermakers, Greeks aren’t complaining about the various teams that are called the Spartans. Catholics aren’t complaining about the Providence College Friars, the San Diego Padres, the California Angels, or the New Orleans Saints.</p>
<p>Yes, well no other group had their land stolen from them, were taken on forced marches or sent infected blankets. Native Americans have a unique history. </p>
<p>I don’t like it when people steal my ideas without compensation. Maybe they feel the same; substitute culture for ideas.</p>
<p>As for color, add Syracues, the Big Orange …being a Scot I don’t take any offense to mascots with those references, I think they are special. however mythmom summed it up well.</p>
<p>Hamilton–running around naked (because so stoned presumably).
Syracuse–might as well go to my state flagship
Colgate- gentleman who gave info session was so smug about the Wall Street connections Colgate afforded him–a real turnoff
Bucknell-girls attending class wearing pearls
Dickinson–tour guide smirked about question about merit aid because their “stats are so high” (1300’s?) Really appealing library, though
Lehigh–too white, too fratty, hills way too high
Conn College–boring and info session lady, no offense intended, but seriously did not seem that bright
Wesleyan–too many potheads, strange campus
Trinity–nice campus but no integration with the surrounding city (Hartford)
Cornell–too spread out
Holy Cross–dorms like dungeons, library seriously run down
Lafayette–too plastic
Penn-would barely look. Philly.</p>
<p>Tell me about it!
Liked at least enough to apply to: Rochester, Hopkins, Michigan, BC, Chicago. He also applied to several sight-unseen. And by the way, would not go South of Mason-Dixon line (other than Hopkins I guess).
Picky-picky.</p>
<p>I don’t have a problem with Indian mascots. I do have a problem with offensive mascots, such as “the Redskins.” I doubt we’d have a team called the Negroes or the Yellows, much less the Dotheads. It’s all about connotations.</p>
<p>What I remember about the Stanford mascot (re posts on p. 36) is when the administration banned the Indian, there was a student election and Robber Barons won, but the administration didn’t think that was appropriate. If you read about California history and Leland Stanford’s place in it, Robber Barons is actually quite accurate. Anyway, the Band used The Tree, so that’s how all of that came about.</p>
<p>Sunmachine - I live not far from Bowdoin - they have a great giant polar Bear (no doubt some poor student sweltering inside) and chant “go you bears” at games…esp hockey games. Hockey is taken seriously. Great school, not sure where the polar bear came from. Its cold here in Maine but not THAT cold…usually.</p>
<p>Mantori, since Leland Jr. was the only child and he died at 15, there aren’t any direct descendants, and who knows if there are other relatives. Good question, though.</p>
<p>Holy Cross–he didn’t like the very steep campus layout, the dutzy guide nor Worchester</p>
<p>Tufts-- info session was great–tour guide told us how bad things are for him as an engineering student (see our review)…and our son didn’t want to be on a campus with Rainbow House…he/we are conservative and he just doesn’t want ones private life so that “in your face”</p>
<p>Boston College-- although lovely and an excellent school–our son would have to major in physical sciences/math rather than applied sciences/enginnering, plus his sport is club there not varsity</p>
<p>Weslyan-- after reading The Gatekeepers and some online things…elimnated this school for similar reasons as Tufts.</p>
<p>Liked</p>
<p>Boston Univ- stays on the list</p>
<p>MIT- stays on the list</p>
<p>Dartmouth–and being in remote Hanover–and D has a rep as a big drinking school with little else to do may put it on the eliminate list in the end-- but we’ll see</p>
<p>Harvard-- and he thought the students look a bit too “rich and stuck up” - however we will be back to give it a second look </p>
<p>When we cross referenced schools with engineering and his sport–he then read carefuly about them in Barrons. There he eliminated many nice schools because they were in remote small places… But it saves us time and $ touring these places before apps.</p>
<p>mathmom is correct. Most if not all of the top elite schools actively support lesbain, bisexual and transgender students. </p>
<p>Every school we have visited and or know a lot about are very, very tolerant and it’s out there in the open.</p>
<p>BU, Harvard, MIT and Dartmouth are all very, very Liberal schools. That is not to say that conservatives do not go there, but there will be a large presence of lbgt at all of these schools.</p>
<p>NYU – no campus
Duke – too spread out…too Southern Frat feeling
Columbia – too many traditional course requirements
Wesleyan (CT) – too much like a Bowdoin (he’s applying to Bowdoin)</p>
<p>Yes Mathmom
We are aware that the tolerance and promotion of these lifestyles is prevalent, its just that He doesn’t feel a need for an “in your face” dynamic…
Imagine a school having a dorm for straight, white christian boys committed to abstinence and substance free living…he and say Tim Tebow might be in good company
Be that as it may, our son doesn’t feel like he wants to hear all about that all the time.</p>