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...Torino 2006 Official Site http://www.torino2006.org/ENG/OlympicGames/home/index.html Here you will find the most recent, comprehensive and accurate information relating to the 2006 Olympic Games. Everything from competition schedules and weather forecasts to the official mascot is included in this easily navigable page...
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...other compelling aspect of mascot craziness and odd name-changing comes in the urban legends that develop. For instance, I have no idea why Akron is named after some weird form of Kangaroo—they are apparently called the Zips—but there has to be some amazing story behind that mascot. Legends like that become campus folklore...
...last year’s game, a group of Elis successfully fooled Harvard students into forming the words “We Suck” with white and crimson signs. But this year, while spirited Harvard students ran around the stadium clutching Yale’s bulldog mascot “Handsome Dan,” Yalies waited in vain to hear self-deprecating cheers of “We Suck.” The origins of the prank are unknown, though Yale freshman Brooks Swett suspects the messages were sent to every Harvard student with a cell phone number...
...undergraduates selected the school’s color, and since that time crimson has become the most visible symbol of Harvard. It is not only the shade of Harvard apparel, but also the title of the daily newspaper. Most interestingly, Crimson—usurping the place of our official mascot, the “pilgrim-like” John Harvard—now serves as the name of our athletic teams and, by extension, the nickname of the entire student body. It should come as no surprise that there has been little enthusiasm for a mascot that adds nothing...