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Nevertheless, Ultimate has to change a lot more before its counter-culture elements are purged. The mascot for the Middlebury team--known for the relaxed attitudes of its members, is a four-foot high bong...

Author: By J. WYATT Emmerich, | Title: Harvard Wins One, Loses Two In Ultimate Frisbee Matches | 4/23/1979 | See Source »

...remember the first time I met a living, breathing and drinking college mascot...

Author: By Bill Ginsberg, | Title: In Search of Crimson | 2/15/1979 | See Source »

...both a relief and a thrill to realize I was in the presence of none other than "Bucky Badger," mascot of the University of Wisconsin. As time passed, Bucky and I grew to be close friends. In fact, Bucky and I went skydiving together during the week before he courageously carried off one of the University of Michigan's cheerleaders to the Wisconsin side of Camp Randall Stadium in retaliation for the loss the Wolverines were currently inflicting upon the diehard Badger fans...

Author: By Bill Ginsberg, | Title: In Search of Crimson | 2/15/1979 | See Source »

...second half, Columbia could have started their mascot Leo de Lion III and it wouldn't have altered the outcome. In a brief flurry, Booker scored three straight buckets for Harvard, and Allen drilled in a straightaway jumper to pull the cagers to within 53-40. The short-lived rally was snuffed when Byrd tipped-toed down the lane to give the Lions a commanding 57-40 lead...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: The Party's Over | 2/27/1978 | See Source »

...basketball team won five national small-college championships for the southern Indiana university and this year moved up into the National Collegiate Athletic Association's prestigious Division I. Evansville hired big-time Coach Bobby Watson from Oral Roberts University, recruited some hot-shooting freshmen and revived an old mascot: a cartoon riverboat gambler holding a winning poker hand of four aces. In spite of a record of one win and three losses, spirits were high as the team boarded a chartered DC-3 for the 70-min. hop to Nashville and a game against Middle Tennessee State University...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Holiday Eve Disasters | 12/26/1977 | See Source »

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