Word: mascotism
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...Crosby recalls an example of this from her undergraduate career at Stanford. The school's sports teams were called the Indians from 1930 to 1972, when the name was dropped because of protest from Native American students. Still, from time to time the former mascot would appear on t-shirts and paraphernalia - and each time it fell to Native American students to bring up their objections to the administration, Crosby says. "Why is it always their job?" she asks...
...Timeout, Penn. Lively crowd here tonight folks. We've got both bands here tonight, the Quaker mascot, and cheerleaders from each school. Also a packed house. Winning seems to bring out the best from fair-weather fans. Either way, the team seems to be relishing the friendly atmosphere tonight...
Intermission: The BU Mascot, "Rhett," is on the ice trying to cheer on some youngsters in another shooting contest, this one with mini-nets. We're tied at two a piece. The young man in the white shirt takes the lead and raises his arms in glory, but the boy in the black shirt ties it back up and celebrates with the Tiger Woods fist pump. Awesome...
SECOND INTERMISSION: The Eagles mascot has emerged onto the ice, no sign of any Harvard response...
...tomorrow and Yale had shut its doors, the world would change very little. If Yale athletic teams failed to show up to games, the scores would be practically indistinguishable. And would anyone notice if Handsome Dan were not dragged around the field? Probably only Handsome Dan, and the mascot would surely be all the happier to skip the exercise. Maybe we could also finally stop hearing about Aleksey Vayner. It is so tiring when it is that easy to make fun of someone. Yale University President Richard Levin could finally retire on his yacht. After making all that money?...