Word: mascotism
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...MASCOT: Harvard’s “Crimson” moniker doesn’t immediately lend itself to an easy physical depiction, so we use a Pilgrim. Penn athletic contests feature a giant dancing Quaker. Ugh, I don’t want to get into a religious debate, so let’s call it a PUSH...
This spring, when Pfoho-bound freshman, new approach Annenberg on that fateful Friday before Spring Break, they’ll not only find enthusiastic house-mates convincing them that life in the Quad is great but also a brand-new mascot to welcome them: the Pforzheimer polar bear. The house has never had a mascot before, but after after several years of conversation about creating one, residents overwhelmingly voted to welcome the big white bear into their family...
...Quad residence was called North House. The masters’ interest in cold weather regions (hello Boston) and a collection of polar bear photographs combined with the fact that North house is...wait for it...the northern most residential house, gave the idea of a house mascot the push it needed to come under House Council consideration...
Halloween came early to the four men of Mather 317 this year. Unlike “Christmas in July,” “Halloween in early October” was not a welcomed event because its mascot happened to be a furry, flying rodent. Yes, a bat, not the baseball kind, but the fruit-eating, blood-sucking, flying mammal from Transylvania. A visit from this tiny animal has left 317 with a new appreciation for rustling noises, glue paper, screens and rabies shots...
...next year’s draft lottery—i.e. the right to draft point guard Jason Williams of Duke. After winning only 20 games during the course of the year, Bulls forward Charles Oakley reiterates his claim that more than half the league smokes marijuana, including Chicago mascot Benny the Bull...