Word: mascotism
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...this official rah-rahism hides a blur of stubborn uncertainties. Atlanta, to an uncanny degree, is embodied by its amorphous, computer-generated, somewhat indeterminate Olympic mascot, Whatizit. The city seems a Whereizit that is both Southern and Northern, global and provincial, black run and white dominated--a liberal conservative small town done up in a three-piece suit. The two phrases most closely associated with Atlanta are, after all, "I have a dream" and "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn...
...Worst mascot of the season: Clarkson's Golden Knight. This person, who seemed to be a good advertisement for aluminum foil, skated onto the ice before each period began...
Holding a doll wearing a Harvard jersey, the mascot engaged in several very interesting actions. At one point, he threw the doll down, and he also took an axe and gave it a couple of whacks. Really funny stuff--a large part of the matinee crowd of 3,163 were children...
...students were gathered, sitting around and just hanging out. The residential college seemed to nurture more closely-knit relationships among its inhabitants, a closeness which manifested itself at The Game as well in the form of tailgating parties for each college. We can't even field a decent mascot for the whole school, yet they rallied around their college flags as something more than mere living quarters...
...senseless student taxes heaped onto our term bills--to ask itself the simple question, "Spirit for what?" Should we have cheered spiritedly for our peppy student government? Should we have celebrated what a difference the Gala Ball has made in our lives? Should we have praised Harvard's new mascot, who looks like he just stepped out of the Trojan Horse? Should we have thrown a wild, week-long coronation of the council's new president, Robert M. Hyman...