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The Fate of GW's Hippo Hangs in Balance
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- September 22, 2008
School officials are debating what to do with the sometimes confusing unofficial mascot.
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Georgia Mascot Dies of Heart Failure
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- June 30, 2008
9-year-old bulldog was winningest mascot in school's history.
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PETA Goes After Kent State's Live Mascot
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- June 18, 2008
Animal rights group calls displaying rescued eagle in a gym "totally unnatural."
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'Red Wolves' Named New Arkansas State Mascot
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- March 11, 2008
After months of deliberation, Arkansas State University has named the "Red Wolves" as their new mascot name.
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Trail Mix: Penn State Impeachment and Texas A&M Mascot Debate
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- March 7, 2008
The Interfraternity Council at Penn State University has impeached its president; students at Texas A&M really care about their mascot
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Not Over It Yet: Chief Illiniwek Will Not Die
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- January 18, 2008
Despite the fact the mascot has been officially retired since early 2007, University of Illinois fans are holding tryouts for the next Chief Illiniwek.
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Homecoming Floats Have Never Been This Contentious
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- October 29, 2007
The University of Illinois's chancellor invoked the First Amendment to lift a ban on mascot Chief Illiniwek.
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Penn State Logo: Too Cool for Your School
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- August 30, 2007
The Nittany Lions prove they are not above (lightly) stooping to conquer.
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The Pittsburgh Prairie Dogs?
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- June 27, 2007
In an effort to create a more "refined" look for a University of Pittsburgh logo, school administrators have inadvertently stirred up a maelstrom of discontent among Panther fans, the Pitt News reports. According to one sportswriter, the change "turns the Pitt Panther into a Cowardly Lion, except the lion draws a strange resemblance to a dog.
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Trail Mix
The Paper Trail
- December 11, 2006
South Carolina has become the latest SEC school to get a live mascot, the Daily Gamecock reports. The new mascot is a 13-year-old English black-breasted red gamecock named Sir Big Spur.
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At Florida, Ollie Gator Crocked in Favor of Albert and Alberta
The Paper Trail
- November 22, 2006
The alumnus who named him had already raised $1,000 toward saving Ollie the Gator, the inflatable alligator mascot who had attended University of Florida basketball and volleyball games for 10 years until his inflation machine broke this year. But no amount of money will make the university revive Ollie, a marketing director for the school's athletic association tells the Florida Alligator.
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Trail Mix
The Paper Trail
- November 21, 2006
Administrators who worried about Tulane University's first post-Katrina freshman class are no longer worried--not even close, the Hullabaloo reports.
Ivy League schools are about to get bigger, both in physical space and number of students, says the Daily Pennsylvanian.
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