Posted on 06/24/2009 1:58:00 PM PDT by Dysart
The College of William & Mary in Virginia is looking for a few good mascot ideas. One suggestion? An asparagus stalk. More than 400 nominations have been submitted to the 15-member William & Mary Mascot Search Committee since April 1. On Monday a headline in The (Norfolk) Virginian-Pilot boldly asked, "Wanted: William & Mary mascot. Got an idea?"
"It's been fun," Susan T. Evans, a committee member who created the online communities to open up the process, told the Virginian-Pilot. "We have a lot of great options to consider."
More than half of the suggestion have come from William & Mary alumni and a second large pool of submissions coming from current students. Faculty, staff and parents have also submitted ideas, according to the school. Some alumni want the mascot to reflect the school's royal history. Another student group opted for the "Mud Bears." Other suggestions include a beech tree, jester, Spartan and, of course, a number of birds including the mythical Phoenix, which the Virginian-Pilot reported might be the current leader, based on the online support its receiving. A green blob dubbed "Colonel Ebirt," whose name is "Tribe" spelled backward, served as an unofficial mascot but was let go in 2005. The school's athletic teams will still be called the Tribe. William & Mary was known for decades by its "Indians" nickname and an American Indian mascot, but they abandoned it in the 1980s.
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Seems the “Tribe” was not progressive enuff so they dropped it.
How about the “Liberal Pansies?”
These days, William and Mary’s new mascot is bound to be William and William.
clarification, “Indians” was of course dropped for “Tribe” as if that’s more palatable. Not sure what the thinking is there.
Yeah. A mascot could be conjured up around your post but I’d rather not think about it...
Why the heck not. University of California-Irvine’s mascot is the anteater (think, B.C., the cartoon), and their motto is ZOT!
how about the William and Mary stinky pee pee, asparagus.
How about the “Fighting Asparaguses” (Asparagi ???)
Reminds me of South Park episode where they had to choose between ‘D^$@&e’ & “T#*d’ for school mascot names....LOL!
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