[NU Sports] No more Sweet Sioux Tomahawk

[CHerron604 at aol.com]

Does anyone else remember the days (I must be thinking late 80's) when we  
had a caged (thankfully) cat on the sidelines ?  I am not sure if it was a  
zoological wildcat, but it was large and feline.  Also, not nearly as  friendly 
looking or cuddly as Willie.
 
Am I remembering correctly ?
 
Chuck Herron   Tech '85
 
 
In a message dated 11/22/2008 9:35:55 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
rstetson at capps-assoc.com writes:

Knowing  many of today's Methodists, I can't imagine them fighting each
other....or  performing anything mocking of themselves or anyone else.

However, Wake  still calls themselves the "Demon Deacons" which is a
contradiction in  religious terms, and Duke shares the Methodist church as
founding  organization, and they are the Blue Devils, another image somewhat
anti  religious in nature.

Peta won't go after the animal names, they just  won't allow the Longhorn
steer, or the buffalo or any other wild mascot to  be paraded before the
fans. I'm sure even Uga will be on the s**t  list.

rsl

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4) Suppose Northwestern was still the Fighting  Methodists.  Maybe the  
name would be OK, but would it be OK if  a bunch of people dressed in  
stereotypically Methodist clothing  (whatever that might be) came out  
at halftime and performed a  mocking ritual?  With respect to the  
Illini (and the Ragin  Cajuns), the names haven't been changed, just  
the symbols and and  some of the  customs.


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