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"A hard costume to make"

Submitted by Rick on Sun, 09/11/2005 - 8:30am.

The Herald examines interesting mascot names that are allowed by the NCAA. Evergreen rates #3:

With the start of college football and the NCAA's recent ban on Native American mascots, the subject of college nicknames comes up. Here is a look at some of the best college nicknames the NCAA will allow.

Wonder Boys. Have no fear, Arkansas Tech University's men's team is here. The women's nickname is the Golden Suns, a little better than Wonder Boy.
Boll Weevils/Cotton Blossoms. I don't know where the University of Arkansas-Monticello got these nicknames, but they decided to choose two nicknames - one for the men (Boll Weevils) and one for the women (Cotton Blossoms) - that would not be easy to dress up as.
Geoducks. Somehow I don't think a large clam is the best mascot, but Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., does. This would be another hard costume to make.
Railsplitters. Try being a cheerleader for Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tenn. Go Railsplitters! Go Railsplitters! Go!
Banana Slugs. Yes, this is actually the University of California-Santa Cruz's nickname. Now, I wonder how they thought up that one.

I always enjoyed telling peop

Submitted by stevenl on Mon, 09/12/2005 - 5:59am.

I always enjoyed telling people my school mascot was a geoduck and the motto was "Omnia Exstares," which as close to "Let it all hang out" as they could get in Latin. When I attended grad school at the UW, my Latin teacher up there informed us that the UW motto, "Lux Sit," which is supposed to mean "Let there be light!" really means: "I grant you that light exists. So?" In the list of politically incorrect school mascots, one of my favorites are the Orofino High School (Idaho) Maniacs. By a sad coincidence, Orofino is also home to Idaho State Hospital North, one of the two psychiatric facilities in that state.

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