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Mascot controversy won't stop UO game (American Indian Mascots Again)
News-Review (Oregon) ^ | December 8, 2004 | AP

Posted on 12/09/2004 5:45:16 AM PST by Land_of_Lincoln_John

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1 posted on 12/09/2004 5:45:17 AM PST by Land_of_Lincoln_John
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To: Land_of_Lincoln_John

They should back out of the game...

Illinois is going to destroy them on the hard court....


2 posted on 12/09/2004 5:47:21 AM PST by MikefromOhio (32 days until I can leave Iraq for good....)
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To: Land_of_Lincoln_John

The University of Oregon is one of those places that's a hot bed of agitation to erase all memory of the American Indian from the modern scene.


3 posted on 12/09/2004 5:48:01 AM PST by muawiyah
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To: Land_of_Lincoln_John

I find the BADGERS MASCOT OFFENSIVE! /sarcasm.....


4 posted on 12/09/2004 5:48:23 AM PST by Red Badger (If the Red States are JESUSLAND, then the Blue States are SATANLAND......)
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To: Land_of_Lincoln_John

All this talk of inappropriate mascots coming, of course, from the Beavers.


5 posted on 12/09/2004 5:49:09 AM PST by trad_anglican
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To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
" . . . calls from faculty and student groups to cancel the game because the Fighting Illini have an American Indian mascot."

That is SO September 10th!

6 posted on 12/09/2004 5:50:51 AM PST by BenLurkin (Big government is still a big problem.)
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To: trad_anglican

Here's hoping the Fighting Illini eat the Beavers up.


7 posted on 12/09/2004 5:51:12 AM PST by N. Theknow (Ladle gulls shut nod stopper torque wet strainers!)
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To: Land_of_Lincoln_John

ZZZZ... Same argument comes up every year here in the DC area. "Hail to the Redskins!"


8 posted on 12/09/2004 5:54:32 AM PST by vc79 (Commandments)
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To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
Give 'em hell, Illinois!

9 posted on 12/09/2004 5:55:03 AM PST by TheBigB (I sure could go for a charbroiled hamburger sammich and some french fried potatoes!)
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To: Land_of_Lincoln_John

I grew up in Pekin, Illinois.

The high school sports name was the Pekin Chinks.

They have since changed it to the Dragons.


10 posted on 12/09/2004 6:03:08 AM PST by KidGlock (W-1)
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To: KidGlock

But an Illini is an Indian.


11 posted on 12/09/2004 6:11:17 AM PST by massgopguy (massgopguy)
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To: KidGlock

Who could forget the Chinks. My high school mascot was the Big Reds. Still is.


12 posted on 12/09/2004 6:44:42 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
My high school mascot was the Big Reds.

Named for the chewing gun or the soda?

13 posted on 12/09/2004 6:48:11 AM PST by Cowboy Bob (Fraud is the lifeblood of the Democratic Party)
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To: Land_of_Lincoln_John

I wonder when Swedish-Americans are going to start protesting the Minnesota Vikings for portraying Swedes as savage brutes?


14 posted on 12/09/2004 6:52:15 AM PST by Manic_Episode (OUT OF ORDER)
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To: Cowboy Bob

Apparently there were a few Indians around when the Mormans came through.


15 posted on 12/09/2004 7:16:48 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Land_of_Lincoln_John

Just wait until the PETA folks start complaining about the Ducks and Beavers.


16 posted on 12/09/2004 9:29:13 AM PST by rogator
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To: trad_anglican

U of O are the Ducks, OSU are the Beavers.


17 posted on 12/09/2004 1:40:59 PM PST by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: blackie
U of O are the Ducks, OSU are the Beavers.

Thanks for the correction!

18 posted on 12/09/2004 2:50:06 PM PST by trad_anglican
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To: trad_anglican

My pleasure ~ I'm here to serve.


19 posted on 12/09/2004 4:50:13 PM PST by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: MikeinIraq
Illinois is going to destroy them on the hard court....

And the did, Mike!

No. 1 Illinois Tops Oregon, 83-66

20 posted on 12/11/2004 2:55:13 PM PST by Land_of_Lincoln_John
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