Marketing, PC endanger UMass. mascot

Washington Times ^ | Friday, May 9, 2003 | By Jennifer Harper

[JohnHuang2]

Officials at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst hope to replace their Colonial mascot with a gray wolf this fall. Apparently, a white guy in homespun, with tricorn hat and shootin' iron is making people nervous.

"Well, the Minuteman is a male. There is the gender issue, and the ethnicity. Some have brought up the appropriateness of firearms," Ian McCaw, athletic director for the university, said yesterday. "But these questions arise, you have to address them, and I think this is a healthy process. What can we do? Create a genderless Minuteman?"

[JohnHuang2]

Friday, May 9, 2003

Quote of the Day by goldstategop

[GATOR NAVY]

Well, the Minuteman is a male. There is the gender issue, and the ethnicity. Some have brought up the appropriateness of firearms," Ian McCaw, athletic director for the university, said yesterday. "But these questions arise, you have to address them...

Stop right there. Despite the old saw, there are such things as stupid questions, and stupid questions do not need to be addressed.

[Arkinsaw]

How about the University of Massachusetts Fighting Leninists. Should make a cool logo and the red and gold school colors will be pretty. Lots of cheap statues available too.

[Kip Lange]

Wait, correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't this debate been going on for a while? I recall being angry at UMass for a while. :-)

And people think U.C. Berkeley is bad...hehe. (GO CAL!)

ZooMass earned its nickname well.

[weegee]

How about the UMass Castrati? Their malehood removed, they should be nonthreatening and think of the sounds from the cheering squad.

[Rudder]

Renee Richards would be quite suitable.