This is madness. Utter madness.
Spencer Hulsey, senior in LAS, is serious about her kingfisher. Starting Wednesday, students at the University can determine if her mascot idea has any air beneath its wings.
On Wednesday and Thursday, students will vote their preference on the belted kingfisher as a school mascot through the Illinois Student Government online ballot.
The referendum results are non-binding, they are just something for the student government to present to the administration if the kingfisher flies with student voters.
Hulsey’s pitch is multipronged. For starters, the belted kingfisher sports school colors. It’s “naturally true to the orange and blue,” as her official flier reads. The “naturally” is important here: the kingfisher is native to Illinois and most of the continental United States.
If adopted, the belted kingfisher would be the only female mascot in the Big Ten. Male kingfishers don’t have the fiery-feathered breast of their female counterparts.
Read the rest of this foolishness:
https://dailyillini.com/news/2020/03/02/kingfisher-mascot-set-for-student-vote/
Grace & Peace & Love to you all -
Matt
p.s. this is not the first time that very strange proposals have been floated for a new University of Illinois mascot; see this MattChat post:
https://matthonnold.blogspot.com/2019/03/no-replacement-for-chief.html
Spencer Hulsey, senior in LAS, is serious about her kingfisher. Starting Wednesday, students at the University can determine if her mascot idea has any air beneath its wings.
On Wednesday and Thursday, students will vote their preference on the belted kingfisher as a school mascot through the Illinois Student Government online ballot.
The referendum results are non-binding, they are just something for the student government to present to the administration if the kingfisher flies with student voters.
Hulsey’s pitch is multipronged. For starters, the belted kingfisher sports school colors. It’s “naturally true to the orange and blue,” as her official flier reads. The “naturally” is important here: the kingfisher is native to Illinois and most of the continental United States.
If adopted, the belted kingfisher would be the only female mascot in the Big Ten. Male kingfishers don’t have the fiery-feathered breast of their female counterparts.
Read the rest of this foolishness:
https://dailyillini.com/news/2020/03/02/kingfisher-mascot-set-for-student-vote/
Grace & Peace & Love to you all -
Matt
p.s. this is not the first time that very strange proposals have been floated for a new University of Illinois mascot; see this MattChat post:
https://matthonnold.blogspot.com/2019/03/no-replacement-for-chief.html