Choosing the college that is right for you can be stressful. The decision could change the course of your life, and there are so many factors to consider when choosing a school. Things like the schools rankings, the professors, location, student life, tuition, and loans are just a few. But there is one aspect of college that rarely gets put into the decision process. The mascot.
The schools mascot really represents what a school is all about and who they are. Many schools have proud and prestigious animals as their mascot. Animals like the bear, wolf, lion, or tiger represent the strength and fearlessness of the student body as they continue their education and prepare themselves for their eventual career search. Most schools take their mascots pretty seriously and defend them like they’re family members. However there are some schools out there that don’t take them as seriously and decided to have some fun with them.
For example, the prestigious Ohio State’s mascot is a nut. Yes, a nut. Not exactly intimidating in any way but it works for Ohio State and their fans. But that is only the beginning, Delta State in Mississippi thought the best way to sum up their schools attitude was with okra, but not just any okra, its fighting okra. The only instance in which I ever encountered fighting okra was when I ate some that was a bit past date, and it put up a pretty solid fight within my small intestine.
The next school on the list is Xavier. A prestigious school known for their business degrees their mascot is D’artagnan, named after the musketeer from the Alexander Dumas novel. Sounds pretty cool right? Yeah it sounds cool but that’s where it stops. In actuality the mascot looks like the bloated cookie monster. A giant ball a blue fur named after a courageous and proud young musketeer. Way to go Xavier.
Our next stop takes us to beautiful Scottsdale Community College. Not exactly the place where many stock broker careers start, but a proud school none the less. Here the iconic and healthy artichoke bears the task of ramping up fans at games where the fans scream “GO CHOKES!” a great confidence builder for the athletes going into overtime.
Then you have Stanford, one of top private schools in the country. A place where many get their law and engineering degrees. Also a division 1 school in many sports. Who fires up the crowd at these massive sporting events with the eyes of the country watching? A tree. At least Stanford was able to make the tree look somewhat intimidating. By intimidating I should say absolutely frightening. The tree has a face on it and looks like something you would see if you were to eat a healthy dose of mushrooms and walked around the woods. I can only imagine how many youngsters have been completely traumatized and can never go camping again because of an over zealous mascot.
The list can go on and on, so I encourage you to try your best to take pride in your mascot no matter how lame it is. Because some were else it is almost guaranteed that there is a worse one out there. Take solace in the fact that your mascot can’t be the worst. Right?
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