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Higher Education: Eagles, Crusaders, and Trolls—Oh My!

Christian colleges rethink sports mascots.

By Jody Veenker | posted 6/12/2000 12:00AM

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Litfin's four-page explanation of the decision is available on the college's Web site. The site also allows visitors to submit names for the new mascot, which will be announced this fall. Current suggestions range from the fanciful Narnians, after the popular C.S.. Lewis series of children's books, to religious symbols like the Cherubs, Martyrs, and Prayer Warriors.The Chicago Tribune announced the change on the front page of its April 25 issue. "Sightings," a commentary from the Martin Marty Center at the University of Chicago Divinity School, has a commentary on the mascot change .Beliefnet has a list of several other Christian colleges using the Crusader mascot, and a list of colleges that have changed their mascots over sensitivity to Native Americans.

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