I received a most interesting e-mail today. It read as follows:
Dear DU Undergraduate,
Recently, we've felt a push to bring back our beloved mascot, Boone. To empower the voice of DU students, we are quantifying this sentiment by surveying the DU undergraduate population. Please take this survey seriously as these results will be tabulated and presented to DU administration. Click here to enter the survey (url of survey was here) Please respond by Friday, June 1.
Thanks for your participation --
(I've removed the names of the students who are leading the charge...)
AUSA Senate
Student Athlete Advisory Council
When you click on the link to the survey, this is what you see:
I think this is a very interesting idea. It's my understanding that the student body was not asked for their opinions when Boone was "retired" and Ruckus usurped his job. I think this is a major reason why school spirit at DU is non-existent. I mean really, who wants to rally behind a Red-Tailed Hawk when we are calling ourselves the Pioneers? It is my fervent hope that Ruckus is retired for good and some sort of Pioneer type mascot takes his place. I understand that Boone was created by Walt Disney, which is probably one of the reasons he was done away with seeing as how it can't be cheap to have a mascot created by a legend. I therefore think the best solution here is to start from scratch. Create a Pioneer Mascot that the DU population can be proud of!
