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Stuart Suss PhD Student Posts 1439 |
05-14-18 08:15 PM - Post#256775
For those of you who have been happy to share your "woke" status on this message board, please be aware of those fighting for justice in Portland. Who amongst you will be bringing this battle to West Philadelphia? |
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SteveChop PhD Student Posts 1156 |
05-14-18 09:13 PM - Post#256777
Stu Thanks for raising this but it is beyond ridiculous. We don't have to change every name in this country because some ONE is offended. So these idiots in Maine (and there are many elsewhere) are going to spend taxpayer money to choose a new name because a FEW are offended and/or want to make a constitutional issue about this or on legal fees to defend an action seeking to get the name changed. Better they should spend their time looking at what the folks in Washington are doing to further oppress the poor - yes, that means you Ben Carson and Betsy DeVos and others. I've had enough! |
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Streamers Professor Posts 8365 
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05-14-18 10:39 PM - Post#256785
Would this apply to Penn Charter as well? |
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UPIA1968 PhD Student Posts 1122 
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05-14-18 11:16 PM - Post#256789
Please don't start a move to change Penn's nickname. I'm proud of the dumbest nickname in major college sports. "Fight on Quakers, Fight Fight!" |
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Old Bear Postdoc Posts 4008 |
05-15-18 11:21 AM - Post#256803
Steve, these idiots seem to be in Oregon, not Maine, though I suspect Maine has enough on there own. I think the Penn student body should start working on alternatives. |
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weinhauers_ghost Postdoc Posts 2144 |
05-15-18 12:53 PM - Post#256812
What's next? Will Providence have to stop calling their teams the Friars? |
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Old Bear Postdoc Posts 4008 |
05-15-18 01:18 PM - Post#256818
PC is planning to open a barbecue joint and become the Fryers. |
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gopenngo Masters Student Posts 487 |
05-15-18 01:59 PM - Post#256821
Ummm, this is obviously tongue in cheek. Onward non-sectarian soldiers! |
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Streamers Professor Posts 8365
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05-15-18 02:00 PM - Post#256822
Steve, these idiots seem to be in Oregon, not Maine, though I suspect Maine has enough on there own. I think the Penn student body should start working on alternatives. How about ‘social justice warriors’ |
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rbg Postdoc Posts 3069 |
05-15-18 04:32 PM - Post#256828
I wonder if Penn will have to drop its mascot, like Amherst dropped Lord Jeff a few years ago. Some ideas - the Franklins, the West Philly Exploiters (to compete with La Salle's Explorers), the Quackers (to the Princeton board's delight), or just stick with the Red & Blue (as the entire league will just end up using their school colors after animal rights groups take on Yale, Princeton, Brown and Columbia). |
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penn nation Professor Posts 21337 |
05-15-18 04:57 PM - Post#256830
How about Schuyl Killers (after its most famous alum who is doing a pretty good job of doing it right now). |
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westphillywarrior Sophomore Posts 196 |
05-15-18 05:44 PM - Post#256832
The Quakers seems ok to me. Maybe just because I'm used to it. I might have a problem with the Catholics or the Jews. |
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Penndemonium PhD Student Posts 1905 |
05-15-18 06:15 PM - Post#256833
Do the Quakers find it insulting? I always thought it was intended as a tribute to the rather than something demeaning. Then again, I never understood why we were the Quakers in the first place. maybe we could really confuse everyone by becoming the Nittany Lions. |
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gopenngo Masters Student Posts 487 |
05-15-18 09:50 PM - Post#256835
Certainly not to be confused with the Harlem Lions. |
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Condor PhD Student Posts 1888 |
05-16-18 09:49 AM - Post#256850
I think if we are changing the mascot, we should consider the cost and the desire to make our symbol more intimidating while recognizing our current standard bearer. Hence, I would first try to use our Quaker head with only a small modification. With that in mind, I would go with the Comb Overs. A simple replacement of the hat with readily available wigs would do the trick. Further, we could accessorize the mascot with a red baseball cap that says make Penn Great Again. |
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gopenngo Masters Student Posts 487 |
05-16-18 01:37 PM - Post#256863
I like where you're going. We'd be a natural destination for Comb-O guards. We could be Orangemen - wait, that's taken. |
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section110 Masters Student Posts 847 |
05-17-18 11:45 AM - Post#256936
The Witch Hunters? |
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Chip Bayers Professor Posts 7001
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05-19-18 12:48 AM - Post#257027
Please don't start a move to change Penn's nickname. I'm proud of the dumbest nickname in major college sports. "Fight on Quakers, Fight Fight!" And yet “Quakers†appears nowhere in the lyrics of “Fight On, Pennsylvania.†(As we know, it’s “fight, fight, fight Penn-syl-vane-Eye-Ah, fight on, for Penn.â€) Which hasn’t stopped the Penn Band from introducing itself for decades as (in part) “The Oxymoronic Fighting Quaker Marching Band.†|
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kgupta Freshman Posts 36
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05-20-18 03:07 PM - Post#257058
There was point in Penn's history where it was considering jumping from Quakers, to Penguins ("Penn-go-win.."). In 1928 Dave Zoob (who wrote Fight On Pennsylvania) and university recorder George Nitzche published a new mascot song call "Penn-go-in - University of Pennsylvania Band March and Mascot Song." Ultimately the attempt failed miserably and the song renamed "Dear Old Penn." We still have the song in the band library if push comes to shove...
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Jay O Masters Student Posts 547 |
05-20-18 05:16 PM - Post#257060
"Dear Old Penn." Maybe we should be the Deer, as in "Here's a toast to Deer, old Penn" |
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