The Daily Illini1d
Kingfisher costume unveiled amid growing support for new mascot
The Kingfisher’s new costume was revealed last week, soon after the third referendum in its support passed in the recent ...
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U of I’s Kingfisher boasts new feathers
This last Thursday an event was held at Siebel Center for Design in which the new suit for unofficial University of Illinois ...
The Daily Illini8d
Students seek adoption of kingfisher mascot
The University has not had a mascot since the removal of Chief Illiniwek in 2007. Students are pushing for the kingfisher to ...
25 News Now13d
Some Illinois high schools might be forced to switch mascots
In Brimfield, students have rallied under the “Indians” mascot for as long as current Superintendent Chad Jones can remember.
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Illinois legislator pushes mascot name change for school nearly 300 miles away
“Words matter, and a derogatory mascot in Illinois or in other states affect me, who lives on the other side of Illinois, and they affect people with dwarfism, their families and their ...
Fox2Now St. Louis22d
Illinois bill may end Freeburg High’s mascot tradition
FREEBURG, Ill. – A long-standing mascot tradition in Freeburg, Illinois, could soon come to an end, as a new bill in the Illinois General Assembly would ban school mascots that reference ...
Sports Illustrated15d
National high school mascot bracket, Round 1: Vote for Crisfield Crabbers or Cobden Appleknockers
The bracket is set for High School on SI's 2025 NCAA Tournament-style contest to determine the best high school mascot in America ... Cobden Appleknockers (Illinois) to advance to the ...