After seven long years of passionate debates, the University of Mississippi has officially changed the school mascot from the infamous Colonel Reb to the misunderstood Black Bear.
With sixty-two percent of University support the Rebel Black Bear will prevail as the new mascot. Even with a strong southern tradition is strong at Ole Miss and students’ feelings and thoughts on the change of the beloved Colonel Reb can vary strongly. Many students believe that Colonel Reb should have stayed; these students have the belief that Colonel Reb has been a tradition and does not represent the old south. Others remain with the University’s choice and decision to prohibit the figurehead all together and prefer that Colonel Reb be put to rest with all that his character represented.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/15/us/15mascot.html
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