I might accept Independenzzz!
Maybe Capitols (have to share with the Caps), Foxes (had a lot of rabid ones around of late), maybe surveyer's (for George's first job).
Doesn't matter. They'll pick somethng, and we'll have to live with it.
 

Wokesters

Last edited by GWRising (6/15/2022 4:26 pm)

chrisw wrote:

"I attended GW at a time when I was unable to set foot in my country of birth because the USA had installed a brutal dictatorship (ie Yanqui imperialism). Since then, I have lived in countries where the USA funded civil wars to "protect its interests", wars that killed people and continue to create hardships and limit economic development due to the damage they brought to the countries.
I know the difference between a "Colonial" and a "colonist". I know the difference between a tricornered hat and pith helmet. I know the difference between an IPA and the CIA. Every week, I meet with a group of people who had live electric wires strapped to their genitalia with the full knowledge, approval and funding of the government of the United States. None of them are confused by the difference, either.
Everyone arrives on their college campus with the fantasy of changing the mascot or renaming the quad or tossing out the evil Dean. "Colonials" may not be a totally rad nickname, but it is not an endorsement of imperalism, a symbol of opression or an offense to downtrodden masses. Had the arguement been "it is antiquated and lame" I might have given it some thought. 
Until you have looked down the barrel of a rifle held by a soldier who feels that you (his/her compatriot) is an enemy and that a far-away government in another country that provided the rifle is a friend, then you cannot claim to have any knowledge of what "invokes" imperialsm or not."

GW alum abroad...Well said! We've gone off the rails and the only thing awaiting us is how bad the crash will be. Babies without food, people who can't afford to go to work due to the price of gasoline. Yeah, yeah. But we must worry about the name of a mascot of a school. And then spending a lot of money to change it.

Do I really care? No. What bothers me though is allowing the masses (which are probably at best a third of the whole) to demand and whine and change things because of what THEY think. Right or wrong 'we' cower and shake in fear because we're scared of the loud third. When are the grown-ups going to act like grown-ups.

Chris
 

Amen.

BGF wrote:

Thanks for posting this, GWAA.   

I like referring to us, officially, as The Buff and Blue, but stylized as the Buffs for the team nickname. 

The fight song already calls us the Buff and the Blue, a Buffalo mascot works, and Buffalo (Bison) we’re prevalent all throughout our country during that era.

I agree and posted the same on the other thread. I'll add that other schools (Stanford, Syracuse) have made the change to a color without much fanfare.  The biggest reason I like it is that Buff(s) would be unique without obviously trying to be unique.

I wouldn't add a new mascot though. Just keep everything the same. Howard had the bison covered for DC.

Last edited by Geno (6/15/2022 4:42 pm)

BGF wrote:

Thanks for posting this, GWAA.

I like referring to us, officially, as The Buff and Blue, but stylized as the Buffs for the team nickname.

The fight song already calls us the Buff and the Blue, a Buffalo mascot works, and Buffalo (Bison) we’re prevalent all throughout our country during that era.

Excellent idea, like every aspect of it BGF 

If we're going to be known as the GW Buff, naked George Washington really ought to be the mascot.

Let's push for Carvers.  Free bags of peanuts whenever the team makes 7 threes in a contest.  

Question for BGF.  For those of us who have Colonials in their screen name, are we supposed to change it?

LA Colonial wrote:

Question for BGF.  For those of us who have Colonials in their screen name, are we supposed to change it?

Hahaha.  No. 

Nor will I be changing the name of my 25-year old fantasy football league, the GWUCFL, or the GWU Colonial Football League. 

We have 4 divisions of 4 teams:  Omo, Kwame, Vaughn, and Nimbo.

If we are in a world where the term colonial is considered offensive, I don’t under how revolutionary wouldn’t be as well.  While the American revolution worked out well for us, I’m sure the people of Cuba or Taiwan have a different thought on revolutionaries.  And, if we are in a world where nobody could possibly be offended by any possible name, I don’t see how you can use it.

As much as I dislike the prospect of a new name, I find the Buffs appealing.

Back to snark.  For an interim name, the Washington Football Team.  For a permanent name, the Monikers.