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6/15/2022 4:15 pm  #161


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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.
 

 

6/15/2022 4:22 pm  #162


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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.

 

6/15/2022 4:24 pm  #163


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6/15/2022 4:28 pm  #164


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The GW Ewes!

 

6/15/2022 4:29 pm  #165


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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.

 

6/15/2022 4:31 pm  #166


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GW69 wrote:

I’m outraged-That an “institution of higher learning” can’t differentiate between a victimizer and a victim is
pathetic.Having said that if they come up with something with some panache or catches the zeitgeist I’ll 
follow along.On another note-although this appears to be a piece of “woke” nonsense and “cancel culture”
I can’t let GW Risings post go unanswered.My friend -what is more egregious,changing the moniker of a 
University or not televising the Jan 6th committee?With no commercials!Talk about canceling.

I'll tell you what. You can televise the whole January 6th hearings in primetime on every network if you agree that in the upper right hand corner of the screen we have the current average price per gallon of gas and the current annualized inflation rate. Fair?

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6/15/2022 4:32 pm  #167


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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.

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6/15/2022 4:33 pm  #168


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Gwmayhem wrote:

Mike K wrote:

ESPN AP Article

According to an online statement from the university, a that committee determined that supporters of "Colonials" view it as referring to "those who lived in the American colonies, especially those who fought for independence and democracy," while opponents see the term as referring to "colonizers who stole land and resources from indigenous groups, killed or exiled Native peoples and introduced slavery into the colonies."

NO, NO, NO!  Definitions of words are not matters of opinion.  You can't take the word "refrigerator" and state that one group views the word as an appliance designed to store and keep food cold while others define it as a fluid put in a car to enable power steering.  Colonizer and Colonial are different words with different meanings, not subject to interpretation.

 
This should be framed and sent to the powers that be at GW.

 

6/15/2022 4:55 pm  #169


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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 

 

6/15/2022 4:59 pm  #170


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Stealing from an old political party I Think we should be the GW “Know Nothings”.  We obviously can’t explain the difference between Colonials and Colonialism.

Or just go opposite.  George Washington RedCoats.  Let’s see if the students understand irony.

 

6/15/2022 5:43 pm  #171


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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.  

 

6/15/2022 5:49 pm  #172


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For me, a school name works best when it signifies a group that you can be a part of. Even better if it is recognizing a group that your values align with. 

Because GW students already lack school spirit and I don’t believe in GW’s marketing office to properly get me pumped up about an animal or color, my vote would be for Revolutionaries.

For a school as political as GW I think the word will offer multiple meanings to multiple people. And it has a historical bent as well.

 

6/15/2022 5:51 pm  #173


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

 

6/15/2022 6:00 pm  #174


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We've survived inflation many times.  How many times have we survived insurrection?

 

6/15/2022 6:03 pm  #175


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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.

 

6/15/2022 6:15 pm  #176


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Geno wrote:

A great victory for everyone who was insulted to the very fiber of their being by "Colonials".

Let's take the Stanford/Dartmouth/ Syracuse route and go with a color.

I vote Buff or Buffs because it is unique. And you don't have to change anything.

The GW Mascot for the buffs better be a naked guy or gal

 

6/15/2022 6:23 pm  #177


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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.

 

6/15/2022 6:27 pm  #178


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Rising -that’s totally fair! Inflation and gas prices vs.overthrowing the government.You are kidding right?
I sure hope so.If not we are in big trouble.

 

6/15/2022 6:34 pm  #179


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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.

 

6/15/2022 6:46 pm  #180


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GW69 wrote:

Rising -that’s totally fair! Inflation and gas prices vs.overthrowing the government.You are kidding right?
I sure hope so.If not we are in big trouble.

I agree disgusting statement.. I'll pay higher prices (like the rest of the world , not just Biden's world) vs overthrowing a government, racism, hate etc etc..   

 

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