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Marquette changes nickname
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Warrior mascot was considered offensive to Native Americans
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MILWAUKEE — The Marquette Warriors became the Marquette Golden Eagles yesterday with both cheers and jeers from students who voted on the change.
The move came after the school's old nickname was deemed offensive to Native Americans. The only other choice was the Marquette Lightning. The potential nicknames were chosen from among 1,500 nominations.
"I'm a senior so I'm graduating a Warrior and I couldn't be happier about it," said Sean Murphy, from South Bend, Ind. "I'm going to go down to the Golden Eagle shop and try to get one of the last few Warrior T-shirts."
The name change was required by administrators who wanted to avoid offending Native Americans. A committee studied the potential name change for 18 months.
The new nickname was announced at a news conference outside the Alumni Memorial Union by the Rev. Albert DiUlio, president of the Roman Catholic university.
"Out of the two names I liked Golden Eagles better," said John Kuras, a junior from Detroit. "I was upset that it all arose. I think the real discrepancy was in the logo."
Golden Eagles won 54 percent support from the 2,501 students and faculty who voted Friday and alumni across the country randomly surveyed by phone.
"I'm very happy with it," said Diluo, who voted for the Lightning. "I think it will allow us to go back to a favorable mascot."
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Gabrielle Grant, president of the American Indian Student Association, said she wasn't surprised that some students, who were not Native-Americans, couldn't understand why the Warriors nickname was offensive.
Some Marquette students angry about the nickname change have blamed Native-American students, said Jeff Peterson, a Native-American counselor.
"Tid say that they could never know because they're not American Indian and I'm sure there are lots of things about their cultures that I wouldn't find offensive but they would," said Grant, adding that as a matter of principle she hadn't bought Warriors apparel in her four years at Marmutte.
"I'm glad they changed it," she said.
"I'm really impressed with Marquette taking the initiative."
Bill Cords, athletic director, announced in October that Marquette would change its nickname, saying the school wanted one that reflected respect for ethnic heritage.
Northeastern Illinois, Tennessee Tech and Southern Mississippi also use the Golden Eagles nickname.
Warriors replaced Hiltoppers as Marquette's nickname in 1954 on the
recommendation of a student committee that felt the name reflected Native Americans' close relationship with the Jesuits in settlement days.
From 1964-71, the school used a "Willie Wampum" cartoon caricature of an Indian warrior before that mascot was dropped as offensive. The school logo in recent years has been a silhouette drawing of an Indian warrior.
Native American nicknames have been objects of controversy among high schools, colleges and professionals.
John T. Benson, Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction, last month asked more than 60 districts to drop Native-American nicknames and mascots. The Minnesota and Illinois Boards of Education have also asked that high schools replace Native American-related names and logos.
Stanford University dropped the nickname Indians in 1972 and the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, Dartmouth, Eastern Michigan and Simpson College also have changed their nicknames.
The University of Massachusetts adopted the Minuteman nickname in 1972 after students voted to abandon the Redmen as insensitive to Native Americans.
The University of Iowa's athletic board last week voted to ban mascots depicting Americanicans from the school's athletic events. Juniata College is dropping the Indian as its school mascot and St. John's is in the process of replacing its Redmen logo.
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