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On Sunday, the New York Times reported on the "Colonel Reb" mascot controversy at the University of Mississippi, a.k.a. "Ole Miss.". Colonel Reb — a caricature of a white antebellum Southern ...
"The Ole Miss administration wants to change their current failed mascot to one that got even LESS support in their sham 2010 mascot ... After dropping official use of Colonel Reb in 2003, ...
Seven years after the sidelining of Colonel Reb, the goateed planter who conjured images of the Old South, ... Bear replaces Colonel Reb as Ole Miss mascot. By Phil Gast, CNN.
University of Mississippi mascot Colonel Reb roamed the stands at last year's Egg Bowl against Mississippi State. The mascot was based on white plantation owners. JACKSON, Miss. - Colonel Reb ...
Seven years after Colonel Reb was dropped as the Ole Miss mascot and about a week after he was replaced with "Rebel Black Bear," some Rebels fans are preparing to make their feelings known about ...
Ole Miss will remain the Rebels, but Colonel Reb won't be back on the field. The university has taken other steps in recent years to throw off what many perceive as lingering reminders of a ...
Colonel Reb shall not rise again. That much is certain. The University of Mississippi dumped the mascot – a caricature of a white plantation owner – in a 2003 effort to distance the school ...
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) - Students at the University of Mississippi vote Tuesday on whether to replace their American football team mascot Colonel Reb -- a caricature of a white plantation owner ...
Not all of the students, however, feel that Colonel Reb needed banished, and therefore don’t feel the need to find a replacement. “My mascot is Colonel Reb,” barefoot student Corey Clark, sipping on a ...
The University of Mississippi (a.k.a. Ole Miss) announced Thursday that the Rebel Black Bear would be taking over for Colonel Reb on the sidelines. It's part of the school's initiative to distance ...
Not exactly, but if the Colonel Reb Political Action Committee has its way, Colonel Reb may be on the 2012 presidential election ballot. The PAC announced in a press release Tuesday that ...