In news of the fast and the frivolous, here's something that will matter to hardly any of us: Amherst College finally chose its new mascot and it's the Mammoth!
Say what you might about it, there could be some very entertaining headlines involving Amherst's athletic teams, especially in a conference that includes mascots like the Jumbos, the Ephs, the Bantams, the Camels, the Mules, and the Polar Bears, among others.
In other mascot news, Whitman College recently dropped its Fighting Missionaries moniker
and became the Blues. Not bad, but not Mammothian, either. And we have Pacific Lutheran, which was either the Knights or the Gladiators, and is now, apparently officially, the Lutes: a name that strikes fear in the hearts of everyone.
Finally, I'll mention the SUNY Canton Kangaroos which is a major leap from the Northmen.
