KIRO Radio 97.3 FM’s resident historian Feliks Banel explains the origin behind some unusual high school and college mascots in Washington State on Seattle’s Morning News with Dave Ross
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Colleges are struggling to recruit Native students. What will ban on race in admissions mean?
Advocates say colleges could tweak their admissions process to open doors for Native students. But few schools appear to be making the change ...
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Two years ago, Washington state tried to reckon with mascots containing harmful representations of Indigenous cultures
If you walked the halls of North Central High School two years ago, you'd find students milling about in their letterman jackets and jerseys ...
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The Pac-12 leftovers - What will be Washington State's and Oregon State's ultimate fate?
Nothing about Saturday's game between Oregon State and Washington ... up to a high-stakes college football game on record. The pregame festivities were highlighted by the schools' mascots ...
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The Pac-12 leftovers - What will be Washington State's and Oregon State's ultimate fate?
The Pac-12's collapse left OSU and WSU without a major conference suitor and in limbo to chair their futures together.
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The strange stories behind these 10 unique high school mascots
Have you ever wondered why your high school chose its mascot? From beetdiggers to pioneers, Utah has some unique mascots, but not a lot of people know the stories behind them. It turns out that a ...
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The strange stories behind these 10 unique high school mascots
Have you ever wondered why your high school chose its mascot? From beetdiggers to pioneers, Utah has some unique mascots, but not a lot of people know the stories behind them. It turns out that a ...
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State education department tells schools with Native American names, mascots, logos to change by end of school year
In a letter to all school districts, the New York State Education Department is requiring that schools with a Native American mascot ... Nationally, Washington’s football team is now known ...
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Virginia State University mascot bobblehead: School receives portion of proceeds
Virginia State ... Colleges and Universities] Bobblehead Series 2 which features the first bobbleheads for 16 different mascots from 14 different HBCUs. Standing on a base bearing the school ...
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Topic - Gonzaga College High School
Gonzaga College High School is a Jesuit high school for boys located in Washington, D.C. The school is named in honor of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, an Italian saint from the 16th century. Gonzaga is ...
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Best high school mascots in America: 15 most unique nicknames (Action Bracket)
You have to go to high school in Upstate New York to learn to build one of those. Twenty-six states (plus Washington ... effort to change the school’s mascot from the Purgolders (yes, they ...
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Washington State High School Seniors Rally Hundreds of Students to Protest Mask Mandates: ‘We’re Not Backing Down’
where Governor Youngkin's administration has been battling defiant school districts over his recent executive order making masks optional. Even in reliable blue bulwarks such as Washington state ...
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WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS NEWS
Washington State gets commitment from California running back Wayshawn Parker, a three-star recruit from Grant Union High in Sacramento, visited the Cougars on Saturday. USC's Caleb Williams leads ...