Friday, 15 March 2013 02:45
U of I students want Chief back
He may not be coming back, but it is clear Chief Illiniwek still has strong support among University of Illinois students.
Almost 80 percent of the more than 11,500 students who voted in a recent campus referendum said they believed the American Indian mascot should be the symbol of the university's Urbana-Champaign campus.
University officials say that's not going to happen.
The university dropped the Chief mascot in 2007 under pressure from the NCAA.
Almost 80 percent of the more than 11,500 students who voted in a recent campus referendum said they believed the American Indian mascot should be the symbol of the university's Urbana-Champaign campus.
University officials say that's not going to happen.
The university dropped the Chief mascot in 2007 under pressure from the NCAA.
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