Alma Otter

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ChiefGritty

ChiefGritty
Chicago, IL
ChiefGritty
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1100935912047943680

This is coming from the students. As it should, and must. This whole thing apparently started on reddit. Which, again, bullseye. Let there be memes. Alma Otter is the stupidest thing I've ever heard in my life.

It's perfect, I love it.

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ChiefIllini

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ChiefGritty said:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1100935912047943680

Alma Otter is the stupidest thing I've ever heard in my life.

It's perfect, I love it.
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Only reason I want this to pass is because its the dumbest thing I've heard being thrown out there, based solely on the fact it has no ties to anything UIUC related minus the pun. It will either go over extremely well for its weirdness, or crash and burn so fast it doesn't last an entire academic year.

I would absolutely love to see a live otter be involved.
 
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DrewD007

DrewD007
Woodridge, IL
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Alma Otter has the benefit of being a silly pun to connect to the university.
 
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ILL_INI

ILL_INI
ILL_INI
DrewD007 said:
Alma Otter has the benefit of being a silly pun to connect to the university.
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Not seeing the connection to U of I that any other school couldn't claim. Oooh, but we would be one of the first (but maybe not the first) to use this pun!

 
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DrewD007

DrewD007
Woodridge, IL
DrewD007
ILL_INI said:
Not seeing the connection to U of I that any other school couldn't claim. Oooh, but we would be one of the first (but maybe not the first) to use this pun!

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I don't believe any other schools (aside from Columbia University) have such an iconic statue called the Alma Mater though.
 
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Fighter of the Nightman

Fighter of the Nightman
Chicago, IL
Fighter of the Nightman
Is the Chief Illiniwek’s Facebook page post about a military-themed mascot legit?? If so, I’ll take that in a heartbeat.
 

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FollowTisdale

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I really don't think any WW1 doughboy mascot is appropriate for a non-service academy. It is cool and if you go to the UIUC subreddit a lot of people have made some impressive looking mock-ups, but it's just not going to happen and probably shouldn't.

Alma Otter all the way. Perfectly vanilla but still clever. Just keep the Fighting Illini name.
 
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redwingillini11

redwingillini11
White and Sixth
North Aurora
redwingillini11
I must be a crazy person. I must be. I feel like I am living in crazy town. How can anyone be ok with this? If we adopt an otter as our mascot I am out. I would be done. I won't associate myself with a laughing stock university anymore. Maybe I will wake up and this idiotic story will be a figment of my imagination.

If this were something that happened unofficially, like how the Stanford Tree is unofficial, I would have less of a problem with it. But get the heck out of here by making this an official part of the university.
 
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sbillini

sbillini
st petersburg, fl
sbillini
IMO, there's a real difference between a mascot and a symbol. Mascots don't have to be symbols, and don't have to replace symbols. They can be mutually exclusive. Purdue Pete, Brutus, etc. etc. They're not the "symbol" of their respective school - more so fun way to celebrate the school at events. Stanford has a tree that runs around for christ's sake. A TREE! Has that negatively impacted their standing as an academic institution, positioning in the community, or quality of their athletics? No. But is it a fun way for people to think about the school? Yes.

If it's driven by students and is fun, I'm all for it. Hail Alma Otter!