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Subject: Marquette Resumes Search for New Nickname
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Marquette Resumes Search for New Nickname
By CARRIE ANTLFINGER
c The Associated Press
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Amid heavy criticism over its new nickname, the Marquette
board of trustees decided Wednesday to abandon the name Gold and let students,
alumni and faculty vote for a new moniker.
The decision came a week after trustees voted to switch the school's nickname
to Gold from the Golden Eagles, which the school took in 1994.
In the last week, people upset about the new name flooded the school with
angry phone calls, letters and e-mails.
``Not one of us ever felt there would be as much reaction as we got,'' board
chairman John Bergstrom said.
The school will hold a vote via the Internet and allow people to pick from 10
names, university president Robert Wild said.
Wild said the 10 names won't include the Warriors, the university's nickname
during a run that saw it win the NCAA men's basketball tournament in 1977
under coach Al McGuire.
Wild said the school hasn't scheduled the vote, though he hopes to have a new
nickname before Marquette leaves Conference USA and joins the Big East
Conference on July 1.
The outcry over the university's nickname started about a year ago at
graduation when two trustees offered the school $1 million each to go back to
Warriors, which it dropped in favor of the Golden Eagles because the name and logo
offended some American Indian groups.
Some alumni and students of the Jesuit university couldn't accept the Golden
Eagles nickname.
Wild said trustees decided to let people vote because they felt much of the
negative reaction over the Gold nickname arose because they didn't included
others in the decision.
05/11/05 20:32 EDT
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MILWAUKEE (AP) - Amid heavy criticism over its new nickname, the Marquette b=
oard of trustees decided Wednesday to abandon the name Gold and let students=
, alumni and faculty vote for a new moniker.<BR>
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The decision came a week after trustees voted to switch the school's nicknam=
e to Gold from the Golden Eagles, which the school took in 1994.<BR>
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In the last week, people upset about the new name flooded the school with an=
gry phone calls, letters and e-mails.<BR>
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``Not one of us ever felt there would be as much reaction as we got,'' board=
chairman John Bergstrom said.<BR>
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The school will hold a vote via the Internet and allow people to pick from 1=
0 names, university president Robert Wild said.<BR>
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Wild said the 10 names won't include the Warriors, the university's nickname=
during a run that saw it win the NCAA men's basketball tournament in 1977 u=
nder coach Al McGuire.<BR>
<BR>
Wild said the school hasn't scheduled the vote, though he hopes to have a ne=
w nickname before Marquette leaves Conference USA and joins the Big East Con=
ference on July 1.<BR>
<BR>
The outcry over the university's nickname started about a year ago at gradua=
tion when two trustees offered the school $1 million each to go back to Warr=
iors, which it dropped in favor of the Golden Eagles because the name and lo=
go offended some American Indian groups.<BR>
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Some alumni and students of the Jesuit university couldn't accept the Golden=
Eagles nickname.<BR>
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Wild said trustees decided to let people vote because they felt much of the=20=
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others in the decision.<BR>
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