From: DailyCaller.com
As the University of Denver marches forward with its fraudulent Mascot Task Force that refuses to consider or allow Boone to be discussed as a potential mascot, despite overwhelming alumni support, now comes word that the UConn Husky Logo promotes rape. DU better tone down its proposed Golden Retriever mascot submission or PioNation shall soon face similar backlash.
The new logo for the University of Connecticut’s sports teams is a terrifying husky dog that calls to mind images of sexual assault, says one student.
The new logo was unveiled last week, receiving mixed-to-negative reviews from UConn fans who preferred the older, cuter husky dog.
But one student went much further, criticizing the new, meaner logo for being a pro-rape symbol.
In an open letter to UC President Susan Herbst, self-described feminist student Carolyn Luby wrote that the redesigned team logo will intimidate women and empower rape culture.
UConn basketball coach Geno Auriemma said the logo “is looking right through you and saying, ‘Do not mess with me.’ This is a streamlined, fighting dog, and I cannot wait for it to be on our uniforms and court."
In response, Luby wrote, “What terrifies me about the admiration of such traits is that I know what it feels like to have a real life Husky look straight through you and to feel powerless, and to wonder if even the administration cannot ‘mess with them.’ And I know I am not alone.”
There were two sexual assaults at UConn involving athletes in the past year, Luby claimed.
The logo and the teams it represents are menacing to women, she wrote.
The logo and the teams it represents are menacing to women, she wrote.
“The face of real life UConn athletics is certainly capable of frightening college women,” wrote Luby.
Herbst did not respond to requests for comment.
49 comments:
Luby is a freaking nut job!
Carol Carpenter
The point is that anything can be offensive to anyone if you try hard enough. This shoots holes in the DU argument that Boone is offensive because he's a white male. They intend to replace him with an an animal. One of the animals in the focus group mix is a dog. You can be sure that whatever is adopted, someone will be offended by it.
Wondering how "raised Denver arch" could be in the right circumstances.
Coombes and his cohorts have backed themselves into a corner on this mascot mess. There is no escape. All of the 7 choices are plain vanilla losers. Which ever is selected will not connect to our Pioneer spirit and accordingly will slowly fade away. It will NEVER connect to either the students or alums.
What a joke!
2:44, I'm offended, there are clear sexual undertones to "raised Denver arch".
There is one potential candidate that resembles a human western pioneer that could work (he looks more like a tough lumberjack) but all the rest of the candidates are awful...
This is how you end up with a color for a mascot. Or a bird when your name is Pioneer.
Wow, when there are complaints about a dog's head being offensive, the end of the world must be near.
Western pioneers did terrible things like cut down trees and pollute streams ,not to mention shooting Indians. Our fat little boon was much more peaceful.
4:20, revolting that a male lumberjack looking character would be in the running. He invokes all the same painful images as Boone.
Lumberjacks makes me think of Paul Bunyan. Folklore has it that Bunyan was born in the northeast and traveled west to Minnesota in the late 1800/early 1900's. This makes me think of western PIONEERS. This makes me think of Daniel Boone. This makes me think of racist murderers.
"No doubt about it, Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore."
Lumberjacks were, and still are, mean mothers. Friday night in a bar in a lumberjack town is a place to watch at least one fight per hour.
Funny; because I know a gay guy who works for the forest service. When he's not out looking at wood..... he's ....... looking at wood.
That's it!! We have the answer.
A gay lumberjack!
I bet Lubys date list is way long!
BARBER:
I wanted to be... a lumberjack!
Leaping from tree to tree, as they float down the mighty rivers of British Columbia. The Giant Redwood. The Larch. The Fir! The mighty Scots Pine! The lofty flowering Cherry! The plucky little Apsen! The limping Roo tree of Nigeria. The towering Wattle of Aldershot! The Maidenhead Weeping Water Plant! The naughty Leicestershire Flashing Oak! The flatulent Elm of West Ruislip! The Quercus Maximus Bamber Gascoigni! The Epigillus! The Barter Hughius Greenus!
With my best buddy by my side, we'd sing! Sing! Sing!
[singing]
I'm a lumberjack, and I'm okay.
I sleep all night and I work all day.
MOUNTIES:
He's a lumberjack, and he's okay.
He sleeps all night and he works all day.
BARBER:
I cut down trees. I eat my lunch.
I go to the lavatory.
On Wednesdays I go shoppin'
And have buttered scones for tea.
MOUNTIES:
He cuts down trees. He eats his lunch.
He goes to the lavatory.
On Wednesdays he goes shopping
And has buttered scones for tea.
He's a lumberjack, and he's okay.
He sleeps all night and he works all day.
BARBER:
I cut down trees. I skip and jump.
I like to press wild flowers.
I put on women's clothing
And hang around in bars.
MOUNTIES:
He cuts down trees. He skips and jumps.
He likes to press wild flowers.
He puts on women's clothing
And hangs around in bars?!
He's a lumberjack, and he's okay.
He sleeps all night and he works all day.
BARBER:
I cut down trees. I wear high heels,
Suspendies, and a bra.
I wish I'd been a girlie,
Just like my dear Papa.
MOUNTIES:
He cuts down trees. He wears high heels,
Suspendies, and a bra?!
[talking]
What's this? Wants to be a girlie?! Oh, My!
And I thought you were so rugged! Poofter!...
[singing]
He's a lumberjack, and he's okay.
He sleeps all night and he works all day.
He's a lumberjack, and he's okaaaaay.
He sleeps all night and he works all day.
My God, what took us so long? A gay lumberjack---perfect!!
No question the 7 DU mascot concepts are extremely weak but some are worse than others. Boone supporters need to think strategically - which new option will be best for Boone in the long run? Rallying around a particularly flawed concept could undermine the process but will require coordination among Boone supporters.
By eliminating Boone from the selection process, DU has left itself blind to just how poorly these concepts compare to Boone. This may have been an unintended gift to the Boone movement.
What are these seven options of which you speak? Those of us who are not wired into the task force or focus group would love to know.
Jackalope Dog Horse Elk Robot Mountaineer and ???
Astronaut.
One of the original astronauts graduated from C.U. NOT D.U.
I can hear the teasing coming at us from Boulder .
Scott Carpenter actually never graduated from CU - he never sat for one of his final exams his senior year, leaving him one class short.
The university awarded him the degree after he completed his Mercury Program flight.
This is definitely different...
I'm from CT, and I can say that the new UConn logo is a joke...but, the whole rape thing is also a joke
was Scott carpenter gay? If he wasn't we can always blow off C.U.'s teasing us by saying our astronaut is different from theirs.
So their!!
The astronaut did not make the cut into the current seven concepts.
Right now, it's a trailblazer (kind of a barrel-chested, bearded mountain man that just might work with some westernization) and some truly godawful other choices - Dog, Elk, Horse, Robot, Jackalope and a pair of mountaineers (regular young people with climbing equipment).
Expect the list to get narrowed soon.
Jackalope? Dog? Elk? Horse? Robot Mountaineer? Astronaut? Are you shittin' me, Herm?
Anyone involved with this farce must have the awareness of a mollusk, not to realize what a joke these choices are and how silly they look participating in this charade.
I'm guessing the only way to get the message across to these idiots is to refuse to purchase any DU gear bearing the new logo. When they're forced to give away T-shirts with the new logo on them as a premium for buying a Denver Dog, maybe they'll get the message. I'm hoping to see dramatic markdowns, 2 or 3 for 1.
What bothers me the most is not the ridiculous, PC driven, no facts offered in evidence, anecdotal fetish to replace Boone. That's bad enough. But this phony "process" to find Boone's replacement is adding insult to injury. The Supreme Soviet was more open and democratic.
The hole they are digging for themselves keeps getting deeper and deeper. Keep digging.
Folks,
All the comments on this site don't mean c rap. The only thing the (utterly incompetent) DU Trustees will understand and get them out from under the rock where the live is to stop donating, stop buying tickets, and stop buying DU merchandise.
When the big donors have to step in to make up the difference, that'll cost them a nice trip to Paris, or Monte Carlo. Then things will change.
All this talk is useless unless you are willing to back up your talk with actions.
Stop giving money to DU until they change.
There were several Boone t-shirt giveaways this season. Did anyone here get the message Old P is talking about?
Lets DEMAND the Robot!
Look. The robot is the only choice. DU then must recruit any player named Will Robinson. It has to be done.
Watch out! Robots are notorious for losing control and running amuck. They can cause great damage, even rape.
Rob, the raping robot.
I'd wear a robot t-shirt if I got one for free but I'd pay for a well designed elk t-shirt.
My neighbor payed almost 2 grand for robotic lawnmower, called the MowBot. It went haywire on him; jumped the curb, went across the street, jumped the other curb, cut a line in the neighbor's grass, ran through a flower bed, destroyed everything in its path, then it got wedged against the house, spinning its wheels at high speed, throwing landscape rocks in all directions, and a rock broke the neighbor's front window. Funniest shit I've ever seen.....and that is a TRUE story. lol
I'd come to a DU hockey game just to see the Robots On Ice show between periods. Although live elk on the ice would be pretty good too.
Tip to UND hockey players: when the cops come, it wasn't lawnmower tossing, your MowBot just went haywire.
I got a free Boone t-shirt before a CC game. It's great but I would never have paid for it.
I am here to promote my idea for the new mascot...
Wait...
Wait for it...
A robotic cat! Actually, a calico robotic cat!! Multi-colored cats are more inclusive!!!
Obviously, MeowBot is the only acceptable name for such an innately awesome mascot.
robots are incapable of thinking. They literally have no mind. A drone is a flying robot. You tell it where to drop the bomb-it drops the bomb. The fact that innocent children are killed means nothing to the drone. It has no mind, no feeling.
Is this what symbolize the D.U. pioneering spirit? I pray not!
Damn those toga loving Boone supporters, the robot is going to take advantage of indecisive athletic supporters.
The robot controls all. You can not fight the robot. Get used to it.
All hail to the robot. The flying baby killer.
Just what D.U. needs, a mindless, non thinking piece of electrical wiring and gears.
Off topic; and honestly, probably not very welcome news based on the Gwozdecky firing chatter here.... but you have to admit, Montgomery is ripping through the USHL playoffs. They're now leading the Eastern finals series 2-0 over Youngstown. He's got a great group of guys; I'll be shocked if they don't play for the league title.
If you have a picture of a robot (or Boone for that matter) on your t-shirt, the only way you're getting "it" will be to pay for "it".
How much longer with visits here be greeted with a view of that weird looking dog?
There must be some graduate degree program that Luby would like at DU. If she didn't like the UConn Husky, she will love Denver Boone!
I found a picture of Boone's main competition:
http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hub/53/file-23122541-jpg/blog/images/google-bot.jpg
It's no gay lumberjack but look at that hardware!
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