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Article: AND THEN THERE WERE TWO MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY NICKNAME CHOICES ARE NARROWED TO HILLTOPPERS AND GOLDEN EAGLES.(LOCAL/WISCONSIN)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- June 8, 2005
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Byline: Carrie Antlfinger Associated Press
MILWAUKEE -- Marquette University students, season ticket holders, faculty and alumni aren't straying far from tradition: they picked two options for a new nickname that were already associated with the school.
A vote over the last couple weeks showed the two names that received the most attention out of 10 options were Golden Eagles and Hilltoppers, the current and a former nickname, respectively.
The hoopla started a year ago when two members from the Marquette Board of Trustees each offered to give the school $1 million if it returned the nickname to Warriors, which was changed in 1994 because it ...