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Help Roanoke pick a mascot.(BEHIND the NEWS)(Brief article)
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University Business
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June 1, 2008
- Author:
- Goral, Tim
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QUESTION: WHAT IS A MAROON?
a. It's a color somewhere between red and brown.
b. It's one-fifth of a popular recording act.
c. It's the name given to 18th-century slaves who escaped to the West Indies.
d. It's what Bugs Bunny often called Elmer Fudd.
e. It's the nickname for the athletic teams at Roanoke College (Va.).
Whatever answer you chose is correct--and that's the problem. Roanoke College has never had a proper mascot, partly because it's so hard to nail. down a definition of the word. "People keep asking, 'What is a Maroon?" says Teresa Geraux, director of public relations. "It's a color, but that's a bit of a ...