History must be erased to appease the progressive kids who did nothing to build this school. They are superior to the legacy of Lewis and Clark, you see.
Oregon Live reports:
Lewis & Clark College no longer wants to be a ‘Pioneer,’ planning to adopt a new mascotSoon, Lewis & Clark College will no longer be the home of the “Pioneers.”Citing a survey of students, staff, faculty, and alumni that highlighted current student’s low support of the existing mascot, the school has decided its time for a change. They will retire the “Pioneer” mascot after more than 80 years and adopt a new mascot.“Citing in particular remarkably low support for the mascot among current students, the report recommends that we begin the process of adopting and embracing a new mascot,” school President Robin H. Holmes-Sullivan said in a letter to the Lewis & Clark community. “This is not a decision I take lightly.”The history of the Pioneer name dates back to 1942, according to the school’s website.The student newspaper began publishing as the “Lewis & Clark Pioneer Log” in 1942. In 1946, the football team followed the newspaper’s precedent and took the name Pioneers. “Pioneer Pete” appeared in illustrations and in human form as a “as a jolly, good natured fellow, with a large toothy grin, and dressed in the true pioneer fashion” for a short time during the 1950′s.The trend of jettisoning the Pioneers name began in recent years highlighted by students renaming the student newspaper to “The Mossy Log.” The Editor-in-Chief at the time said the Pioneer name “had to go” because it upheld “the colonial legacy.” Other groups within the college also started to drop the name.
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