YCD now turns the floor over to Colonel Will:
By Colonel Will
The Ypsilanti Board of Education got it wrong again.
Narrowing down its list of finalists Monday for a new mascot to a quartet of lame choices – the Titans, the Generals, the Olympians and the Phoenix – the school board, whose own mascot should be the “Numbskulls,” again missed the boat.
The Numbskulls ignored the obvious choices, which could easily have been narrowed down to two natural choices:
The Bloods and the Crips. Let the students fight it out to see which one emerges.
Think of the built-in intimidation that comes along with either choice; the Dexter Dreadnaughts and Chelsea Bulldogs would definitely have a lot on their minds, upon lining up against either the Bloods or the Crips at Shadford Field on a Friday night.
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I can accept "Generals" as a finalist, since our town is named for one (although that doesn't make it any less lame as a mascot). But Titans, Olympians, and Phoenix??? Come on! "Royals" wasn't a great idea, but it's better than these.
What about all the great locally significant possibilities? The Hurons (since EMU dumped it). The Water Tower. The Bombers (better for Willow Run, but it still works). The Underwear (OK, it's silly, but still something Ypsi was historically known for).
HONESTLY, I think the kids had it right last year with 'Royals'.
Bombers would be good too
How about the "Braves"?
That sounds like a great team name for the new Ypsi High.
Tell the Religious Right, the ACLU, and anyone else that doesn't like it to piss off.
Yeah, gtfan, Braves it SHOULD still be but in lieu of good sense I thought Royals was a fine choice AND totally kid-approved
I agree with you, but the entire exercise is again, just politically correctness going overboard.
Middle-schoolers might be able to get birth control without parental consent but you can't say "braves" or "redskins" because somebody's feelings get hurt.
Go figure.
I'll tomahawk chop to that GlimmerTwin fan
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