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The athletic nickname, or equivalently athletic moniker, of a university or college within the United States is the name officially adopted by that institution for at least the members of its athletic teams. A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects College ( Latin collegium) is a term most often used today to denote an Educational Institution. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A team comprises a group of people or Animals linked in a common purpose Typically as a matter of engendering school spirit, the institution either officially or unofficially uses this moniker of the institution's athletic teams also as a nickname to refer to people associated with the institution, especially its current students, but also often its alumni, its faculty, and its administration as well. For the term see School spirit School Spirit is a 1985 Comedy film about High school student who is killed A moniker (or " monicker " is a Slang expression for a Nickname, Pseudonym, or Cognomen. A nickname is a Name of an entity or thing that is not its Proper name. The word student is etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation Verb "studēre" A faculty is a division within a University. The concept of a university with different faculties for different subjects dates back to Al-Azhar University, which had An academic administration is a branch of University or College employees responsible for the maintenance and supervision of the institution and separate from the This practice at the university and college tertiary higher-education level has proven so popular that it extended to the high school secondary-education level in the USA and in recent years even to the primary-education level as well. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

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Themes

In the USA, multiple recurring themes have appeared over time for choosing a school's athletic nickname. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the In almost all cases, the institution chooses an athletic nickname with an overtly positive goal in mind, where that goal reflects the character of the institution—either a previously established characteristic or a characteristic hoped for as a goal henceforth.

Abstract concept

Often by choosing an abstract concept as its athletic moniker, the institution wants to inspire its student-athletes on and off the field to achieve success that the abstract concept represents. Examples: Stanford Cardinal, UIC Flames, Tulane Green Wave

Animal

Often by choosing an animal, the school wants to emphasize the instillation of fear of losing athletic competititons to the institutions teams, such as through an especially fierce or stealthy animal. The Stanford Cardinal is the nickname of the athletic teams at Stanford University. The University of Illinois at Chicago, or UIC, is a state-funded public research university located in Chicago. NCAA intercollegiate sports Football See also Tulane Green Wave football The Tulane football team established in 1893 competes in NCAA Division Fear is an Emotional response to Threats and Danger. It is a basic survival mechanism occurring in response to a specific Stimulus, such as When the school chooses an animal as its athletic nickname, usually in the plural or as a collective noun for a group of that animal, then typically the school has that animal (in the singular) as its mascot, either specifically named with a proper noun or generically referred to without a proper noun. The term mascot – defined as a term for any person animal or object thought to bring Luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common Examples: Princeton Tigers, Wisconsin Badgers, Yale Bulldogs

Collection

Often by choosing a collection that represents a summary of the institution's students or of its history. Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. The Wisconsin Badgers are the collegiate athletic teams from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Such a collection may refer to an ethnicity; a profession; religious designation, such as saints; or other groupings of people. The term profession is applied to those persons who have specialized and technical skill or knowledge which they apply for a fee to certain tasks that ordinary and unqualified people cannot A portion of athletic monikers that fall into this collection category started originally as derogatory epithets from others, but as an act of defiance, the school embraced the term as a rallying cry to overcome the term's negative origin. Words and phrases are pejorative if they imply disapproval or contempt An epithet (from Greek ἐπίθετον - epitheton, neut of ἐπίθετος - epithetos, "attributed added" is a Because a collection is hard to represent or iconify, when a school chooses a collection as its athletic nickname, the school typically chooses a related but different mascot that symbolizes that collection. An icon (from Greek εἰκών eikōn, "image" is a religious work of art most commonly a painting from Eastern Christianity. The term mascot – defined as a term for any person animal or object thought to bring Luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common Examples: Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Oklahoma Sooners, Purdue Boilermakers

Hero or archetype

A small number of schools choose an archetypical heroic person as their official athletic nickname. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are the varsity sports teams of the University of Notre Dame. The University of Oklahoma features 17 varsity sports teams Both men's and women's teams are called the Sooners, a nickname given to individuals who participated in the Boilermakers is the official moniker for the intercollegiate athletic teams of Purdue University. An archetype ( pronounced: /ˈɑːkɪtaɪp/ (Brit or /ˈɑrkɪtaɪp/ (Amer This person may be a graduate of the school who is viewed as embodying the school's mission. In religiously-affiliated schools, this person may be a historical person in the religion who has been bestowed an official designation in that religion, such as a saint in Roman Catholic or Orthodox Christianity. A saint (from the Latin sanctus) is a human being to whom has been attributed (and who has generally demonstrated a high level of Holiness and Sanctity The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian Communion in the world

Native American likeness

Likenesses to Native Americans were at one time widely-popular athletic monikers, especially for schools that adopted them in the nineteenth century or early twentieth century. Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States In recent years, Native American organizations have protested the unlicensed use of likenesses of native Americans related to team names, team logos, athletic monikers, cheerleaders, and cheering techniques. A logo ( Greek el λογότυπος = el-Latn logotypos is a graphical element ( Ideogram, Symbol, Emblem, Icon, Sign) Cheerleading is a Sport that uses organized routines made from elements of Tumbling, Dance, jumps and stunting to direct spectators of events The granting of overtly-expressed written licenses by native American organizations to use likenesses of Native Americans in these ways is rare, although not unheard of. In one notable example, two major groups of the Seminole nation, the Seminole Tribe of Florida and Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, have expressly given Florida State University permission to use the nickname "Seminoles" and certain Seminole imagery. The Seminole are a Native American people originally of Florida and now residing in Florida and Oklahoma. Florida State University (commonly referred to as Florida State or FSU) is a public Research University located in Tallahassee Central Michigan University has a similar arrangement with the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe to use the name "Chippewas". Central Michigan University (also known as CMU) is a Coeducational State university located in Mount Pleasant in the U Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation is a band of Chippewa Indians (or Ojibwe located in central Michigan in the United States.

Because of protests from Native American organizations, some schools have promptly changed their athletic moniker and mascot and cheering practices without significant objection once the issue was raised, especially if such offense toward a group of people was viewed as incompatible with that school's stated mission or if the threat of legal action was too burdensome. Other schools or their student body have defiantly defended their use of Native American likenesses, especially if the institution views the use of Native American likenesses as respectful or so intimately tied with history to be inseparable from the institution, such as if the name of institution derives from the name of a Native American tribe. Still other schools have embarked on a tumultuous selection of a series of failed attempts to find a replacement for a previous athletic nickname that was a likeness of a Native American. For such schools there may even be a point in the dispute to consider the possibility of return to the previously-discarded Native American likeness as the school's athletic moniker or its mascot.

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