January 5, 2001
Endangered Mascot Watch
SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
MASCOT:
CossacksCRITICS SAY: The Russian Cossack horseman is a symbol of rape and murder, invoking the image of the soldiers blamed for massacres of Jews and members of other ethnic groups.WHAT'S HAPPENED: The California university recently decided to redesign its logo and consider several new mascots. But the president, Ruben Armiana, opted to keep the Cossacks, noting that "there's no way to say one
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