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Dixie State College of Utah

Nickname: Rebels

Mascot: Reb the Red Hawk

What's happening: The antebellum nickname may one day be history.

The details: The Board of Trustees at the University of Utah recently accepted a petition by Dixie State to affiliate with the university. As part of that process, Dixie State's trustees proposed that its new name be the University of Utah, St. George, and that the "Rebels" nickname be eliminated.

The plan will be

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