September 28, 2001

Mascot Watch

By THOMAS BARTLETT

New Mexico Highlands University and McNeese State University

Mascot: Sports teams at both institutions are known as the Cowboys.

Problem: Wyoming was there first. The state and the University of Wyoming both use as their symbol a silhouette of a rider atop a bucking horse. The state symbol, a trademark, has appeared on license plates since 1936. The university adopted its symbol in 1921. A graduate of the University of Wyoming warned New Mexico Highlands officials that the

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