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Students press trustees to adopt a new mascot; "kingfisher" campaign draws attention
Summary
Multiple students urged the board to adopt an official mascot for the University of Illinois, promoting a student-designed beltied kingfisher as a widely supported option and urging administration action to replace the former chief imagery.
Several students and alumni used the board's public comment period to press trustees and campus leaders to adopt a new official mascot, saying the campus has drifted without a modern symbol since the removal of the former chief imagery.
Avery Sanborn, a student who said she grew up local, called for action and described a student-designed female belted kingfisher as "a mascot as fierce and innovative as our students." Sanborn said the kingfisher has received strong campus…
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