Students About To Vote On Admiral Ackbar Ole Miss Mascot Bid
We can't repel silliness of this magnitude
Students at Ole Miss, or the University of Mississippi, are taking part in a drive to elect a new mascot, and have chosen as one of the most popular candidates for the position the fictional character Admiral Ackbar, from the Star Wars films. (Specifically from Episode VI: Return of the Jedi hes the talking fish in the last half of the movie.) At first, this seemed really goofy but it actually does make some sense.George Lucas will probably want more than a payday loans worth in licensing fees, however.
He IS the leader of the Rebel Alliance
For those of you who arent up to speed on the Original Trilogy, Admiral Ackbar is one the highest ranking figures in the Rebel Alliance, and helps lead the attack on the second Death Star.To sum up - rebels blow up the Death Star, Darth Vader dies (so it goes) and so forth. His (this is all fiction, or perhapsfish-ction?) homeworld is called Mon Calamari, so is this to say that had the Empire won, he would have been cut up, battered, fried, and served with a spicy mayonnaise dip? But enough of that, back to the real world.
I find their lack of a mascot disturbing
Ole Miss sports teams are The Rebels, and the previous mascot had been called Colonel Reb, a Southern Gentleman type (resembles a young Colonel Sanders) that is presumably a plantation owner or something along those lines, that was removed due to controversy.One can see why it should have gone - for those that aren't in the know, Ole Miss was the first university to be integrated, and riots broke out when James Meredith was the first African American to enroll and attend, with National Guard escort.(The Governor of the state tried to keep Meredith from attending on the GI Bill, which makes the former governor racist AND unpatriotic. He was fined over $ 10,000 for his stunt, far more than a cash advance can cover.)
Since the removal of the previous mascot, Ole Miss students have been trying to fill the void with another mascot which would still be a Rebel, AND be non-offensiveand the Supreme Commander of the Rebel Alliance? Cant be any more rebel than that!
It's A Trap!
I had to get that line in somewhere, and I hadn't thought of any way yet. Oh, how am I NOT supposed to go there?
Back to reality
The vote is starting to get close, and two questions remain if Admiral Ackbar IS elected the new mascot, will the school and alumni back it, and if so, what does (and this is the important part) George Lucas have to say about it? In any event, this ought to be interesting. May the Force be with them.
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