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  2. Wheaton College (Illinois) - Wikipedia

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    Wheaton rejected other suggestions for a new mascot name, including the Mastodons — a reference to Perry Mastodon, which is a mastodon skeleton that was excavated nearby and is now on display on the college campus in the brand new science building. While still known by the nickname "Thunder", in 2010, the college officially changed its mascot ...

  3. Wheaton Lyons - Wikipedia

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    Wheaton's mascot is a Lyon, named after founding principal Mary Lyon which can be traced back to the early 1980s. [3] On October 14, 2016, the Wheaton College Athletic Department announced the first-ever mascot name for the Lyon...

  4. Perry Mastodon - Wikipedia

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    The mastodon inspired some Wheaton College alumni to submit Mastodons as a suggestion for the school's mascot when the school was seeking to change its mascot. Perry Mastodon also inspired a song called Perry, the Mastodon by college campus band, The Two Twangs. The mastodon has been the victim of many pranks over the years.

  5. Wheaton College (Massachusetts) - Wikipedia

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    Wheaton College is a private liberal arts college in Norton, Massachusetts. Wheaton was founded in 1834 as a female seminary . The trustees officially changed the name of the Wheaton Female Seminary to Wheaton College in 1912 after receiving a college charter from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

  6. List of college mascots in the United States - Wikipedia

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    University of Miami mascot Sebastian the Ibis makes the signature "The U" hand gesture, December 2007. This is an incomplete list of U.S. college mascots' names, consisting of named incarnations of live, costumed, or inflatable mascots.

  7. Category:Wheaton College (Illinois) - Wikipedia

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  8. Religious symbolism in U.S. sports team names and mascots

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    Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, Michigan - Mascot is a St. Bernard dog; Carroll College, Helena, Montana - Mascot is "Halo"", a St. Bernard dog; College of St. Joseph, Rutland, Vermont - Fighting Saints (Closed due to financial problems in 2019) College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, Minnesota - St. Bernard dog used in some fan items

  9. List of college nickname changes in the United States

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    Cleveland State Vikings – Fenn College used the nickname of the "Foxes" until the school was renamed in 1965. Coastal Carolina Chanticleers – When Coastal was founded in 1954 as a junior college, the school's nickname was "Trojans". It adopted its current nickname shortly after becoming a part of the University of South Carolina in 1960 ...