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Oskee-Wow-Wow (along with "Illinois Loyalty") is the official fight song of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. [1] The song was written in 1910 by two students, Harold Vater Hill, Class of 1911 (1889–1917), credited with the music, and Howard Ruggles Green, Class of 1912 (1890–1969), credited with the lyrics.
The "rebel yell" was a battle cry used by Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War. Finnish light cavalry troops in the Swedish Army in the 17th and 18th centuries would use the battle cry "Hakkaa päälle!" ("Cut them down!" in Finnish), lending them the name Hackapell.
The origin of the cry is uncertain. One theory is that the rebel yell was born of a multi-ethnic mix. In his book The Rebel Yell: A Cultural History, Craig A. Warren puts forward various hypotheses on the origins of the rebel yell: Native American, Celt, Black or sub-Saharan, Semitic, Arab or Moorish, or an inter-ethnic mix. He puts forward the ...
The Black national anthem “Lift Every Voice and Sing” has sparked social media-fueled backlash in the lead-up to Sunday’s Super Bowl in New Orleans.
Trinity University Red and Black shall ever cry T-RI-NI-TY T-R-I-N-I-T-Y Trinity! This yell, attested in the 1947 edition of the Trinity and St. Hilda's Colleges Song Book, is long since defunct. The yell is believed to have its origins in the late 19th century, when the institution was formally known as Trinity University.
The time has come for the University of North Carolina to host the Chelsea and Wrexham football clubs at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill — the first time the two teams will meet for a match since 1984.
Sarah Strong is the No. 1 women’s basketball prospect in the country. She’s also a top recruiting target for coach Dawn Staley and the No. 1 Gamecocks.. Those two points came to a head Sunday ...
Honor to our college Minnesota U. Loyal to thy standards We'll never be untrue. Underneath thy pennant Pulses beat with pride And victory e'er shall be our aim O'er the nationwide, (Yell) Minnesota, hats off to thee, To thy colors true we shall ever be... Firm and strong, united are we. Rah, rah, rah, for Ski-U-Ma, Rah, rah, rah, rah, rah, rah ...