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Post by Thunder Good-Oil on Sept 5, 2013 12:54:00 GMT -5
Isn't it kind of flat over on the west end of KY? Shouldn't they be the Flatlanders instead of the Hilltoppers?
Big Red is an awesome mascot. I hope that he makes the trip.
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Post by Lone Nut on Sept 5, 2013 13:49:51 GMT -5
There is apparently an actual hill on the campus according to my cousins who went there. But western Kentucky on the whole is pretty dang flat. Oh and Big Red's mamma and daddy are might proud of him.  |
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Post by Mauler on Sept 5, 2013 14:40:29 GMT -5
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Post by relic on Sept 5, 2013 17:23:47 GMT -5
Western Kentucky is known as the “Hilltoppers.” This is likely due to the fact that the campus is on the top of a large hill.
"Legend has it that the school started at the bottom of the hill, but the founder, Henry Hardin Cherry, thought it would be poignant to have the campus located at the top of the hill. So, one day, they moved, with each student carrying a piece of furniture, they marched to the top of the hill to the new campus.
Since then, the campus has expanded, gradually moving towards the bottom of the hill on the other side of campus. Now it is convieniently designed to where most of the dorms* are located at the bottom of the hill and the academic buildings are at the top of the hill, meaning that each day, Western Kentucky students truely are hilltoppers and have to climb a hill every day walking to class.
The mascot, who is a giant red blob, is simply called Big Red. Big Red was designed in the late 1970′s. Since it’s really difficult to convey visually what a “Hilltopper” might look like, the person commissioned to design the mascot didn’t even try.
Captain Caveman was used to come up with some of the early prototypes."
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Post by relic on Sept 5, 2013 17:39:44 GMT -5
Hmm...who the freak is Captain Caveman?
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Post by Magnum on Sept 5, 2013 18:26:46 GMT -5
Yeah, Henry Hardin CHerry never got made fun of, I bet. |
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Post by Rudedog on Sept 5, 2013 18:29:17 GMT -5
Hmm...who the freak is Captain Caveman? Someone will say it is me since I was around in the caveman days.  |
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Post by relic on Sept 5, 2013 18:41:05 GMT -5
Yeah, Henry Hardin CHerry never got made fun of, I bet. Love that about you Mister. (you got a wit that's quick as loose ____!) |
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