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San Diego State University Senate votes to create task force to select new mascot Suggestions include 'Amu' a Kumeyaay bighorn sheep SDSU Mascot debate and last updated 2021-05-05 23:21:35-04 SAN DIEGO (KGTV) -- Tuesday, the San Diego State University senate passed a resolution urging the school to start the process of selecting a new university mascot. It's a discussion that comes around every few years to keep or get rid of San Diego State University's "Aztec" identity. "It just comes down to just being flat-out offensive," SDSU Native American Student Alliance member Jerimy Billy said. Tue...

A representative from the university stated that the Aztec name would still remain in use, but not the Aztec Warrior mascot. Instead, what's being proposed would be a replacement of the imagery used in place of the warrior. "In May 2018, SDSU announced that the university will retain the Aztec name, but will no longer refer to the Aztec as the university mascot," SDSU's Lainie Fraser said in an email to NBC 7. "As a reminder, following the conclusion of the 2018 Aztec Identity Task Force and their subsequent report, visible changes were immediately made to the Aztec Warrior to achieve a respe...

The longtime ‘Aztec’ imagery and ‘Monty Montezuma’ may be no more. Tuesday, the SDSU Senate passed a resolution calling for a commission to propose at least two Kumeyaay-named animals to be the new official mascot. San Diego State University Aztec mascot known as Monty Montezuma. The resolution will not “replace the Aztec moniker or name,” but rather the Aztec Warrior imagery associated with the school. This is just the latest of many failed attempts by students, faculty and alumni to change something that people have not had any issues with for decades. SDSU’s website says in ...

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