UNLV will retire 'Hey Reb!' mascot but keep 'Rebels' nickname
UNLV will retire 'Hey Reb!' mascot but keep its 'Rebels' nickname saying it refers to trailblazing spirit, not the Confederacy, after it removed a statue during summer BLM controversy UNLV President Keith E. Whitfield said in a letter to students that 'for all intents and purposes' the mascot had been retired since last spring Whitfield noted that a number of other schools and some NFL teams do not have mascots He added that the school did not have a mascot in the 1970s, as the school shifted away from another previous mascot that was deemed racist In 1982, UNLV introduced Hey Reb! which was ...
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