DEMOCRATIC state rep in MS wants Colonel Reb back as Ole Miss mascot

[alp227]

State Rep. Mark DuVall (D-Mantachic, Mississippi) introduced House Bill 1106: "The University of Mississippi shall bear the nickname 'Ole Miss Rebels' and its mascot shall be 'Colonel Rebel.' The University of Mississippi's marching band ... shall play the song 'Dixie' before, during and after home and away football games and basketball games at which the band, or a portion of the band, is present." More at CNN, which explains:

The university, which in recent years has sought to dim the Old South imagery associated with the institution, retired the white-haired and moustachioed mascot in 2003.

Ole Miss, a Southeastern Conference member, went without a mascot until October 2010, when students adopted Rebel Black Bear in a campuswide vote.

[sudopod]

1. IT'S A TRAP nt

[davidinalameda]

2. just saw that he's a Mississippi State grad

think he might be playing a trick on his UM brethren

DuVall is a farmer and laborer. He earned his AS from Itawamba Community College and BS from Mississippi State University.

http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Mark_DuVall