2024年3月2日 · After over 40 years of failed attempts, IU adopted a promising figure: the bison. An animal once native to Bloomington and showcased on the Indiana state seal, the bison was voted by the student senate to serve as the official mascot in 1965.

2024年7月12日 · In 1916, IU had its most notable and controversial live mascot when a gray eagle was captured on campus, and students, believing eagles to be omens of good luck, elected to make it their...

2025年3月18日 · Others accused IU of stealing the idea from North Dakota State, which has a bison named Thundar as its mascot, or from Colorado, whose mascot is a live bison named Ember (originally Ralphie the ...

2025年3月18日 · IU's Bison mascot at a game on Sept 23, 1967. The new Indiana University bison mascot in October 1966, played by junior Morrie Erickson, with IU cheerleader Micki Garber. In the 1960s,...

2023年1月17日 · Indiana University athletic teams have been known as the Hoosiers since 1923, but you may be asking what exactly is a Hoosier anyway? And why has IU not had a mascot for 43 years? It's time to dive into one of the most essential topics known to humankind: The history of college mascots, specifically IU's missing mascot.

2024年8月21日 · After 40 years of failure, the great American bison, an animal native to Bloomington and rooted in the Indiana state seal, became the official mascot in 1965.

2025年3月18日 · In 1965, the student senate determined that IU needed a mascot, and voted to make the bison the university’s official mascot, inspired by Indiana’s state seal. IU's Bison mascot at a game on ...

1 天前 · Indiana never had a live bison for a mascot, as the idea was nixed by university officials due to a variety of reasons, including the size and weight of the animal, which can weigh more than 2,000 ...

2024年12月17日 · On Monday, IUSG voted in favor of the bill, the “Bring Back the Bison Act of 2024,” to reinstate the bison mascot as IU’s official mascot. The bill states that doing so would help in “strengthening the sense of pride and unity amongst students and supporters of …

While a physical mascot may never become a mainstay for Indiana University, few nicknames are as unique and representative as the Hoosier is to the folks from Bloomington and the state of...