Your Email Address. Subscriber login Forgot Password? UAlbany's new and old athletic logos. Shares 0 Facebook Tweet Email. Leave a Reply Cancel reply You must be logged in to post a comment. The latest news delivered directly to your inbox every day at 3 p. Email Address. Fill out my online form. Share this Article Like this article? A Pedguin was an imaginary creature meant to represent UAlbany's status as a teacher college.
Penguin and the word "pedagogy" were merged in an epic fail that gave birth to the Pedguin and the school's athletic teams, The Pedagogues. It's nice to think the Pedguin is an extinct, handicapped fourth cousin of the Penguin, vindicating Darwin for totally calling natural selection; but sadly, the Pedguin met a more boring demise. In a shocking turn of events, the state of Pennsylvania also named the Great Dane its official state dog that year.
Whether or not Pennsylvania was trying to be cool like their German ancestors, whom if you remember bred these dogs for war , we'll never know. With a rap of his gavel, the Speaker confirmed that the 'arfs have it' and the 'Barking Dog Vote' entered the annals of legislative history.
Why change from Pedguin and Pedagogues to Great Danes? Like other American colleges at the time, UAlbany's campus population grew to include more men while the university's priorities shifted from teaching to research. Earle today is unclear, but it's safe to assume they do Dog of war? Connection to Batman? The only mascot of its kind? That's more than enough to qualify as America's greatest college mascot.
Until next time, you'll find me taking a dirt nap in the archives after angry Pedguin-loving alumni incinerate my apartment. Those alumni may be old, but if GWU's Colonial taught us anything, it's that old feisty people can mess you up. News U. Politics Joe Biden Congress Extremism.
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