Squirrels and other small rodents scrambled for their lives as a Red Tailed Hawk soared over the lush campus of MB Biblical Seminary recently.The squawk of the hawk could be heard from the Mission Court Apartments, to the upper reaches of the Administrative House and the small corners of the faculty offices in the North Wing as MBBS'ers hailed the school's new mascot.
"I heard it like a voice crying in the wilderness," Academic Dean Lynn Jost did not say. "I looked out my window and saw it soaring above the fountain in the rose garden. It looked me in the eye and I could feel it warning me not to ride my bike to work anymore unless I wanted to feel its talons crush my helmet and mess up my hair."
(Jost has not been seen riding his bike to work during July, which makes this reporter think...Watch Out!)
Several years ago the fountain in the seminary rose garden was built to accommodate a mascot of the soaring sort, but until the spring of 2007 no such mascot was found suitable. (Legend has it that one bald eagle was offered the post but turned it down when it wasn't offered an air conditioned perch in the big ol' mansion on campus.)
The mascot has yet to be named.
Sembits is seeking input on the name of our new mascot.
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Stampy.
George.
Henery (or, failing that, Henry).
Rawk Chawk.
Gottschawk (anyone remember the philosopher's first name?).
Hawkey.
Incidentally, Wikipedia says, "In February 2005 the Canadian scientist Dr Louis Lefebvre announced a method of measuring avian IQ in terms of their innovation in feeding habits. Hawks were named among the most intelligent birds based on this scale." The uber-intelligence almost makes up for a hawk being the mascot of an Anabaptist seminary...
I guess with that in mind, my favorite idea is "Hawkward," because it's got to be uncomfortable to be the symbol of war on an MB campus.
This is brilliantly ironic, really, to have a hawk as our mascot. He needs a name (is it a he? should we consider actual gender? or just use its mythical sex?).
Henry would be good, for H. Schmidt. Other possibilities would be Elmer, JET (after John E. Toews), or Marvin (after the passing Marvin Hein).
Other possibilities:
Menno
Dirk (Willems? Diggler?)
Gilligan
Lois Lane
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