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University of San Francisco will ditch longtime mascot after complaints
Posted on 11/3/26 at 10:47 am
Posted on 11/3/26 at 10:47 am
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The University of San Francisco plans to ditch its longtime mascot, Don Francisco, after complaints that the character represents Spanish colonialism in California.
The private Jesuit school said it plans to continue to call its sports teams the Dons but will adopt a new mascot — the wolf — next spring.
“We believe the time is right to revitalize our image and embrace a new mascot, one that is known for its intelligence, endurance, and ability to work cooperatively in its pack,” the university’s president, Salvador Aceves, wrote in a letter to the community.
The student senate voted in 2022 to retire Don Francisco, a stylized Spanish nobleman wearing a mask and cape. The resolution says the Don symbolizes the “history of colonization on the indigenous Ohlone land occupied by the university.”
The university said the mascot’s name is a nod to Don Francisco de Haro, the first mayor of the settlement that became San Francisco.
Posted on 11/3/26 at 10:49 am to LSUDVM1999
Shocking a school in San Francisco would act like figs
Posted on 11/3/26 at 10:50 am to LSUDVM1999
I am sure this will solve all of the problems on campus
Posted on 11/3/26 at 10:50 am to LSUDVM1999
TIL what the mascot for the University of San Francisco is.
Heck, does half of the student body know what their mascot is?
Heck, does half of the student body know what their mascot is?
Posted on 11/3/26 at 10:51 am to Marlboro Smooth
When do we hear how the redefine Jesuits to leave that pesky religious connection out?
Posted on 11/3/26 at 10:55 am to LSUDVM1999
quote:OH Lone!
The resolution says the Don symbolizes the “history of colonization on the indigenous Ohlone land occupied by the university.”
Surprised (upon consideration) that the mascot made it to 2026 there.
Fun fact: the Dons have two NCAA Basketball Tournament Championships
1955 & 1956
They also won the NIT in 1949 when it was a big deal.
Posted on 11/3/26 at 10:57 am to soccerfüt
Bill Russell was a Don
Posted on 11/3/26 at 10:57 am to LSUDVM1999
How will I sleep at night after this news?
Posted on 11/3/26 at 11:01 am to LSUDVM1999
The Don of a new era...a much gayer era, but new nonetheless.
Posted on 11/3/26 at 11:02 am to LSUDVM1999
A cartoon character?
Posted on 11/3/26 at 11:02 am to LSUDVM1999
Keep up with the times and call them the Sidewalk Shitters.
Posted on 11/3/26 at 11:02 am to LSUDVM1999
Soft
Posted on 11/3/26 at 11:05 am to LSUDVM1999
The oh so typical irony of Jesuit decision-making in education.
Posted on 11/3/26 at 11:06 am to LSUDVM1999
Bill Russell is not amused.
Posted on 11/3/26 at 11:08 am to LSUDVM1999
Posted on 11/3/26 at 11:09 am to LSUDVM1999
word on the street is the new mascot will be a trans mooslem with a goat on a leash and school colors will be changed to that of the palestinian flag.
Posted on 11/3/26 at 11:10 am to LSUDVM1999
Keep being the Dons and use this mascot:
Posted on 11/3/26 at 11:13 am to LSUDVM1999
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complaints that the character represents Spanish colonialism in California.
Posted on 11/3/26 at 11:17 am to LSUDVM1999
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The University of San Francisco plans to ditch its longtime mascot, Don Francisco, after complaints that the character represents Spanish colonialism in California.
Doesn't the name "San Francisco" represent Spanish colonialism in California?
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