"And the hits just come on coming on the team name/mascot front! This time, the injury appears to be self-inflicted.
According to Fox News, Maranatha Baptist University, a Christian college in Watertown, Wisconsin, made the decision internally to eschew its moniker, the “Crusaders,” after nearly 50 years. The reason given by university officials?
To better fit in with a “more global society.”
Fox News’ Joshua Rhett Miller writes:
Matt Davis, the university’s executive vice president, said no complaints have been received by the school and stressed that it [the team name change] coincides with its [the school’s] name change from Maranatha Baptist College in December.
“But I also agree that times change and we understand that context changes,” Davis told FoxNews.com. “Our world has changed since 9/11 and we’ve become a more global society with the Internet. The heartbeat behind this was not political correctness, but expanded opportunities for our students"
Quote: Cincinnatus wrote in post #1"And the hits just come on coming on the team name/mascot front! This time, the injury appears to be self-inflicted.
According to Fox News, Maranatha Baptist University, a Christian college in Watertown, Wisconsin, made the decision internally to eschew its moniker, the “Crusaders,” after nearly 50 years. The reason given by university officials?
To better fit in with a “more global society.”
Fox News’ Joshua Rhett Miller writes:
Matt Davis, the university’s executive vice president, said no complaints have been received by the school and stressed that it [the team name change] coincides with its [the school’s] name change from Maranatha Baptist College in December.
“But I also agree that times change and we understand that context changes,” Davis told FoxNews.com. “Our world has changed since 9/11 and we’ve become a more global society with the Internet. The heartbeat behind this was not political correctness, but expanded opportunities for our students"
Cool and ever so sensitive. Henceforth its teams will be known as the Maranatha Baptist College Dhimmis.
Zitat “Our world has changed since 9/11 and we’ve become a more global society with the Internet. The heartbeat behind this was not political correctness, but expanded opportunities for our students.”
And it will please their new global collectivist overlords to boot.