Arkansas State plans to drop its Indian mascot
JONESBORO, Ark. -- Arkansas State plans to retire its Indian mascot after being targeted by an NCAA ban on ethnically or racially hostile or abusive nicknames.
Chancellor Robert L. Potts on Wednesday formed a committee to solicit ideas for a new mascot. He did not release a timetable for when American Indian imagery would be retired or when a new mascot would be announced.
A previous committee unanimously endorsed dropping the Indian mascot. Potts said the search for a new mascot should be as broad as possible, saying he had taken note of letters to newspaper editors, media contests, e-mails and other communications received at his office.
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