LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse has named its eagle mascot “Colbert” after Comedy Central TV host Stephen Colbert.
More than 3,100 students participated in the vote, whose results were announced Friday.
Colbert received 44 percent of the votes, followed by Ernie with 14 percent and Edgar and Screech with 11 percent each.
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A Comedy Central spokesman says the fake political pundit wouldn’t comment on the honor.
The university of 10,000 originally chose the name Eddie. But the National Rifle Association said it trademarked that name for its gun-safety mascot.
The host of “The Colbert Report” recently campaigned to have a room in the international space station named after him. NASA instead named a treadmill after him.
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