Valparaiso University’s controversial Crusader mascot is on the way out, with the decision on a new mascot expected to come from the university’s incoming president with input from the campus ...

Valparaiso University will stop using the Crusader as its mascot, the school announced Thursday. The 4,500-student Lutheran school in northwest Indiana will phase the images and name out in upcomin… ...

VALPARAISO, Ind. — Valparaiso University has adopted the Beacons as its new team name, replacing the Crusaders, a term school officials dropped this year after saying it had been embraced by hate ...

VALPARAISO — Valparaiso University has announced plans to retire its Crusader mascot, citing concerns about negative associations with religious oppression, violence and hate groups. Valparaiso ...

Valparaiso University to Drop 'Crusaders' Name Because Hate Groups Are Using It. The university said it will form a committee to help decide on a new mascot. By. Rachel DeSantis. Rachel DeSantis.

Valparaiso is not the first higher learning institution to grapple with a Crusader mascot. In 2000, Wheaton College in Illinois ditched the Crusader as its mascot .

The Valparaiso Crusader stood for nearly 80 years before it was officially removed by the school last Thursday citing imagery connected with hate groups, including the Ku Klux Klan.

Valparaiso will drop Crusaders nickname “The negative connotation and violence associated with the Crusader imagery are not reflective of Valpo’s mission and values, which promote a welcoming ...

Valparaiso University’s Crusader mascot may be on its way out. An effort to retire the university mascot because of its violent back story have waxed and waned over the years but alumni and the ...

OXFORD, Miss. -- When the Ole Miss Rebels host the Valparaiso Crusaders for a game of hoops this Saturday in the SJB Pavilion, it will be the first time the two programs have met on the court in ...

Valparaiso University is looking for a new identity after announcing this week that it will retire the Crusaders name, logo and mascot because of the “negative connotation and violence ...

Valparaiso’s decision to drop Crusaders nickname shows power of words Offensive names must go, yes. But there must be a stopping point, a point where we consider that all humans are flawed and ...