{"id":1216833,"date":"2022-01-14T15:34:50","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T20:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1216833"},"modified":"2022-01-14T15:34:57","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T20:34:57","slug":"western-washington-u-may-dump-viking-mascot-for-idolizing-conquest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/western-washington-u-may-dump-viking-mascot-for-idolizing-conquest\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Washington U. May Dump Viking Mascot for &#039;Idolizing Conquest&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwestern-washington-u-may-dump-viking-mascot-for-idolizing-conquest%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1216833&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Western Washington University (WWU) is mulling the idea of scrapping its Viking mascot, claiming it is \u201ca figure that is potentially exclusive on the basis of both ethnicity and gender,\u201d and that \u201cnames idolizing conquest\u201d are \u201cout of line\u201d with the university\u2019s values.<\/p>\n<p>WWU is reviewing its Viking mascot, in part, due to requests that the university remove&nbsp;names of four buildings on campus \u2014 Huxley College of the Environment, Mathes Hall, Haggard Hall, and the Viking Union \u2014 over alleged \u201cracism,\u201d according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/is-the-viking-next-to-go-wwu-eyes-ditching-viking-mascot-due-to-colonialism\/\">report<\/a> by College Fix.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Last month,&nbsp;trustees announced that Thomas Henry Huxley\u2019s name would be removed, citing the late biologist\u2019s alleged \u201cwhite supremacist values that dehumanize and harm many members of the Western community.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10632897\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/College-protest-against-fascism.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10632897\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/College-protest-against-fascism.jpg\" alt=\"College protest against fascism\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(LOGAN CYRUS\/Getty)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>While the&nbsp;Haggard and Mathes names were spared, a reported \u201cstrong&nbsp;majority\u201d of the university\u2019s Legacy Review Task Force has recommended that trustees remove \u201cViking\u201d from the Viking Union.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe Task Force was concerned about the harm caused by asking all members of the Western community to identify with a figure that is potentially exclusive on the basis of both ethnicity and gender,\u201d the task force said in its <a href=\"https:\/\/president.wwu.edu\/files\/2021-08\/LRTF%20Report%20and%20Recommendations_June%202021%20-%20Open%20Links.pdf\">report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFurthermore, the Task Force found names idolizing conquest as out of line with the university\u2019s contemporary values around honoring local Indigenous communities,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>The Board of Trustees has decided to \u201cdirect&nbsp;the University to conduct a more thorough assessment of the Viking name in the broader context of the University mascot,\u201d&nbsp;according to a December <a href=\"https:\/\/westerntoday.wwu.edu\/news\/board-of-trustees-votes-to-remove-the-huxley-name-from-the-college-of-the-environment\">news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time that the Viking mascot has found itself under attack change at the university.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, WWU students and&nbsp;a professor claimed the Viking mascot is \u201chyper masculine,\u201d \u201chyper violent,\u201d and too aggressive, according to a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiro7.com\/news\/report-western-washington-university-considering-m\/26943650\/\">report<\/a>&nbsp;by KIRO 7.<\/p>\n<p><em>You can follow Alana&nbsp;Mastrangelo 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