[Swlugevents] Drive your partner crazy in bed tonight!
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Drive your partner crazy in bed tonight!
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http://www.facebook.com/denver.booneIs a cartoon-like college mascot reminiscent
of Daniel Boone -- right down to the legendary coonskin cap --
racist, sexist or otherwise offensive?Officials at the University of Denver
seem to think so. Theyve announced they wont reinstate Denver Boone, who
was retired in 1998 as mascot for the UD Pioneers, despite calls
to bring him back.Boone originally had been replaced by a red-tailed hawk
named Ruckus but the bird never soared high with the student body
and was scrapped in 2007, leaving the school without a mascot. Fast
forward and the school decided to put together a committee last spring
to determine the new mascot, but Boone was not even considered.Boone was
a polarizing figure that did not reflect the growing diversity of the
UD community, but rather was an image that many women, persons of
color, international students and faculty members found difficult to relate
to as defining the pioneering spirit, Chancellor Robert Coombe said in a
March letter to the school community.University officials also claim that
Boone was not up for consideration because of a consensus by the
student body that it wanted an entirely new mascot despite numerous
Facebook postings to the contrary.It was really about moving forward, Theresa
Mueller, a spokeswoman for the University of Denver, told FoxNews.com. The
students wanted a new mascot and didnt want to look towards the
past.Mueller added that they intend togi
WASHINGTON The Pentagon says U.S. Central Command and the Jordanian Armed
Forces are co-hosting Mideast defense chiefs in Jordan over the next few
days to discuss the region's security environment.The chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, is attending.The meeting, planned
since June, comes as the U.S. and other nations ponder what action
to take, if any, in the wake of reports that the Syrian
government has used chemical weapons in its civil war. Although Syria denies
such claims, they are certain to be a leading topic for the
gathering.A Defense Department spokesman, George Little, says the exchange
is designed in part to increase the collective understanding of the impact
of regional conflicts on nations.The conference is set for Sunday to Tuesday.
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