https://rocwiki.org/RockyRecent Changes of the page "Rocky" on Rochester Wiki.en-us https://rocwiki.org/Rockyhttps://rocwiki.org/Rocky?action=diff&version1=0&version2=1&ts=12175393142008-07-31T21:21:54ZBradMandellcreate listing for replacement to ["URBee"] <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Rocky<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 1: </td> <td> Line 1: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <span>+ '''Rocky''' replaced ["URBee"] in the spring of 2008 as the mascot for the ["University of Rochester"] Athletics Department - see [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZSdCW9tF-c Intro Video on YouTube]. See the ["URBee"] listing for history and details of the replacement.<br> + <br> + ''Yellowjacket fans have a new athletics ambassador buzzing on the sidelines, sidecourts, and in the stands. Rocky, the newly made-over Yellowjacket mascot, made his debut—with a freshly minted name and costume—this winter.<br> + <br> + The arrival of Rocky follows a nearly year-long initiative to recast the athletics emblem, including a series of online votes to replace and rename URBee, the longtime mascot that has been the public face of the Yellowjackets since the early 1980s.<br> + <br> + More than 3,400 students, faculty, and staff voted to retire URBee and replace him with a more intimidating representative.<br> + <br> + Rocky—whose name was selected in an online vote of six options that had been winnowed down from 1,156 submissions—was introduced to a roaring Palestra audience in February. At the ceremony, URBee was formally retired and given the honorific title of mascot emeritus.''[[Footnote([http://www.rochester.edu/pr/Review/V70N4/inreview08.html U of R Review March-Arpil 2008 - Meet Rocky] - image shown here from same page)]]<br> + <br> + http://www.rochester.edu/pr/Review/V70N4/images/inreview08.jpg</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div>