On Feb 23, 8:26*pm, Priest wrote:
The school has more than 18,000
students, but only 3,366 votes were cast. The referendum passed with
nearly 75 percent of the vote.

It's been an issue fraught with significance for the students, alumni
and fans of the university located in the Deep South, where many
consider football the ruling sport.

Ole Miss will remain the Rebels, but Colonel Reb won't be back on the
field.

The university has taken other steps in recent years to throw off what
many perceive as lingering reminders of a Confederate past. Last year,
the band stopped playing the fight song, "From Dixie With Love," to
discourage fans from chanting, "the South will rise again." In 1997,
the school ended the waving of Confederate flags at sporting events.

Something is fishy here. Only 3,366 of 18,000 eligible voted? That is
only a 18.7% turnout for a issue that has been hotly debated on
campus. Additionally, kids who spend half their lives on the
computer, could vote online without even leaving their dorm
room...hmm...very suspicious...I don't buy the lack of interest.

According to the Colonel Reb Foundation, in 2003 the University
Administration tried to change the mascot despite 94% of students
voting to keep Colonel Reb on the field. 94% to 18.7%? Liars liars
pants on fire. The fix was in.

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