Valparaiso Drops Hate-Linked 'Crusaders' Nickname

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Valparaiso University announced Thursday that it is dropping the team name Crusaders, the school mascot and all logos associated with the term because they are embraced by hate groups.

At reported by The Associated Press, the decision comes after a decades-long debate that had intensified recently because groups such as the Ku Klux Klan began using the same symbols and words. The school’s faculty and student senates each passed resolutions calling for the change, and the university’s alumni board of directors supported reassessing the appropriateness of the team name.

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