I had a brief student assistant job in the fall of 1972 unlocking the school buildings in the wee early morning hours. I observed packs of coyotes chasing deer across campus as the sky was just getting light. To make others ecologically aware of our environment, I used my position as Senior Senator to propose changing the school mascot from a St. Bernard to a coyote, an animal many at the time still thought of as a varmint. The Associated Student Body agreed and we published the proposal in the student paper, held an election and the coyote won by 95 percent of the vote. The election was later overturned. -Russell Brandt, '73.