Join Tom and Scott as they discuss this: When the Ole Miss administration voted to chuck Colonel Reb as the school’s official mascot in 2003, chances are they didn’t have Admiral Ackbar in mind as a replacement.
However, it appears that long after concluding his illustrious military career in Star Wars‘ Rebel Alliance, Ackbar is indeed in the running to be the school’s new sporting symbol.
A group of four students, dubbed the Ole Miss Rebel Alliance, have started a grassroots campaign to re-enlist the legendary Mon Calamari admiral through Notatrap.org — obviously named in tribute to Ackbar’s most famous utterance.
And, we get a great reader submission from Johnny C., about his sneaky email hacking in high school.
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Looks like Lucasfilm arn’t going to swoop in to stop the mascot. In fact, this article says that they are happy with it
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/paper-trail/2010/03/01/lucasfilm-addresses-admiral-ackbars-mascot-prospects.html
This reminds me of a school here in central Florida. MILLENNIUM Middle School… Home of the FALCONS
http://www.millennium.scps.k12.fl.us/
Scott’s Ackbar sounds more like Strong Bad.
My Geeky email conquest is.. I signed up for my Hotmail account, that is still one of my 2 primary accounts, in July of 1996.
I think my Geeky thing is slightly more geeky. <– Jedi94@gmail.com
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