mascots
Why is our mascot a kilt-wearing, moustached Scottish Terrier?
Features June 19, 2019By: Jennifer Low, Features Editor Who decided that SFU was going to be represented by an anthropomorphic, tartan-wearing terrier mascot? Why on Earth does he have a moustache and why is he Scottish? What kind of name is McFogg? Is that just because it’s foggy at SFU and rhymes with “dog”? There’s just so many unanswered questions! Turns out all you need to do to find most of your answers is look at the history of a very important SFU figure, founding president Patrick McTaggart-Cowan. McTaggart-Cowan was born in Edinburgh in 1912, emigrating to Vancouver a year later. Studying math and…
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Vancouver’s Pee and Poo mascots are an unfortunate necessity
Peak Web May 18, 201919/05/19: This story was corrected from an older version. The waste management campaign was incorrectly attributed to The City of Vancouver instead of Metro Vancouver. By: Ben McGuinness, SFU Student Metro Vancouver recently unveiled two new mascots: Pee and Poo, who look…
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