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A blog published on UC Irvine's libraries website presents a slightly different story, saying that Glasgow thought of a potential anteater mascot "as he sat in the sun, working as a Newport Beach...
DATE: Sunday, May 19, 2024. TIME: 1:30PM - 2:30pm (approx.) LOCATION: Bren Events Center, 100 Mesa Rd, Irvine, CA 92697. Interested candidates should plan on arriving at 1:30PM. You will meet our Spirit Squad Head Coach and members of our Mascot Program, and learn a few cheers.
The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public land-grant research university in Irvine, California, United States.
The UC Irvine Anteaters are the athletic teams fielded by the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine). Its athletics programs participate in the NCAA 's Division I, as members of the Big West Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation .
The Anteater was elected as the official UCI mascot on Nov. 30, 1965. It received 559 votes, beating out such alternatives as Seahawks, Bison and “none of these.”.
Back then, there was no Aldrich Park, no circular path, no tall trees – just first-ever students at the nascent University of California, Irvine campus determined to create their own identity. That included their choice of mascot.
UC Irvine students, inspired by Johnny Hart’s comic strip “B.C.,” elected the Anteater mascot over the Eagles, Unicorns and Seahawks runner-ups on Nov. 30, 1965. Currently, there are six mascot statues strewn across the campus, with the most well-known being the 430-pound bronze anteater figure in front of the Bren Events Center.. Students and visitors visit these statues on a daily ...
On November 30, 1965, the Anteater was officially chosen in a student election as the mascot of UC Irvine, and "Zot!" the cry that an anteater was imagined to make when attacking its prey, became the campus battle cry.
Here is the story of how UC Irvine's mascot Peter the Anteater came to be and what's behind the Anteater's "ZOT! ZOT! ZOT!" chant. Subscribe to the NCAA Cham...
We know Peter the Anteater as our energetic and spirited campus mascot. He takes several forms: the original B.C. comic strip Peter, the jersey-cladded bipedal Peter, and more recently, Petr the Anteatr. UCI has always prided itself in its unique mascot established in 1965.