@gertrude saidThe local uni had an intermural basketball team, mostly native American named The Fighting Whites in protest of sports teams using native American team names. A nearby town used Fighting Reds, now shortened to Reds.
the university of cal. santa cruz mascot is the banana slug
pretty cool
in the movie Pulp Fiction john travota wore a banana slug sweat shirt making it the best selling uni sweat shirt that year
The Fighting Whites T shirts were a big seller.