Amherst College says it will stop using the controversial "Lord Jeff" as an unofficial mascot following complaints that the character is racist. The mascot is a caricature of Lord Jeffery Amherst, an ...

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AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — Students and alumni at Amherst College could soon be rooting for the Hamsters. Hamsters was among the most popular nicknames submitted to a committee put together to come up with ...

Well, it’s about time. Trustees of Amherst College have banished the school’s unofficial mascot, “Lord Jeff,” a buffoonish, big-headed representation of the school’s namesake, Lord Jeffery Amherst. A ...

After months of pressure from both students and staff, Amherst College finally chose to dump their longstanding mascot, Lord Jeff, on Wednesday. Lord Jeffery evokes the 18th century British war ...

So now the school is considering a new politically correct, gender-neutral nickname: Hamsters. D.L. Stewart Amherst, a tiny college of 1,795 really smart scholars in Massachusetts, made news last year ...

AMHERST, Mass. -- Students and alumni at Amherst College soon could be rooting for the Hamsters. Hamsters was among the most popular nicknames given to a committee put together to come up with a new ...

Not the Amherst College faculty—at long last. After growing discontent over racial insensitivity at the liberal arts college, inspired by the student movements at Mizzou and Yale, the faculty voted ...

We are also tracking the story of a name. The name shows how the experience of Native Americans is woven into the wider American story. Amherst College in Massachusetts has a name loaded with history, ...

Amherst will not use the unofficial symbol "Lord Jeff," which is based on an English general who advocated giving Native Americans blankets... Amherst College says it will stop using the controversial ...

The mascot is a caricature of Lord Jeffery Amherst, an English general who proposed giving blankets from smallpox patients to Native Americans.... Amherst College Gives Unofficial Mascot 'Lord Jeff' ...