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The Irony Of It All
Brad Hollerbach

Goodbye Sears Tower, HelloÂ… Willis?
Another Great Name Bites The Dust.
Could Southeast Be The Next To Go?

Posted Friday, March 13, 2009, at 2:33 PM

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  • Redhawks, not RedHawks. The 'h' is not capitalized.

    -- Posted by devin on Mon, Mar 16, 2009, at 9:53 AM
  • Correction made.

    Thanks for pointing that out and for reading.

    -- Posted by Brad_Hollerbach on Mon, Mar 16, 2009, at 10:33 AM
  • Me an' Coby previously documented the absence of Red Tailed Hawks in the area just after SEMO changed their mascot. They are slowly coming back. We voted for the Crawdaddy mascot but were "pinched out" when it wasn't an option. When it comes to paying the tab, we all will have to start to "Willis up"...

    -- Posted by Hugh M Bean on Mon, Mar 16, 2009, at 11:49 AM
  • Actually there already is a Dalhousie University, in Halifax, Nova Scotia (since 1818!) - www.dal.ca. You'll have to go back to the drawing board. :)

    -- Posted by Charles Crosby on Mon, Mar 16, 2009, at 2:55 PM
  • By golly, you're right about that. There was also at least one other university with the fictitious Redhawk as it's mascot (Montclair State), but that didn't seem to affect that decision.

    And I bet the University in Nova Scotia probably has the name already trademarked so back to the drawing board.

    I wonder if Dalhousie University Over Mid-America is taken?

    Thanks for reading.

    -- Posted by Brad_Hollerbach on Mon, Mar 16, 2009, at 3:16 PM
  • If you call it that Brad, then Six Flags might get upset b/c it could confuse people with Six Flags Over Mid-America. Tourists by the droves would come to Cape instead of St Louis, Arlington or Chicago and spend their money here at our water park.

    -- Posted by cubbytodd on Mon, Mar 16, 2009, at 5:08 PM
  • **** you CubbyTodd, you figured out my ulterior motive!

    Although those would have to be some definitely confused people for them to mistake Cape for Chicago. I guess we could tell them our Marvelous Mile goes from Town Plaza to Walmart.

    Thanks for reading.

    -- Posted by Brad_Hollerbach on Mon, Mar 16, 2009, at 5:28 PM
  • The "marvelous mile"?? Do you mean the Magnificent Mile of Michigan Avenue? Either way, that would be like comparing the River Walk of San Antonio to our river walk.

    -- Posted by cubbytodd on Mon, Mar 16, 2009, at 11:35 PM
  • Since you called my out once on "over Mid America" I thought I better deviate on the Chicago landmark sound-alike...

    Actually, I just didn't double-check my reference before I typed in my response. Duh!

    I've never been to San Antonia, but have heard that their River Walk does put ours to shame. However, I bet our river is bigger than their river.

    Thanks again for reading.

    -- Posted by Brad_Hollerbach on Tue, Mar 17, 2009, at 9:46 AM