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Keggy the Keg
[[Image:Keggy the Keg.JPG|thumb|right|Keggy posing on the Dartmouth College Green with [[Baker Memorial Library]] in the background.]]
'''Keggy the Keg''' is an unofficial mascot of [[Dartmouth College]], an [[Ivy League]] university in [[Hanover, New Hampshire]], [[United States]]. Keggy is an [[anthropomorphic]] [[Keg|beer keg]], invented in 2003 by Chris Plehal and Nic Duquette, members of the college humor magazine the ''[[Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern]]'' to(contracted; show full)7;s 2005 Winter Carnival celebration, students named the snow sculpture of a large ship "Captain Keggy's Carnival Cruiser."<ref>{{cite news | last = Kelley | first = Kristen | title = Pirate ship sculpture marks revival in tradition of scope, grandeur | work = [[The Dartmouth]] | date = [[2005-02-11]] | url = http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2005021101110 | accessdate = 2006-12-28 }}</ref> In early 2006, College officials denied Keggy entrance to a sold-out hockey game
 (officials cited fire code concerns with the capacity crowd), prompting a ''Jack-O-Lantern''-penned editorial in ''[[The Dartmouth]]'' condemning the incident;<ref>{{cite news | last = Entress | first = Cole | title = Consider the Plight of Keggy | work = [[The Dartmouth]] | date = [[2006-02-22]] | url = http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2006022202030 | accessdate = 2006-12-28 }}</ref> the ''Jack-O-Lantern'' website alleged "anti-keg racism."<ref>{{cite web | url = http(contracted; show full)
== External links ==
* [http://www.dartmouth.edu/~jacko/keggy/index.htm Keggy the Keg], at the Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern Humor Society

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