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[[Image:Keggy the Keg.JPG|thumb|right|Keggy posing on the Dartmouth College [[The Green (Dartmouth College)|Green]] with [[Baker Memorial Library]] in the background.]]
'''Keggy the Keg''' is the 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 members of the college humor magazine the ''[[Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern]]'', to fill the mascot void that followed the abolition of the Indian mascot in 1971. Due to its nature, the mascot was controversial on Dartmouth's campus, and it was reported on in a variety of national media. With time, however, it has become an "ingrained part of Dartmouth culture".<ref name="TheD-Stuart">{{cite news | last = Reid | first = Stuart | title = Greek issues and politics dominate seniors' first two years | work = [[The Dartmouth]] | date = 2006-06-10 | url = http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2006061001100 | accessdate = 2006-12-28 }}</ref>

== Context and creation ==
After dropping the mascot of the [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indian]] Dartmouth had no official mascot.<ref>{{cite news | last = Wallace-Wells | first = Benjamin | title = The Indian and the Rock | work = [[The Dartmouth Review]] | date = 1998-11-17 | url = http://www.dartreview.com/archives/1998/11/17/the_indian_and_the_rock.php | accessdate = 2006-12-28}}</ref> Dartmouth continued to be known by its nickname of "The Big Green," but, citing the ambiguity, lack of dynamism, and intangibility of having no mascot, the Dartmouth Student Assembly proposed a student poll in spring 2003 to decide upon a new mascot. While the Moose came in first in this poll,<ref>{{cite news | last = Spradling | first = Jessica | title = Moose tops mascot survey | work = [[The Dartmouth]] | date = 2003-05-23 | url = http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2003052301010&sauthor=&stext= | accessdate = 2006-12-28 }}</ref> many students remained dissatisfied with the choice, and the moose lost a final poll to "no mascot." Chris Plehal and Nic Duquette, students at the ''[[Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern|Jack-O-Lantern]]'' humor magazine, expressed interest in creating a mascot that "wasn't racist, biased or sexist, yet [was] entirely unacceptable."<ref name="d-orbuch">{{cite news | last = Orbuch | first = Steve | title = Jacko mascot 'Keggy' wins many Dartmouth fans | work = [[The Dartmouth]] | date = 2003-11-04 | url = http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2003110401060&sauthor=&stext= | accessdate = 2006-12-28 }}</ref> In an effort to force the administration to adopt a more interesting mascot, they created Keggy, an anthropomorphic keg that represents "the most obvious Dartmouth stereotype: the beer-swilling ''[[National Lampoon's Animal House|Animal House]]'' fraternity culture."<ref>{{cite news | work = [[The Dartmouth]] | date = 2007-01-05 | title = Straight from the Tap: the men behind the mascot | first = Kelsey | last =  Blodget | url = http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2007010505010 |  accessdate = 2007-01-25 }}</ref>Keggy the Keg is the official mascot of Dartmouth University

== Reactions ==
Reaction to Keggy's introduction was mixed: the student body president personally endorsed Keggy in the mascot search,<ref name="d-garland">{{cite news | last = Garland | first = Kevin | title = Assembly drops search for mascot: SA will not endorse moose in report | work = [[The Dartmouth]] | date = 2003-11-05 | url = http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2003110501010 | accessdate = 2006-12-28 }}</ref> while the College newspaper ''[[The Dartmout(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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