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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.]]
(contracted; show full);/ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Wolkoff | first = David | title = Lighten Up! | work = [[The Dartmouth]] | date = 2003-11-12 | url = http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2003111202030 | accessdate = 2006-12-28 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Tonelli | first = Alex | title = 'Some Beer Thing...' | work = [[The Dartmouth]] | date = 2003-11-25 | url = http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2003112502020 | accessdate = 2006-12-28 }}</ref> The paper also report
ed on "flak" over the mascot from College administrators,<ref name="d-garland"/> though the Dean of the College YUII←←←←←lauded the students' capacity to "come up with imaginative and creative ideas."<ref name="d-orbuch"/>
[[Image:keggywinter2009.jpg|frame|right|The new incarnation of Keggy, as revealed at Winter Carnival 2009]]
Keggy subsequently received media attention beyond the College at other Ivy League newspapers and on several national media outlets.<ref>{{cite news | title = Around the Ivies | work = [[Yale Herald]] | date = 2003-11-07 | url = http://www.yaleherald.com/article.php?Article=2612 | accessdate = 2006-12-28 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20050221131307/http://www.yaleherald.com/article.php?Article=2612 |archivedate = February 21, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Brauntuch | first = Steve | title = Steve Brauntuch: Is Keggy the greatest mascot ever? | work = [[The Daily Pennsylvanian]] | date = 2003-12-04 | url = http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2003/12/04/Opinion/Steve.Brauntuch.Is.Keggy.The.Greatest.Mascot.Ever-2152825.shtml?norewrite200612140055&sourcedomain=www.dailypennsylvanian.com
 | accessdate = 2006-12-28 }}</ref> [[Michael Wilbon]] of [[ESPN]]'s ''[[Pardon the Interruption]]'' called Keggy "some stupid beer thing,"<ref>{{cite web | title = Pardon the Interruption | work = [[Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern]] | publisher = [[ESPN]] | url = http://media.dartmouth.edu/~jachahahahahaha'''YOURMOM'''''Italic text''ko/keggy/Keggy_ESPN.wmv | format = Windows Media Video | accessdate = 2006-12-28 }}</ref> and ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine published a feature on Keggy as part of a "Mascots Talk Back" series.<ref>
{{cite news | last = Simigis | first = Antonia | title = Mascots Talk Back: Keggy | work = [[Playboy]] | url = http://www.playboy.com/on-campus/mascot/keggy/ | accessdate = 2006-12-28 }}</ref> A posting of a photo of Keggy on [[CollegeHumor]] was popular enough to receive status as a National Pick.<ref>{{cite news | title = Dartmouth College's newest mascot... Keggy the Keg | work = [[CollegeHumor]] | date = 2003-11-05 | url = http://www.collegehumor.com/pictures/20843/ | accessdate = 2006-12-28 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.collegehumor.com/faq | title = FAQ | work = [[CollegeHumor]] | accessdate = 2007-01-10 }}</ref>
In August, 2012 Yahoo Sports ranked Keggy the Keg as the #1 Most Unique Mascot.<ref>http://sports.yahoo.com/news/colyourmomlege-football-top-25-most-unique-mascots-222600966--ncaaf.html</ref>

== History ==
Shortly after Keggy's introduction in 2003, a group of students stole the Keggy costume from its home in the [[Sigma Nu]] fraternity library and sent threatening notes to Keggy's creators, including photographs of the mascot bound and gagged with one black eye.<ref>{{cite news | last = Orbuch | first = Steve | title = Jacko receives threatening email | work = [[The Dartmouth]] | date = 2003-12-05 | url (contracted; show full)* [http://www.dartmouth.edu/~jacko/keggy/index.htm Keggy the Keg], at the Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern Humor Society

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