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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 backgroundat Dartmouth College.]]
'''Keggy the Keg''' is the [[wikt:unofficial  |unofficial]] [[mascot]] of [[Dartmouth College]], an [[Ivy League]] university in [[Hanover, New Hampshire]], United States. Keggy is an [[anthropomorphic]] (human-like) [[Keg|beer keg]],.  It was created 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 .  They made it up because the school had not had a mascot since it stopped using an Indian mascot in 1971. The mascot was [[wikt:controversy|controversial]] on Dartmouth's campus, and i. It was reported on in a variety of national media. With time, however, itKeggy 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 ==
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