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[[Image:Keggy the Keg.JPG|thumb|right|Keggy at 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]]''.  They made it up because the school had not had a masc(contracted; show full) 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 did not like the choice. 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, wanted to make a mascot that "wasn't [[Racism|racist]], [[Bias|biased]] or [[Sexism|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 adoptTo try to get the school to make a more interesting mascot, they created Keggy,.  Keggy is an anthropomorphic keg that representsstands for "the most obvious Dartmouth [[stereotype]]: the beer-swilling ''[[National Lampoon's Animal House|Animal House]]'' [[Fraternities and sororities|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>

== Reactions ==
Reaction to Keggy's introduction was mixed: t. The student body president personally endsupporsted 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 t The College newspaper ''[[The Dartmouth]]'' reported a mixed student reaction and published opposing opinions.<ref name="d-orbuch"/><ref>{{cite news | last = Labun | first = Lance | title = On 'Keggy' | work = [[The Dartmouth]] | date = 2003-11-10 | url = http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2003111002020 | accessdate = 2006-12-28 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Wolkoff | first = David | title = Lighten Up! | work = [[The Dartmouth]] | (contracted; show full){{Dartmouth College}}
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