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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>

Keggy the Keg is the official mascot of Dartmouth University

Keggy the keg is now the official mascot of Dartmouth University as of January 1, 2012.

== 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 = http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=200312050101 | accessdate = 2006-12-28 }}</ref> Some thought this to be a publicity stunt by the creators, but the mascot had truly been stolen. Keggy was eventually returned with minor damage to the costume.<ref>{{cite news | last = Buck | first = Jean | title = Still on tap: Keggy returned | work = [[The Dartmouth]] | date = 2003-12-10 | url = http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2003121001010 | accessdate = 2006-12-28 }}</ref>

Keggy continued to make occasional appearances at Dartmouth sporting events, and became an "ingrained part of Dartmouth culture":<ref name="TheD-Stuart"/> at Dartmouth'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://www.dartmouth.edu/~jacko/keggy/blog.htm#2006-02-11 | title = Keggy Blog | accessdate = 2006-12-28 | date = 2006-02-11 | publisher = [[Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern]] }}</ref> A similar incident occurred in October 2006 when Keggy was not permitted on the field at halftime of the Homecoming football game, again resulting in further complaints in ''The Dartmouth'' and on the ''Jack-O-Lantern'' website.<ref>{{cite news | last = Schlossberg | first = Dane | title = Weekend proceeds with fifteen arrests | work = [[The Dartmouth]] | date = 2006-10-16 | url = http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2006101601010 | quote = In a BlitzMail message to The Dartmouth, the staff of Jack-O-Lantern claimed that Keggy 'was treated rudely and unfairly, simply because of his status as an anthropomorphic keg.' | accessdate = 2006-12-28 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.dartmouth.edu/~jacko/keggy/blog.htm#2006-10-14 | title = Keggy Blog | accessdate = 2006-12-28 | date = 2006-10-13 | publisher = [[Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern]] }}</ref>

The costume disappeared before the fall term of 2008 and has not been seen or returned since. The Jack-O-Lantern built a replacement costume and unveiled it at the 2009 Winter Carnival.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.dartmouthindependent.com/archives/2009/02/our-february-is.html | title = Keggy's Back! | work = The Dartmouth Independent | date = February 12, 2009 | accessdate = 2009-02-14 }}</ref> 

==References==
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== 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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