The resolution didn’t even make it past the Student Assembly, who voted 25-1 to quash it.

Colleen Larson at The Daily Aztec has the story:

A.S. votes to reject mascot resolution

The Associated Students University Council voted to 25-1 to reject the resolution to change the mascot at its meeting on Nov. 19. There were three abstentions. Approximately 20 students, including the resolution’s authors, showed up to the Council Chambers to witness the vote.

Several public speakers acknowledged that the vote to change the mascot would probably be turned down, but still urged the council to consider its opinions.

“You should vote to change the mascot because it is discriminatory and racist,” international security and conflict resolution junior Sierra Marcelius said. “If we change the mascot we will be seen as a leader on a national scale.”

Other speakers took a more aggressive approach in urging the council to change the mascot.

“I am here to tell you, as a group of mainly white people, and maybe some tokenized people of color, this land belongs to a group of people who faced genocide,” alumnus Nadir Bouhmouch said. “How can a people of such privilege make this decision? I don’t believe a group of white people is going to get together and decide if something is racist for a group of people of color. It is racist for a fact.”