While controversies over college mascots still rage in the 21st century—Illinois' Chief Illiniwek and Mississippi's Colonel Reb are two notorious examples—the University of Washington was fortunate to have its mascot debate 82 years ago, when the Sun Dodgers gave way to the Huskies. To celebrate eight decades of this Husky tradition, the UW Alumni Association held a worldwide vote in September for students and alumni to choose their favorite University of Washington mascot or insignia.

As a special thank you, the UWAA picked 10 winners at random from the entrants and gave them Husky logo t-shirts. Congratulations to the following winners!!

J. Thomas Kuebler, David H. Simons Jr., Roger M. Alberts, Robert Gene Berschauer, Donna J. Kilpatrick, Paige Christine Behrbaum, Alice Anita Bass Ambrose, Robert Arthur Long, Webster S. Walker,  Anne Mi Bosse.

The Husky logo shirt is also available for purchase in the new UWalumShop.com.

You'll find the top five insignias rated by students and alumni below. In addition, the results are reported in the December issue of Columns.

Rankings	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	other
Alumni Overall Votes: 2,963	33.0%	21.8%	15.8%	7.5%	6.2%	15.7%
Students Votes: 770	26.8%	25.7%	13.9%	7.3%	4.5%	21.8%
Older Alumni Votes: 756	39.0%	28.3%	18.8%	3.8%	3.0%	7.1%
Middle Alumni Votes: 1,047	30.7%	22.7%	18.9%	6.2%	6.1%	15.4%
Young Alumni Votes: 1,160	30.8%	18.7%	11.9%	10.6%	9.1%	18.9%

Votes for the above were selected from the following insignias. See the percentage of votes that each received.

1920 Alumni: 2.1% Students: 3.9%	1932 Alumni: 1.6% Students: 3.4%	1936 Alumni: 0.1% Students: 0.1%	1937 Alumni: 0.4% Students: 1.6%
1953 Alumni: 0.2% Students: 0.5%	1958 Alumni: 2.1% Students: 3.9%	1959 Alumni: 0.9% Students: 3.0%	1971 Alumni: 2.6% Students: 1.7%
1974 Alumni: 6.2% Students: 2.9%	1979 Alumni: 15.8% Students: 7.3%	1983 Alumni: 3.5% Students: 4.5%	1995 Alumni: 21.8% Students: 13.9%

1995 Alumni: 33.0% Students: 25.7%

2001 Alumni: 3.3% Students: 2.9%

2001 Alumni: 7.5% Students: 26.8%