Dear Sir,
I am a proud alumnus of the University and a proud supporter since graduation. I am writing to you, the clerk of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Senate, to express my displeasure and distress at the wording of your recent resolution concerning the University’s mascot. While I completely support a search for a school mascot, I was alarmed to see this body dictating the bounds of the mascot discussion by excluding all Native American symbols. If this search is to be accepted by the students and the citizens of this state, both of which are funding the school, it should be conducted in a manner that is free of political maneuvering and allow the true feelings of the stakeholders to be expressed. I would ask that you pass my concerns on to the Senate members and encourage them to avoid unwelcome limitations on this process.
Respectfully,
Nathan Baxley
BUS ’97