College - maroon and grey high school blue and gold elementary school purple and gold - the school was new when I started there - and we got to vote on the colors.

Today I got my act together and applied for a full time library job in another system. Not really sure how much I want this ( I know there is a full time job coming up in my system, but I don't know when or if I can get it ) but full time work for me would be good for us. Of course, I might not even get to the interview stage with this one. So I did something and that is good.

I have a number of red and white Badger sweatshirts. I try to wear them to Evanston whenever the Badgers defeat the Northwestern Wildcats.

I was just wondering if Jessica went to Northwestern.

My HS colors were red, white & blue. Spirit week Seniors were supposed to wear blue, juniors white, sophomores red, and they'd pick some unpopular color (like orange) for the freshmen. Each class got points for students wearing their color but I can't remember if they won anything- it was always the juniors or seniors who won and by the time I was a junior I was above such petty things as spirit.

I was just wondering if Jessica went to Northwestern.

Heh - yep.

I don't recall my middle school colors, but elementary was red and white, which I just remembered thanks to the fight song ("three cheers for the Riveroaks Eagles, and for the good old red and white...") popping into my head. Why my elementary school needed a fight song I don't know.

I tend to dislike "school spirit" stuff. When I was in third grade we had a pep rally, when for some reason I popped a paper bag and briefly put it on my head. (I wasn't interrupting anything at the time.) The principal yelled at me, and then told everyone our grade would have won the school spirit award, but just because of me we didn't win it.

It wasn't hugely traumatic or anything - just annoying that the principal overreacted.

High school was red and black, panthers. College, the blue and grey--What's a Hoya? :)

heh, I went to a Jr college that was supposed to have the "chapparal bird " as the mascot but they shortened it to just "chapparal" so we were the fighting scrub-grass prairies.

I think my favorite school team name is the team in Funky Winkerbean - the Scapegoats.

which was still better than my junior high's green and gold.

A's!

HS: Red and Black for the Spartans. (Remember them?)

College: Purple and White for the Lords. (Girls teams: The Ladies! Fear them! Actually they won a lot of national titles in swimming.)

I think my favorite school team name is the team in Funky Winkerbean - the Scapegoats.

I have to go with the traditional favorites: the Banana Slugs. My local favorite is Oglethorpe's Stormy Petrels.

I never thought the Commodores really cut it as a team name.