University of Mississippi mascot Colonel Reb roamed the stands at last year's Egg Bowl against Mississippi State. The mascot was based on white plantation owners. JACKSON, Miss. - Colonel Reb ...

First appearing as a cartoon in the 1930s, Colonel Reb joined cheerleaders on the sidelines at sporting events in 1979. He was retired from that role in 2003, after the university -- led at the time ...

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Students at the University of Mississippi vote Tuesday on whether to replace their American football team mascot Colonel Reb — a caricature of a white plantation ...

Ole Miss mascot Col. Reb roams the stands of football games, as he did among Ole Miss supporters during last year's Egg Bowl game against Mississippi State in Starkville, Miss. Formerly the on ...

"I think it's hypocrisy. I think the fans of Ole Miss still want Colonel Reb. We have a petition with 3,500 signatures of students who still want Colonel Reb as their mascot and that's the way it ...

The Colonel Reb Foundation, a group formed in 2003 when the mascot was dropped, had bought advertisements in the student newspaper in hopes of winning a "no" vote on the proposal.

Some students and alumni say they'd rather have no mascot at all if they can't have Colonel Reb. More than 18,000 students are eligible to vote in an online referendum all day today. The results ...

Colonel Reb — a caricature of a white antebellum Southern plantation owner that served as the school's mascot for 24 years — was technically banned by the school's administration in 2003. The school ...

But for Colonel Reb's defenders, the theory about competitiveness is just a politically correct smokescreen by liberals who want to trample all over Ole Miss' great traditions.

A group of fans called the Colonel Reb Foundation said it had gathered 2,000 signatures on a petition against any new mascot and plans to deliver it to the chancellor, Daniel W. Jones, and ...

Colonel Reb shall not rise again. That much is certain. The University of Mississippi dumped the mascot – a caricature of a white plantation owner – in a 2003 effort to distance the school ...