Campus officials said the Missionaries' mascot was considered non-inclusive, imperialistic and incorrectly implied that Whitman was a religious school. (Tom Skeen/Walla Walla Union-Bulletin via AP ...

Whitman College announced Wednesday, April 6, 2016, it would drop its missionary mascot after polling 18,000 students and alumni. The Walla Walla, Washington, college is named after missionary ...