Amid a national on reckoning on race, Boston University will consider whether to rename its mascot, “Rhett,” due to the name’s ties to “Gone with the Wind,” the novel … ...

The mascot was chosen by students in 1922, but it’s unclear when the nickname “Rhett” came to be widely used, Boston University President Robert Brown said in a letter to the university ...

Boston University is considering changing the name of its mascot over an apparent link to “the Confederacy, slavery and sexual assault,” school president Robert A. Brown wrote in a letter to ...

Boston University’s mascot may be renamed due to its association with the book and film “Gone With the Wind,” BU president Robert A. Brown announced in a letter to the campus community ...

In the face of student protests and Administration acknowledgment of animal rights abuses, the adoption of live bears for mascot purposes halted in the mid-1960s. However, costumed portrayals of Bruno ...

The mascot was chosen by students in 1922, but it’s unclear when the nickname “Rhett” came to be widely used, Boston University President Robert Brown said in a letter to the university ...