How Stupid

Yahoo News: 'Pistol Pete' Mascot Will Lose Pistol:

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - New Mexico State University's mascot, Pistol Pete, is being disarmed. University officials have also stripped the word "Pistol" from Pete's name. The new logo shows Pete twirling a lasso. The old Pete toted a pistol.

The changes are part of a marketing plan to remake the university's image on the national stage. Officials have been working on a redesign of Pistol Pete for months.

Athletics director McKinley Boston said the university plans to unveil the new Pete later this month.

The decision to remove the pistol had more to do with a consensus when picking from several designs of the new logo, rather than any push for the mascot to stop brandishing a weapon, Boston said. (emphasis added)

Right, and I'm the Queen of England. This is such a silly thing to do. It is one thing to create a new image. It is entirely another to completely change that image, which is what New Mexico State University is doing.