The Quick 10: 10 Mascots That Don’t Seem to Make Any Sense
I went to a university with a seemingly-perplexing mascot. How do you get a small red bird from a large, destructive force of nature? It turns out there’s a perfectly good explanation – for Iowa State and for these nine other schools.
1. The College: Iowa State University
The Team: The Cyclones
The Mascot: a cardinal bird
What Gives: [...]
Flying Through Fireworks
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) pilot and out-of -work electrical engineer Cy Brown strapped a camera to his GPS-enabled plane and had some friends launch fireworks at it. A rural farmland becomes a miniature war zone, as Cy pilots and swivels the lens, hunting down the active thrillseeker sect’s base camp.
