OCTOBER 31, 2005 TheHomecomingRecord 11

Meet Roar-ee, the Columbia Lion Lions Have New Mascot and New Logo

On Saturday, Oct. 15, at Baker Field, In other mascot news, Columbia over ten thousand fans welcomed the University Athletics has revised its official Left: Roar-ee took the field newest member of the Columbia family: lion logo for the duration of the at Lawrence A. Wien Roar-ee,the new Columbia Lions mascot. 2005–2006 athletics season. The revised Stadium for the first time Roar-ee made its debut before kickoff of mark features the Columbia Lion but does at Homecoming 2005. the Columbia Homecoming game vs. not include the skyline of City Below: The revised and Penn. as in years past. The revised mark also simplified Columbia The name “Roar-ee” was chosen from eliminates the curled tail from previous Athletics logo. among over 200 entries in the “Name the editions of the logo. Mascot” contest that began in early “As we develop our sports marketing September. Roar-ee was the overwhelm- initiatives, it is important that our mark is ing favorite over the other four finalist consistent and easily recognizable,” says names (Hamilton,Hudson,K.C.and J.J.) in M. Dianne Murphy, director of intercolle- Internet voting. giate athletics and physical education. Twelve contestants submitted varia- Columbia athletic teams adopted the tions on “Roar-ee” (spelled in different Lion as mascot in 1910. The revised ways). One of the 12 was selected at ran- Columbia Lion mark still features dom at the Columbia-Yale game on Oct. Columbia’s signature blue color, which 29, garnering the grand prize of a new has been associated with the University iPod. since 1852.

Above: On Friday, Oct. 14, head men’s basketball coach Joe Jones participat- ed in a panel discussion on the future of Columbia ath- letics, moderated by new Trustees chair Bill Campbell (CC’62, TC’64). Left and right: Despite Penn State’s win (44-16), a good time was had by all at the

Oct. 15 Homecoming game. Chris Taggarat

The Beats Go On: Reading “Howl” Becomes New Homecoming Ritual By Tim Fox writers whose works have evening of Beat poetry set to Jerry Kisslinger, executive significance of the occasion, inspired youth and counter- jazz music, including a recita- director of communications Kisslinger said that Beat poetry On Friday, Oct. 7, 1955, culture movements from hip- tion of Ginsberg’s epic poem. for Development and Alumni “reflects, in part, what was Columbia alumnus Allen pies to punk rockers. About 300 alumni, faculty, Relations, with help from Ann going on around Columbia at Ginsberg delivered his poem A little over 50 years later, a first-years and parents attend- Douglas, a renowned teacher that time.The roots of the Beat Howl at a literary salon in San group of Columbians congre- ed the Howl commemora- of cultural history at literary movement go back to Francisco. It brought down gated at the West End bar, a tion,held on Friday,Oct.14,to Columbia. Douglas had en- 1944 when ,Allen the house and ultimately favorite haunt of Ginsberg and coincide with Homecoming couraged several of her stu- Ginsberg and William launched the , his friend Jack Kerouac, also a and Parents Weekend. dents to participate as readers. Burroughs met at Columbia a group of nonconformist Columbia graduate, for an The event was organized by According to Kisslinger, University in New York.” Howl began last year in con- The Howl festival also marks junction with the University’s a part of Columbia’s history that 250th anniversary celebra- hasn’t always been recognized, tion and has continued as Kisslinger added. “Ginsberg and “part of the integrated out- Kerouac were problematic fig- reach to extend genuine invi- ures who produced some of the tations to alumni of widely most influential writing of any- varying interests.” one who’s ever come out of Kisslinger noted that this Columbia,” he said. “Columbia year’s event may even have took a long time to own up to attracted a few football fans. the Beat poets because they “Jack Kerouac played football, were subversive.” so we are not pigeonholing Other highlights of the anyone,”he said. evening included appearances This year’s program was fur- by Joyce Johnson, who teaches ther distinguished by the in Columbia’s M.F.A. program involvement of the Columbia and has published an award- Jazz Ensemble, led by Chris winning memoir of the time Washburne, and by the partici- she spent in the Beat orbit of pation of a number of well- Jack Kerouac; and by Allen known alumni poets. For Tobias,CC’64,who recently col- instance, poet alumnus David laborated with Columbia’s Rare Lehman (CC'70, Ph.D. Book and Manuscript Library GSAS'78) gave a reading of on an exhibition displaying At this rather offbeat Homecoming event, the Columbia Jazz Ensemble provided the atmos- Ginsberg’s poem “America.” original Ginsberg materials phere for the recitation of “Howl” and other classic Beat poems. Commenting on the historic from his personal collection.