East Carolina University changing its name

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If its successful in what they want it to accomplish, it won't hurt the AAC either. But I saw nothing in the article about doing away with the Pirate. Will they be changing the team nicknames or is it just the Pirate logo going away?
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RobertM320 wrote:If its successful in what they want it to accomplish, it won't hurt the AAC either. But I saw nothing in the article about doing away with the Pirate. Will they be changing the team nicknames or is it just the Pirate logo going away?
Changing the image probably keeping the nickname.
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tpstulane wrote:Pirate logo going away as well
http://www.witn.com/content/news/East-C ... 01743.html
as one posted in the comments section...they want the change, so the students can finally spell it correctly
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