Quiz: Behind the Mascots
U.C. Santa Cruz students chose to be the Banana Slugs because:
A mass outbreak of jaundice left most students yellow and sleepy for the 1967-1968 school year
The original mascot-- the Sea Cucumbers-- was voted "too weird"
They honestly didn't care about being competitive
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