That purple flower
Gives us our power
We're the Fighting Artichokes!
We're so mean
In the yellow and green
We're the Fighting Artichokes!
You think we're a dip
We don't give a rip
We're the Fighting Artichokes!
You come in our garden
We'll finish what you started
We're the Fighting Artichokes!
Okay, so I'm mocking this a bit (I did actually make that up myself--that English degree was good for something!), but this is a real thing at Scottsdale Community College, and there's actually a pretty good story behind it. Apparently in the 1970s, administration was investing money into athletics rather than academics (so say Wikipedia and Campus Explorer), and so the student body voted to adopt the artichoke as mascot and pink and white as colors to embarrass the sports teams. That's pretty hilarious, and a great middle finger to the administrative powers that be. It would be interesting to see some effort like this today, when supporting athletic programs sometimes comes at the expense of what you would usually think is the core purpose of higher education, but I've a feeling people are too apathetic/uncreative/un-cynical about these kinds of directions in higher ed to make it really happen.
Other schools are pretty ridiculous, too, usually with less justification though sometimes with far more hilarity (I'm looking at you, RISD). But of course Stanfurd's Tree continues to be just stupid.
For good measure, here's two more pictures of Artie the Artichoke:
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