It’s been three years since students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign passed a campuswide proposal for a bird called the kingfisher to be the new school mascot. This spring, students ...

Years before author Aimee Nezhukumatathil was wowing readers around the world, she was the “Bucky the Beaver” mascot of Beavercreek High School’s sports teams. Her parents didn’t think much of the ...