and Valparaiso's intercollegiate athletic teams will immediately be known as the Beacons, the school said. Many of the university's marks and logos, including its colors and the "Shield of ...

Valparaiso University has announced a new mascot, months after retiring the decades-old "Crusader" mascot. "We are Beacons," the university shared in a Twitter video on Tuesday. The new mascot ...

Students who attend Valparaiso University are Crusaders no more. The Lutheran university, aligning with schools and professional sports teams that have recently nixed racist mascots, has announced ...

VALPARAISO — Love it or hate it, Valparaiso University has decided to ditch ... It’s hard to get inspired by a color. That said, I do like the idea of the student section being renamed ...

VALPARAISO, Ind. -- Valparaiso University announced Thursday that it is dropping the team name Crusaders, the school mascot and all logos associated with the term that it said has been embraced by ...

Valparaiso University is looking for a new identity after announcing this week that it will retire the Crusaders name, logo and mascot because of the "negative connotation and violence" associated ...

(AP) — Valparaiso University announced Thursday that is dropping the team name Crusaders, the school mascot and all logos associated with the term that it says has been embraced by hate groups.