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Mascot: The choice of the elephant as the university?s mascot, dubbed Tuffy Titan, dates to the early 1960s when the campus hosted ?The First Intercollegiate Elephant Race in Human History.? The May 11 event attracted 10,000 spectators, 15 pachyderm entrants, a telegram from Richard M. Nixon and worldwide news coverage. Associated Press rated the story among the top 10 for 1962.

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Elephant - Mascot - Telegram - Richard M. Nixon - Associated Press - 1962

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