Valparaiso University drops Crusaders name, mascot over associations with ‘hate groups’

Valparaiso University drops Crusaders name, mascot over associations with ‘hate groups’

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 with the imagery that it says has been adopted by “hate groups” and in “hate speech.”