Stanford scholar suspended from serving as Tree mascot

The person who serves because the Stanford Tree mascot has been suspended after unfurling a banner that learn “Stanford hates enjoyable,” throughout the Cardinal’s soccer recreation in opposition to Arizona State on Oct. 22.

It was first introduced by the Stanford Tree’s twitter account on Sunday night.

A Stanford athletic division spokesperson confirmed the suspension, stating, “The scholars comprising the manager committee of the LSJUMB have suspended the tree mascot attributable to a violation of the band’s insurance policies and processes.”

A person who beforehand served because the tree will take over mascot duties throughout the suspension.

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It is unclear how lengthy the suspension will final. Messages to these affiliated with the Tree and marching band weren’t instantly returned.

The banner was showcased throughout halftime of the soccer recreation with assist from the Arizona State Solar Satan mascot and, in line with the Stanford Day by day — Stanford’s college newspaper — got here in response to the notion amongst college students that the college is suppressing “social alternatives” on campus.

The Stanford Tree and marching band each have histories of suspensions. In 2016, the band was suspended for causes that included hazing, sexual harassment and alcohol abuses. In 2006, two college students who served because the Tree mascot have been suspended: one after getting ejected for dancing in an undesignated space throughout a NCAA ladies’s basketball event recreation; the opposite after her blood-alcohol stage measured 0.157 throughout a males’s basketball recreation in opposition to Cal.