有这样的大学用苏格兰狗来象征学校

‘Scottie Dog’ to Represent Carnegie Mellon Univ.

March 25, 2008



　　PITTSBURGH -– Beating out everything from robots to bagpipers, the Scottish terrier finally got its due as the official mascot of Carnegie Mellon University last year.

　　But even bigger news came on Monday, when the university announced that it’s recently heralded mascot was soon going to be living and breathing on campus.

　　A “Scottie dog” is being given to the university by comedian Bill Cosby, who delivered last year’s commencement address -- which is when he got the idea for the gift.

　　During the ceremony Cosby walked to the podium with Murray, a Scottish terrier, that will be cared for by civil and environmental engineering professor Larry Cartwright.

　　Cartwright will assume ownership of the living school mascot and its training in the months leading to the terrier’s campus debut this fall.

　　In a statement released by the university, Cosby spoke of the importance of students having varied interests outside of academic work, where having the chance to take pride and ownership in a dog can raise “one’s self esteem.”

　　School officials hope the terrier, which will come from a Calgary, Canada breeder, will spark greater enthusiasm among students and other supporters.

　　When the mascot was chosen, 78 percent of the student body favored the terrier, while 25 percent of alumni believe the Scottish terrier had always been the school’s official mascot.

　　The university, which was established in 1900, has had a long-standing relationship with the terrier, but never named it the official mascot. Now it’s set in stone -– and fur, and a dog house is being built.

　　美国卡内基*酶隆大学用苏格兰狗来象征学校

　　美国匹兹堡，卡内基*酶隆大学去年用一种苏格兰狗作为学校的标记。

　　但是一则更大的新闻在周一发布，这只有象征意义的狗会住到学校来。

　　把这只苏格兰狗送给学校是一位喜剧演员比而*可斯摆，他是在去年的毕业典礼上提出这个建议的。

　　在典礼上可斯摆走上讲台和一只苏格兰狗一起，这引起了环境工程教授拉里*卡特赖特的注意。

　　卡特赖特打算用它来做学校的吉祥物，并且让它在这个秋天到这里生活。

　　在一端陈述后，可斯摆讲了这样做的重要性，大学生有很多户外的学术工作要做，他们有机会可以照料一下吉祥物，把自己当成它的主人，这有利于他们对相互的尊重。

　　校方希望这只小狗能激起学生们的爱心。

　　当这只狗被选中时，有%78的学生支持，他认为这只狗会成为学校的吉祥物。

　　这所成立于1900年的大学一直以来都与狗有着渊缘。但从来没把狗当成吉祥物，现在，一做狗屋即将建成。