University of Akron - Tel Buch Yearbook (Akron, OH)

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The referee makes a questionable call and the crowd at the IAR erupts in disbelief But probably the most vocal person in the arena is the one that doesn t say a single word He is vocal by his actions and as he puts his hands up inthe air and paces back and forth you know he speaks for the fans Hey wait a minute that s a kangaroo you re talking about' Yes but that s Zippy the official mascot of The University of Akron Zippy was born in 1956 Isee related storyl and has been the figure that peo relate to most here at University For the second year in a row Todd Bowers a graduate student in educa tion is in the costume of Zippy Some people might think that ap pearing only at UA sporting events is 5 0 6 llllllgl 0YI Zlppy Zippy s only job but there s more I the summer we have a ton of promo tions to do for the University and then Zippy gets invited to a lot of other functions like parades and such says Todd The public relations Zippy gives to the university is carried over from top officials to families and to the ones that love Zippy the most the children Todd puts quality time into the char acter and it has paid off for him This past summer he was awarded the top mascot at a national cheerleading camp in Virginia A lot of ideas and things that I do are taught to us at camp But there are some things that have to be done on the spur of the moment at a game so you can t think of everything before hand that you want to do says Todd It doesn t bother Todd that not many people know that he is Zippy In fact he would rather have it that way I dont want people saying Look at what Todd is doing or why is Todd doing that? I want them to say Look at what Zippy is doing now I try to build a character as Zippy I want to keep a seperation from Zippy and my self says Todd Todd has had good memories these past two years as Zippy Probably my greatest feeling was when we won the OVC Championship last year and the team wanted Zippy to cut down part of the net I was hesitant at first but when I went up there the crowd erupted and I felt that I was doing this for the fans sort of like the 6th man Bob Pacanovsky I I ' I I ple the I l - , . I I I ' I ' I ll , . n , - I ' ' II I I . . . , . . , . II I I ' I ' ll I ' ll I I ' II Il ' I . . . ,, . ll , . ' ll I ' II fx ' W ttf , mil Bw- I.. ,, , r .A ,v i rift TAN f-A Zippy and this young admirer roam the sidelines before the start of the 33rd annual Acme-Zip game against Salem College. -7 it . MT 3 9' 'Q 4 V M 1 if Q' 'ld' ,R ... Q1 -.- C IJ O .C LIT gif I 4 4- A-. TESL! KX , 1 I 1 - Zippy, and UA's first Zippy, Pete Demming, meet at halftime of the Zips-Tennessee Tech game. Dem- ming was in the role of Zippy in 1956. 'N vi