‘Every Man a Wildcat’: Is Beloved College Slogan Really Sexist?
- Posted on September 23, 2011 at 1:26am by
Dave Urbanski
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Kansas State students show their support for keeping “EMAW” a part of school sports during a football game against Kent State on Saturday.
Proponents say the phrase is a longtime tradition and “man” refers to all of mankind.
The following video seems to support the use of the EMAW slogan:
According to the Kansas State Collegian, Tracz said it was in the school’s “best interest” to pull the EMAW formation last weekend. “There are some people, I’m not sure if the right word is ‘offended’ or ‘upset’, or just don’t like what ‘EMAW’ stands for, but I just didn’t want to create controversy.”
Although the EMAW formation was removed from the marching band, the slogan will remain part of the university’s licensed program, Jeff Morris, KSU’s vice president of communications and marketing, told the Collegian.
The phrase first surfaced during the 1950s and remained popular for about two decades, according to the Manhattan (Kan.) Mercury. But its use declined during the 1970s and it was forgotten until students resurrected it, using only the initials EMAW, about two years ago.
The controversy began simmering shortly thereafter, and ignited again after the routine was removed from the band’s performance.
“As we strive for balance, we’re fine with student, alumni and the community using the phrase,” Morris said. “At the same time, we have to be sensitive that some people are bothered by it.”
Still, Morris told the AP, he’s been amazed by the reaction: “There’s sort of a controversy about a non-controversy.”
“It is my understanding that there are certain members of the Wildcat nation that feel excluded by the ‘Every Man A Wildcat’ phrase,” said Dean of Student Life Pat Bosco. “There were enough people who wished for it just to be removed.”
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Comments (55)
Iamnotanumber
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 11:56amYAAAAAA!! Here at K-State in the beautiful city of “PERSON-hattan,” there has been a real hard push on progressive issues and social engineering backed and by the University, cloaked in diversity. It’s getting hard to breath without being told your doing it wrong….but I still do it my way, Screw ‘em!!!!
Report Post »KYWATCHDOG
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 4:43pmIamnotanumber,
Report Post »Right on! and on and on and on! Stay focused, identify it for what it is and vocally but, respectfully ask them to“Grow a pair weakling”!
scottsonj
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 10:33pmperson-hattan i love it
GO CATS
EMAW
Report Post »Junter
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 11:37amWho are these nutcases who oppose the mention of mankind? Do they hate all people? Some sorta racism to the extreme…
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 7:31pmman… this is so lame… have they not even taught the most basic of lessons in school?
man and woman both belong to “mankind” they are huMAN beings… see how man and woman both have “man” in the words and also human has “man” in the word? THAT is why people say “man” when talking about every hu“man”. this ends todays lesson…
they need to post who is offended, a pictures of them, and their email addresses, otherwise it’s not valid and is just hearsay. thanks.
Report Post »eramthgin
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 10:35amThis is the same bunch that came up with the idea of ecoKitty which made KSU a laughing stock.
Report Post »Centralsville
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 10:27amIt’s called the English language. Sometimes the word man means people. Feminists are so stupid. Modern feminism gave birth to political correctness and modern liberalism. Modern feminism is responsible for millions of deaths in America and the destruction of the American family along with the millions living in poverty from that destruction. It is evil, pure evil.
Report Post »kspatriot
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 10:01am“There are some people, I’m not sure if the right word is ‘offended’ or ‘upset’, or just don’t like what ‘EMAW’ stands for, but I just didn’t want to create controversy.” HUH? Looks like you succeeded. No controversy here. What an IDIOT! Yeah it’s much better to “offend” 99% of the people rather than the 1% that complained.
Report Post »Doobin
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 9:23amActually, given they are the Wildcats, EPAW, could work. Lets forget about the stupid PC crap.
Some smart graphics students could come up with something like the Texas Rangers “Claw” concept using a paw.
EMAW sounds like a virtual grandmother.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 10:49am@ DOOBIN
“EMAW sounds like a virtual grandmother.”
I lol’d
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 7:35pmit does. :P
Report Post »… they have eGrandChildren in china no? i thought i saw something about that… lol
TomFerrari
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 9:13amGet a LIFE !
The U.S. Constitution says, “ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL”
Does that EXCLUDE women?
NO.
PROPER ENGLISH GRAMMAR dictates:
Persons of unknown or non-specific gender are referred to in the masculine.
Inanimate items are referred to in the feminine.
That yacht? She’s gotta be worth a million!
All men are created equal.
Neither is sexist.
It is called GRAMMAR.
GET A LIFE.
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mjhillalabama
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 9:34amGood post. Thank you.
Report Post »gmoneytx
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 10:05amTOMFERRARI I agree.
Now with that said, we need to change the constitution, english grammar, and the next time you buy a yacht, now refer to it a “He’s a beauty” Wow that sounds G@Y!
Maybe there is something to this proper english thang after all!
Report Post »GodLovestheIrish
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 9:12amYikes….”Rally SON’S of Notre Dame….While Her loyal SON’S are marching onward to victory!”
Report Post »How will Notre Dame make this, the oldest and most recognized fight songs, gender feel good neutral?
FEMALL
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 8:53am…and every woman professor a COUGAR. NOWPETA is calling me. Gotta go.
O= 401kless
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 8:46amEvery Person is a transgendered cross dressing Eskimo.
Report Post »country_hick
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 8:13amGive me a break! Let’s carry it to an extreme because some person is offended by something, sometime, somewhere… We can ban all words with man in them!
Mandate
manatee
mankink
mannequin
management
mandrake
manual
I don’t like yellow in band uniforms. Should we ban it or should I learn to live with it? How much you want to bet that half the classes are taught by progressive prof’s that spin a progressive adgenda? Should we ban that? Oh, wait…THAT IS DIFFERENT!
Report Post »Discord
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 7:57amI’d call it out of date and a little exclusive, but not necessarily sexist.
Report Post »Jerley
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 8:31amYep, They should change it. EWAW Every Wuss A Wildkitty
What a crock of
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 8:42amDISCORD, you have got to be kidding! It‘s a ’slogan’, for Heaven’s sake. Do we have to go back and change every word for every person if they think something is offensive? What has happened to tradition? How about offending the generation that started the slogan – the change would be offensive to them.
Report Post »Discord
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 9:01amI said that it’s not sexist.
Report Post »I don‘t know what you’re freaking out about.
Discord
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 9:02amAnd as an unrelated side note, tradition tends to be very impractical and even detrimental at times. Best rely on reason and not what people tell you.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 7:55amYou‘d think the gender that got us kicked out of Paradise would feel so bad that they’d just keep their traps shut.
Report Post »Discord
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 8:02amAre you a troll?
Report Post »marvel
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 10:46amAdam didn’t have to partake, but would have been left all alone in the garden of Eden. He was kicked out for his own transgression not Eve’s. He chose to partake in order to propagate the race of Man upon this earth. The fall of Adam and Eve enabled the rest of us to be born into mortality and to eventually die, causing there to be a need for Redemption through Christ.
“For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.” (1 Cor. 15:22)
Adam and Eve were heroes.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 7:52amFirst 4 words explains it all: “A 1950s-era slogan…”
The harmless slogan was created in a time in America before the drug-addicted, std-infected, unwashed, bra-less, dope-smoking, America-hating, communist hippies showed up and fixed everything. Yep, society is much better now.
Report Post »paulusmaximus
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 7:22amI believe the people who bring these protests could find something sexiest or racist about oatmeal! It is and was evident that the reference is to the entire campus.
Report Post »Libby Tarian
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 7:11amI think YHWH was sexist. He invented Male and Female, wow! Men and women are different get used to it Femi Nazis.
Report Post »I trust my creator not the Left and certainly not the Femi Nazis.
I‘m just sayin’, I am a woman.
Discord
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 7:53amToo bad God does not exist and biology happens to be less clear cut than that.
Report Post »mjhillalabama
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 9:41amDiscord (apt moniker) Your comment is non sequitur, having no bearing on the article. Seems you are nothing but a frustrated atheist with no true friends.
Report Post »marvel
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 11:00am@Discord
God does exist. There are countless examples of testimonial evidence, of people to whom he has revealed himself through the voice of His Spirit. Further, throughout the ages there are men who have seen God and have spoken to him, and have thus testified of Him. God has revealed himself to me, and I know there is a God.
Though the experience can be subjective, like the flavor of food, it is empirical in the sense that anyone can obtain the knowledge for themselves by successfully completing the trial of faith necessary to receive the witness. The evidence is there, you just have to seek it. For whatever reason, that is the way God wants it to be.
But don’t worry. The day is forthcoming, when Christ will come again, revealing himself to all. Every knee will bow, and every tongue confess that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Report Post »MARCH4HIM
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 7:08amI think they picked the wrong word …They should quit using “WILDCAT”……You say that to loud….
Report Post »You will have every “Union Thug” walk off their Job…..
Dustyluv
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 6:51amPC bulls@it run amok…AGAIN!! When in the hell are we going to stand up and tell the left wing to STFU?
Report Post »Secessionista
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 5:44amObviously they have made a grave mistake allowing women onto the campus. or at least lesbians.
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 5:13amThe abuse of ‘Cardinals’ continues at Stanford.
Report Post »Why not reinstate ‘Indians’ as mascot and honor native Americans once again.
Servant Of YHVH
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 5:48amAmen!
On this though, these people get stupider and stupider! Perhaps they should change their slogan to: “Every person going here must be a communist because they all act that way”. People, if you can stand to be called people, shut up, keep your mouths shut, wise up and quit trying to control everything that everyone else is doing because EVERYONE knows that is the only reason that you are doing this is to try and prove that you can control what other people think, say or do. Well, you are total and complete IDIOTS if you truly think that. In that case, they should change the mottol because people like you are not worth being called, man, woman, person, human or any other type of descriptive names like that.
Report Post »crabbyoldman
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 6:42pmHow?
Report Post »smokie
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 4:32amDoes that saying remind anyone else reminded of MST3K’s “Puma Man”?
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 3:39amThey need “sensitivity training”!
Strap them down and make them watch Chaz Bono on Dancing With The Stars and Glee until they conform!
Report Post »paulusmaximus
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 7:18amYou should be reported for your violent hate-full speech :)
Report Post »Tdevil_onethree
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 3:30amIf you don’t like it go somewhere else.
Report Post »miketheartist
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 2:55amEGOBS….Everyone Gets Offended By Something
Report Post »Firebrand
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 2:35amNo. Just like Texas A&M‘s 12th Man isn’t sexist.
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