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Purdue Pete
Purdue Pete is a mascot of Purdue University. Despite his visible and constant on-field presence at Purdue sporting events, Pete is not the official mascot of the university. The official mascot of Purdue is the Boilermaker Special. ==History== Purdue Pete was first designed as a logo by the University Bookstore in 1940. They would put it on their products and portray him dressed up in different clothes for the different majors. He got the Purdue part of his name from Purdue University.〔Smith, Arthur. Personal interview. 03 Oct 2008. Interview notes in possession.〕 The owners of the bookstores gave him the name “Pete”, yet no one officially knows why this was chosen to be his name.〔 He was given a physical identity in 1956 as he came out and helped the students cheer at a pep rally.〔 Over the years, the appearance of Purdue Pete has gone under several drastic changes as well as several minor changes. His original head was made of paper-mâché, pasted onto a chicken wire frame.〔 This was very inconvenient for the person who would be underneath because it would limit his movements, yet he was still expected to move around and do stunts.〔 This head was changed to a giant fiberglass head where the person inside would use a harness to support it. This was impractical due to the sheer size of it. In the 1980s, Purdue Pete acquired the appearance he is now associated with.〔 Proposals to switch to a soft-sculpture costume were rejected in 2006 and 2011.
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