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On April 28, 1995, Shawn Howe, with the Indiana Statesman, reported that the votes were in and the new mascot for Indiana State was...a squirrel.
What kind of animal is Sycamore Sam?
The university dropped the "Chief Quabachi" mascot in 1989 in response to a variety of objections over use of the Indian caricature and did not have another mascot until 1995, when a blue-and-white wolf named "Sycamore Sam" became Indiana State's mascot.
