{"id":96360,"date":"2024-10-09T14:33:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T18:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=96360"},"modified":"2024-11-07T14:22:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T19:22:07","slug":"then-and-now-boomers-evolution-from-court-star-to-campus-icon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2024\/10\/then-and-now-boomers-evolution-from-court-star-to-campus-icon\/","title":{"rendered":"THEN AND NOW: Boomer\u2019s evolution from court star to campus icon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>To mark\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/60\/\"><em>Brock\u2019s 60th anniversary<\/em><\/a><em>, The Brock News is running a <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/tag\/then-and-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">monthly series<\/a> looking back at the University\u2019s history through photos.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Two years after the first Brock Badgers logo was announced and revealed in fall 1980, the \u2018Brock Badger\u2019 mascot (pictured above) made its debut at a men\u2019s basketball game during Homecoming weekend in November 1982.<\/p>\n<p>Boomer the Badger has become more than just a mascot for Brock University. Boomer embodies the spirit and pride of the entire campus. Boomer unites students, alumni and the community to foster a strong sense of identity and belonging. The community can rely on Boomer to boost morale at events and create lasting traditions that inspire school pride year-round.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_96362\" style=\"width: 1060px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2023Boomer-scaled.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96362\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-96362 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2023Boomer-1050x591.jpg\" alt=\"A mascot in the form of a Badger waves a bright red flag with the Brock Badgers logo in front of a large crowd during a volleyball game at Brock University.\" width=\"1050\" height=\"591\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-96362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More than 40 years later, Brock\u2019s mascot has become the iconic Boomer the Badger and can be found pumping up the crowd at playoff games and major University events.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two years after the first Brock Badgers logo was announced and revealed in fall 1980, the \u2018Brock Badger\u2019 mascot made its debut at a men\u2019s basketball game during Homecoming weekend in November 1982.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":96361,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7484,3319,1],"tags":[13423,13818],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96360"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96360"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97103,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96360\/revisions\/97103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}