The Northern Kentucky University Athletics department has announced the winner of the Victor E. Viking contest.
Following a five-day online voting period for students, fans, faculty/staff, alumni and other members of the Northern Kentucky University community, Norse mascot Victor E. Viking’s costume will consist of Victor’s original head with the redesigned body.
Approximately 7,000 individual responses were received, with 59 percent choosing the option of the original head with the new body.
Thirty-four percent of respondents voted for the original suit, while seven percent voted for the new.
The vote followed serious backlash against a “new” Victor Viking revealed by NKU Athletics earlier this school year. And although the costume had already been ordered for a “kinder, gentler” Victor, the negative reaction prompted re-consideration and a vote that offer three options.
Read the NKyTribune’s Victor Voting story here.
For the remainder of the academic calendar, NKU Athletics will utilize the original head with the new suit at all athletics and community events.
At the conclusion of the academic calendar, the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics will coordinate with NKU’s Student Government Association and Olympus Group in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to recreate Victor’s original head.
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