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Denver Boone, the University of Denver’s mascot from 1968 to 1998, has been officially banished from the currently mascot-free campus. But Boone’s not gone altogether. Today a seven-foot-high replica of Boone was installed on top of the Pioneer, which has been renovating both its interior and exterior this summer, and just unveiled its new deck.
See also: Denver Boone, University of Denver’s unofficial mascot, soon to be banished?
Lori Midson stopped in this afternoon to take a look at the Pioneer, and sent these photos of the new deck — and its official mascot, Denver Boone.
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