Since the 1994 change from Warriors to Golden Eagles, everyone from Viewpoints authors to Milwaukee Journal Sentinel sports columnists have accused former University President the Rev. Albert J. DiUlio of making a unilateral decision in the interests of being politically correct, a charge DiUlio denies.

In 1993, when the decision was officially announced, the Viewpoints section of the Tribune was flooded with angered students and alumni.

"Nothing against our Native Americans, but I fail to see how the word 'warrior' relates singularly to their heritage, let alone how it is degrading to them to use it in the context that Marquette now employs it," alumni Thomas and Margaret Lauterbach wrote in an Oct. 14, 1993 Viewpoint. "The administration is caving in to pressure from outside sources rather than working to keep the people that are paying their overpriced salaries satisfied. Does the phrase 'Don't bite the hand that feeds you' mean anything to these folks? Apparently not."

Phrases like "Save the Warrior!" were chalked on local sidewalks. The College Republicans printed T-shirts with the slogan "Warriors Forever." The 'i' in Warriors was replaced with an upside-down eagle feather, a sacred symbol to some Native American tribes.

"I am angered, as I'm sure many other students and alumni are, by the fact that this was a completely arbitrary decision," said then-Arts & Sciences junior Jeff Gorski in a Tribune Viewpoint. "The administration concocted this devious little scheme behind closed doors and then…bang! We're doing away with the Warrior."

At the end of the 1993-'94 academic year, the Golden Eagle was selected, and the name stuck. The Viewpoints page had moved on to other topics, and while Golden Eagle detractors persisted, they became a vocal minority among the student body and on the page.,”Brian O'Connor”

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