Hawk Pride!

You see it everywhere, and you can hear its name echo from the walls of every gym we enter. We are the Lady Hawks. Coach calls us into the huddle, while we all circle around her you can feel the intensity building within our veins. We all put our hands forth as one unit and the count begins. "Hawks on three! ONE...TWO...THREE! HAWKS!. This symbol brings a great sense of community to our team. When the school chose a Hawk as our mascot they most likely chose an atheistically appealing symbol but it was the students here at RWU that have shaped the meaning behind the friendly bird.( Community Shapes the Brand ) The Hawk gives our school a sense of communal pride and invokes meaning and togetherness among a school of diverse students. For my Basketball team the Hawk represents our hard work and dedication to each other and our sport. The Hawk may not be as familiar as the Nike swoosh but if you are apart of our small University you have to be blind not to no what the Hawk looks like. It sets it apart from other groups or schools because other schools have a different symbol or mascot. Another group on campus that has a logo is the CEN ( Campus Entertainment Network ). They are a tight knit group of students that help set up events and concerts at our school. Though I am not in the group I can see they where their CEN shirts with pride. The symbol sets them apart from other students that dont get the behind the scenes look at our school functions. I am not sure it would be something that I would be interested in joining but it sure does look like they have fun and show a great passion for.