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Scarlet Knights mascot not diverse enough? Rutgers University Student Assembly thinks so

PISCATAWAY – Being told to get a facelift only nine months after undergoing a makeover could make any client scream … only this particular one can’t even talk.

The Rutgers University Student Assembly recently passed a bill calling for more gender and ethnic diversity in the Scarlet Knight mascot by adding multiple new-look costumes.

The story first was reported by The Daily Targum student newspaper but has gained traction and was featured Wednesday night on ABC’s Eyewitness News.

“What we were thinking – the way the bill’s laid out – it’s not defined that we need an Asian knight, a black knight, a Latino knight,” student assembly parliamentarian Emmet Brennan told The Targum.