My BIL went to Oglethorpe, who are the Stormy Petrels. He played basketball for them and they went to the NCAA tournament, where the ESPN announcer called them the Salty Pretzels. Salty Pretzels is a much better mascot than Stormy Petrel.

I went to Tulane, where our mascot is a pelican, affectionately refered to as Pecker by the students. Not surprisingly, the adminstration doesn't approve of that nickname. Roll Wave!