by Sarah Scire

A Washington Post blog poked fun at the GW inaugural float design on Friday, comparing it to a bewildering mascot from the Atlanta Olympics.

After getting their hands on a copy of the float design and a legend previously published in The Hatchet, the Post reporter wrote “not since Izzy of the Atlanta Olympics fame has a design been as hard to figure out as George Washington University’s inaugural float.”

A picture of Izzy can be found here but a fuller story behind the scorned mascot is available on Wikipedia and a New York Times article near the start of the 1996 Atlanta Games.

The approved design features a massive globe, a large screen TV, and a work-in-progress bust of Obama, representing different schools at GW. More than forty students, faculty and administrators will ride on or alongside the float on Jan. 20th.

Despite the less-than-glowing review from the Post, Student Association members have said the float represents GW well.

“George Washington University will be able to present all the wonderful schools and colleges that make up this university in a float designed by students and built by students,” said SA Executive Director of Programming and Activities Charlie Burgoyne.

Hatchet Reporter Lauren French contributed to this report.