With the search for the first athletic mascot officially on, we asked 10 UI alums with creative jobs: What's your idea?
PARISA TABRIZ '04
Google's 'Security Princess'
"I vote for the Illinois Apples.
"Apples are an Illinois state food. They're a symbol for education. They're modest — unlike the flashy pineapple. They come in different colors, representing the diversity of the university. And they don't bruise easily.
"I was thinking about corn too — Fightin' Kernels? — but I kept thinking about how the skin gets stuck in your teeth.