Every school has a mascot, but most are just in name only.
At one time Phoenix Junior college had a real live bear for its mascot. Unlike the UofA Wildcat, ASU's Lucifer, and NAU's Lumberjack, mere figures, a black bear cub became the living example of school spirit at PJC in 1920. Old-timers relate how the PJC students secured the bruin from a circus that passed through the town. The bear, almost by instinct, knew when the going was rough on the gridiron. He would rear back on his haunces and bellow.