The U. Mississippi Mascot Selection Committee wrapped up its second phase, Poll One, as part of the mascot selection process yesterday evening.

According to Ty New, co-chair of the Mascot Selection Committee, over 12,000 people voted in the poll. Of that 12,000-plus, over 5,000 of those voters were students.

The committee was pleased with the result.

“(That number) is awesome, especially in the summer,” New said.

Because of the nature and volume of the voting, the committee will have to spend time considering the information, and go through the additional response provided in an “additional comments” box at the bottom of the poll.

“We (the Mascot Selection Committee) have so much feedback. We have to go through and get everyone’s responses sorted.”

The committee will reconvene on Monday to consider the end results. According to new, the results are feedback for “undeveloped ideas,” and that there is a possibility for changing or combining the ideas.

The poll included 11 options for which voters could rate how much the idea appealed to them.

Rather than a straight vote, poll participants could choose on a fi ve-choice scale whether they liked it or could not see it as a mascot choice, with choices that fell in the middle.

According to mascot.olemiss.edu, the results of the poll will decide which of the 11 concepts listed will advance to the final design phase. After the Mascot Selection Committee meeting on Monday, the committee will have a better idea which of these concepts voters have deemed worthy to progress to the final phase.