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Jonathan XV Taking Over As UConn's Official Husky
The collar will be passed from one UConn mascot to the other this weekend.
STORRS, CT — It's time for Jonathan XV to be in the spotlight at the University of Connecticut.
The 10-month-old Siberian husky is scheduled to officially take over as UConn's mascot Sunday in a halftime "Changing of the Collar" ceremony at Gampel Pavilion.
The UConn men's basketball team is to take on Seton Hall with a noon tipoff.
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The ceremony will also mark the transition of Jonathan XV's de facto big brother, Jonathan XIV, to a more relaxed "emeritus" status as he approaches his 11th birthday this fall.
In the time since Jonathan XV was publicly introduced last June, he has been going through regular training and reinforcement of appropriate behaviors, and learning to follow the lead of the older Jonathan and his handlers from the Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity.
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