[Music begins]

[Words appear: IU Day 2018 presents]

[Video: Regional campus mascots warming up at the starting line on the track at the Michael A. Carroll Track and Soccer Stadium. From left to right: IU Northwest’s Rufus the RedHawk, IU Kokomo’s Kingston the Cougar, IUPUI’s Jawz the Jaguar, IU East’s Rufus the Red Wolf, IU Southeast’s Gus the Grenadier, and IU South Bend’s Titus the Titan.]

[Words appear: The Mascot Dash]

[Video:  Screen splits into three panels with images of IU Northwest’s Rufus the RedHawk warming up for the dash in each panel.]

[Words appear in middle panel:  Rufus, IU NORTHWEST REDHAWKS]

[Video:  Screen splits into three panels with images of IU Kokomo’s Kingston the Cougar warming up for the dash in each panel.]

[Words appear in middle panel:  Kingston, IU KOKOMO COUGARS]

[Video:  Screen splits into three panels with images of IUPUI’s Jawz the Jaguar warming up for the dash in each panel.]

[Words appear in middle panel:  Jawz, IUPUI JAGUARS]

[Video:  Screen splits into three panels with images of IU East’s Rufus the Red Wolf warming up for the dash in each panel.]

[Words appear in middle panel:  Rufus, IU EAST RED WOLVES]

[Video:  Screen splits into three panels with images of IU Southeast’s Gus the Grenadier warming up for the dash in each panel.]

[Words appear in middle panel:  Gus, IU SOUTHEAST GRENADIERS]

[Video:  Screen splits into three panels with images of IU South Bend’s Titus the Titan warming up for the dash in each panel.]

[Words appear in middle panel:  Titus, IU SOUTH BEND TITANS]

[Video:  IUPUI’s Jazzy the Jaguar, dressed in a striped referee’s shirt and white shorts with a whistle around her neck, walks out on the track.]

[Video:  IUPUI’s Jazzy the Jaguar, dressed in a striped referee’s shirt and white shorts, raises left arm and blows whistle.]

 [Whistle Blows]

[Video:  Close-up view of two mascots on the starting line from the right, IU South Bend’s Titus the Titan and IU Southeast’s Gus the Grenadier, getting into position at the starting line.]

[Video:  Close up view of the mascots’ hands lined up in position on the track behind the starting line.]

[Video:  IUPUI’s Jazzy the Jaguar drops her left arm and blows whistle to start the race.]

[Whistle Blows]

[Video:  Close-up of five mascots’ feet crossing the start line to begin the dash. IU Northwest’s Rufus the RedHawk’s yellow feet do not move.]

[Video:  Close-up view of Jazzy the Jaguar’s head watching IU Northwest’s Rufus the RedHawk shrug his wings and walk off the track.]

[Video:  IUPUI’s Jawz the Jaguar standing at the curb on the IUPUI campus ordering a pick-up to IU Day 2018 on his smartphone.]

[Video:  Small red car stops quickly at the curb. IUPUI’s Jawz the Jaguar gets in the back seat. Car takes off as IUPUI’s Jawz the Jaguar is pulling his tail in and closing the car door.]

[Video:  View from the front of IU East’s Rufus the Red Wolf running down the street toward the camera. Stops when he notices a woman dressed in a black knee-length puffer coat with a red hat throw a ball for her black dog to fetch. IU East’s Rufus the Red Wolf leaves the sidewalk to chase the ball.]

[Video:  IU Northwest’s Rufus the RedHawk sitting at a round table with his legs propped up on chair in the IUPUI Campus Center reading an article about hunting birds in Fur-Fish-Game magazine.]

[Video:  Close-up of IU Northwest’s Rufus the RedHawk reading Fur-Fish-Game magazine.]

[Video:  IU Southeast’s Gus the Grenadier marching in front of Wood Fountain at IUPUI.]

[Video:  Close-up of IU South Bend’s Titus the Titan’s right hand holding his helmet and left hand grasping the handle of his holstered sword.]

[Video:  Close-up of IU South Bend’s Titus the Titan’s right hand holding his helmet and his left hand brushing his red cape back as he begins walking.]

[Video:  IU South Bend’s Titus the Titan descending steps to the Indianapolis Canal Walk looking at Segway parked on the path.]

[Video:  Close-up of IU South Bend’s Titus the Titan’s hands gripping handles of the Segway.]

[Video:  IU Kokomo’s Kingston the Cougar jogging toward the camera on the Canal Walk.]

[Video:  Stops and looks at a rowboat tied up in the canal with two oars and a red life vest.]

[Video:  Close-up of IU Kokomo’s Kingston the Cougar’s hand grasping the bar in the rowboat with his feet next to the boat ready to get into it.]

[Video:  Close-up of IU South Bend’s Titus the Titan’s hand holding a sword.]

[Video:  IU South Bend’s Titus the Titan wearing his helmet, holding his sword out in front of him with right hand, and steering the Segway along the Canal Walk with his left hand.]

[Video:  Close-up of IU Kokomo’s Kingston the Cougar’s paws fastening a buckle on his red life vest.]

[Video:  IU Kokomo’s Kingston the Cougar picks up an oar and begins paddling rowboat on the canal.]

[Video:  IU Southeast’s Gus the Grenadier marching in front of Wood Fountain at IUPUI.]

[Video:  IU Southeast’s Gus the Grenadier stops marching. Close-up of IU Southeast’s Gus the Grenadier looking through an extended spyglass.]

[Video:  IU Southeast’s Gus the Grenadier sees through his spyglass IU Kokomo’s Kingston the Cougar paddling the rowboat on the canal.]

[Video:  Close-up of female wearing a red IUPUI baseball cap and black puffer coat smiles and holds up yellow tennis ball, showing it to a black dog with a red scarf tied around its neck and IU East’s Rufus the Red Wolf.]

[Video:  Female wearing a red IUPUI baseball cap and black puffer coat holds up the yellow tennis ball.]

[Sound of dog barking]

[Video:  The black dog and IU East’s Rufus the Red Wolf wait for the ball to be thrown, and once it’s thrown, both the black dog and IU East’s Rufus the Red Wolf run after it.]

[Video:  Close-up of the yellow ball landing in the grass and IU East’s Rufus the Red Wolf’s feet approaching the ball, which he picks up with his paw. The red car carrying IUPUI’s Jawz the Jaguar is in the background.]

[Video:  Close-up of red car’s interior from the front seat with side view of driver and IUPUI’s Jawz the Jaguar sitting in the back seat behind the driver. Car screeches to a stop, jarring the passengers.]

[Video:  Car pulls away and IUPUI’s Jawz the Jaguar is standing on the sidewalk.]

[Video:  IU East’s Rufus the Red Wolf drops the yellow tennis ball and runs out of frame.]

[Video:  IU East’s Rufus the Red Wolf runs by IUPUI’s Jawz the Jaguar, who is standing on the sidewalk. Image of smartphone screen with words: “IU Day 2018; You’ve Arrived; Leave a Review!”]

[Video:  IUPUI’s Jawz the Jaguar looks at his smartphone, leaves a one-star review, and begins running down the sidewalk following IU East’s Rufus the Red Wolf.]

[Video:  IU Kokomo’s Kingston the Cougar climbs out of rowboat on the Canal Walk, wearing a red life vest with a view of downtown Indianapolis’s skyline in the background.]

[Video:  With life vest now removed, IU Kokomo’s Kingston the Cougar runs along the Canal Walk and up the steps to the street.]

[Video:  IU Northwest’s Rufus the RedHawk sitting at a table in the IUPUI Campus Center drinking from a Starbucks cup reading an issue of Popular Science magazine with a cover story about bird intelligence.]

[Sound of phone ringing]

[Video:  Rufus puts down his coffee cup to answer a call on his smartphone.]

[Squawking noises]

[Words appear:  Hey, Rufus! Everyone’s about to cross the finish line!]

[Video:  IU Northwest’s Rufus the RedHawk puts down magazine and gets up from his chair to leave.]

[Video:  Close-up of IU South Bend’s Titus the Titan’s head bobbing along with scenery around him moving fast as he rides Segway.]

[Sound of mechanical whirring noises]

[Video:  IU Northwest’s Rufus the RedHawk on top of parking garage overlooking parking lot with a view of downtown Indianapolis’s skyline in the background.]

[Video:  IU Northwest’s Rufus the RedHawk flaps his wings and begins to fly over the IUPUI Campus Center in the direction of Michael A. Carroll Track and Soccer Stadium.]

[Sound of air rushing by]

[Video:  Back view of IU Southeast’s Gus the Grenadier marching on the Michael A. Carroll track with IUPUI’s Jazzy the Jaguar in the distance waving the black-and-white-checkered flag at the finish line.]

[Sound of heavy boots marching]

[Video:  Side view from center of track of IU Southeast’s Gus the Grenadier marching on the Michael A. Carroll track with IUPUI’s Jazzy the Jaguar in the distance waving the black-and-white-checkered flag at the finish line.]

[Video:  IU Southeast’s Gus the Grenadier turns around to look at what’s behind him on the track.]

[Video:  Close-up of IUPUI’s Jazzy the Jaguar waving the black-and-white-checkered flag in slow-motion.]

[Video:  From left to right, running in slow-motion toward the finish line: IUPUI’s Jawz the Jaguar; IU East’s Rufus the Red Wolf; IU South Bend’s Titus the Titan; and IU Kokomo’s Kingston the Cougar.]

[Video:  IU Southeast’s Gus the Grenadier turns around and starts marching faster toward the finish line with IUPUI’s Jawz the Jaguar, IU East’s Rufus the Red Wolf, IU South Bend’s Titus the Titan, and IU Kokomo’s Kingston the Cougar in close pursuit, with IU Northwest’s Rufus the RedHawk flying overhead as IUPUI’s Jazzy the Jaguar waves the black-and-white checkered flag at the finish line.]

[Video:  Screen turns red.]

[Words appear:  And the winner is … UP TO YOU!]

[Words appear:  VOTE NOW: iuday.iu.edu/mascots]

[Music ends]

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