<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/_dev-testing/2026-08-21/magazine/fall-2024/meet-21st-century-warrior-mascot.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Meet the 21st Century Warrior Mascot</title><excerpt>McKenna Phillips ’26, the Westmont College Student Association (WCSA) communications manager and a philosophy major, led the effort to name a refreshed Warrior mascot. Students submitted 375 nominations in March, and the committee announced two finalists during Spring Sing at the Santa Barbara Bowl: Wynn and Wallace/Wally. The crowd chose Wallace/Wally, a tribute to Wallace Emerson, Westmont’s first president.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
            
        </image><caption/><description>ATHLETICS NEWSMcKenna Phillips ’26, the Westmont College Student Association (WCSA) communications manager and a philosophy major...</description></item>