At least three Utah schools, including Brigham Young University, use cougar as a mascot.
Man didn’t know he shot nail into brain
ORLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man thought the errant nail that discharged from the gun he was working with had whizzed by his head. Instead, it was lodged in his brain.
Family members say Dante Autullo spent more than a day with the 31/2-inch nail in his head before having it removed Thursday.
The 32-year-old was tinkering in the garage of his Orland Park home Tuesday when then the nail gun went off. He saw a small wound but couldn’t find the nail and didn’t think much of it.
He went to work the next day but later went to the hospital with nausea and one monster of a headache.
That’s when an X-ray uncovered the nail.
Autullo is recovering after a four-hour surgery to have the nail removed.
Utah school passes on ‘cougars’ mascot
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah school district has decided against using “Cougars” as a mascot for a new high school in part because of the negative connotation of the word in popular culture.
Canyons School District Superintendent David S. Doty says the selection of “Chargers” as mascot was driven by the desire for originality, despite a poll of some future students that showed 26 percent in favor of using the cougar.
At least three Utah schools, including Brigham Young University, use cougar as a mascot.