Stanford tree mascot fired for alleged basketball game drunkenness
Stanford University, sometimes referred to as ``The Farm,'' has lost a very prominent tree, for being drunk.
Actually, the tree was Erin Lashnits, who dresses as a tree for her role as mascot to the school's irreverent band.
But university officials say Erin-the-tree was a bit over-watered during a recent basketball game.
Officials say the fifth-year senior's blood-alcohol level was measured at 0.157 during the game at the University of California, Berkeley. That's about twice the legal limit for driving, if trees drove cars.
Band spokesman Sam Urmy says Lashnits was fired to avoid disciplinary penalties from the athletic department.
Said Urmy: ``We don't want to risk our core mission of rocking out and bringing funk to the funkless.''
This is the latest embarrassing incident for the Tree which was once put on probation for ballot stuffing on ESPN.com's best mascot contest.
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