BU cheerleaders and a drum majorette with a Boston terrier mascot on what is now Nickerson Field, August 27, 1954. Terrier mascot Rhett with homecoming queen Laura Sugarman (center) and a member of her court, November 3, 1956.

The university selected the Boston terrier as its mascot in 1922 by a student vote, and sometime later nicknamed the figure “Rhett” after Rhett Butler, the romantic foil to Scarlett O’Hara ...

Boston University athletics is known as the Terriers. The mascot is named Rhett, which is a reference to the novel “Gone with the Wind,” which has also come under fire in recent months, Brown...

Rhett, a Boston Terrier and Boston University’s unofficial mascot, died Tuesday morning as a result of a heart condition at 12 years old. His owner, Calvin Iwanicki, said Rhett died in his owner’s ex-wife’s arms.

Boston University’s mascot, Rhett the Boston Terrier, as depicted on the school’s hockey sweater. Credit: Brad Slager/RedState Famed psychologist and founder of analytical psychology Carl Jung once said, “No tree, it is said, can grow to Heaven unless its roots reach down to Hell.”

Rhett, Boston University’s furry, unofficial terrier mascot, has died By Amanda Kaufman Globe Staff,Updated March 4, 2020, 8:54 a.m. Students walked Boston University's campus on Commonwealth...

Mascot Rhett the Terrier of the Boston University Terriers entertains from the ice during the Beanpot Tournament Championship Game against the Boston College Eagles on February 12, 2007.

Rhett the Terrier. in Campus, Sports. February 28th, 1922. Boston Terrier becomes the Boston University mascot after students choose him over a moose. The Boston Terrier was first bred in 1869, the year BU was chartered. The mascot is later named “Rhett” after the 1936 book/1939 movie Gone with the Windbecause “no one loves Scarlett more than Rhett.”.

The Boston University mascot is a Boston Terrier named Rhett. This is the official mascot that represents the Boston University since November 15, 1922. The black and white Boston Terrier was named after the Boston University students voted for one of the two possible mascots.