Rhode Island School of Design is a private, nonprofit college founded in Providence, RI in 1877—making it one of the first art and design schools in the US. Approximately 2,500 students from around the world are engaged in liberal arts studies and rigorous, studio-based learning at RISD (pronounced “RIZ-dee”)

Scrotie The Nads made his first debut at a hockey game in 2001 when an enterprising student crafted a costume out of scrap material they had laying around. RISD’s team, the Nads, were shocked to discover that they suddenly had a mascot cheering them on from the sidelines, but it wasn’t long before Scrotie was a part of campus life.

Scrotie The Nads is perhaps the most ridiculous mascot ever embraced by a student body. Scrotie The Nads The giant walking penis is awaited by spectators at every university sporting event, and the costume makes sense considering that the teams at the school are also crudely named after male genitalia. The basketball team is known as "The Balls" and the hockey team goes by the name "The Nads." How these names passed through university administration is beyond us, but they have become a part of school tradition. The basketball cheerleaders even go by the name "The Jockstraps," since they support The Balls.

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