Editing Great auk (section)

====Mascots====
The great auk is the [[mascot]] of the [[Archmere Academy]] in [[Claymont, Delaware]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archmereacademy.com/page/news-detail?pk=677401|title=Archmere AUK Named Most Unique HS Mascot in DE, Moves on to Regionals!|date=6 March 2013|publisher=Archmere Academy |access-date=21 May 2017}}</ref> and the [[University of Adelaide|Adelaide University]] Choral Society (AUCS) in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aucs.org.au/web/system/files/2005.02skweek.pdf|title=O'Sqweek 2005|last=Holzknecht|first=Karin|year=2005|publisher=Adelaide University Choral Society|page=1|access-date=28 April 2010| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080719054354/http://www.aucs.org.au/web/system/files/2005.02skweek.pdf| archive-date = 19 July 2008}}</ref>

The great auk was formerly the mascot of the Lindsay Frost campus of [[Fleming College|Sir Sandford Fleming College]] in [[Ontario]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flemingsa.com/index.php|title=Fleming College Auk's Lodge Student Association|date=15 April 2010|publisher=Fleming College Auk's Lodge Student Association|access-date=28 April 2010|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711005727/http://www.flemingsa.com/index.php|archive-date=11 July 2011}}</ref> In 2012, the two separate sports programs of Fleming College were combined<ref>[http://web.studentportfolios.ca/~humberjournalism.com/sweat/2012/04/11/flemings-auks-and-knights-athletics-merger/ Fleming's Auks and Knights athletics merger] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027060958/http://web.studentportfolios.ca/~humberjournalism.com/sweat/2012/04/11/flemings-auks-and-knights-athletics-merger/ |date=27 October 2016 }} 11 April 2012. Evolution in Sport.</ref> and the great auk mascot went extinct. The Lindsay Frost campus student owned bar, student centre, and lounge is still known as the Auk's Lodge.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Auk's Lodge Student Centre|url=https://www.frostsa.ca/auks-lodge|access-date=2023-02-06|website=Frost Student Association
| publisher= Fleming College 
|language=en-US}}</ref>

It was also the mascot of the now ended [[Knowledge Masters]] educational competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greatauk.com/KMO.html|title=Knowledge Master Open academic competition|publisher=greatauk.com|access-date=3 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918014017/http://greatauk.com/KMO.html|archive-date=18 September 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-index.org/cgi-bin/story.php?story=1014quizbowlkmo |title=Competition summons inner intellect |last=Schettle |first=Liz |date=17 December 2004 |publisher=The Oshkosh West Index |access-date=29 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110602061258/http://www.the-index.org/cgi-bin/story.php?story=1014quizbowlkmo |archive-date=2 June 2011 }}</ref>