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St. John's Culture Tours
St. John's Culture Tours
St. John's Culture Tours
St. John's Culture Tours
St. John's Culture Tours
St. John's Culture Tours
St. John's Culture Tours
St. John's Culture Tours
St. John's Culture Tours
St. John's Culture Tours
St. John's Culture Tours
St. John's Culture Tours
St. John's Culture Tours
St. John's Culture Tours
St. John's Culture Tours
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St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador A1C 4T6, Canada

The St. John's Red Storm is the nickname used for the 16 varsity athletic programs of St. John's University, in the U.S. state of New York. St. John's 16 NCAA Division I teams compete in the Big East Conference, with the exception of the fencing team, which compete in the ECAC. On December 15, 2012, St. John's and the other six Catholic, non-FBS schools announced that they were departing the former Big East for a new conference. The Catholic 7, after purchasing the Big East name from the FBS schools and adding Butler, Creighton, and Xavier, began operating as the new Big East Conference beginning in July 2013.The athletic program fields sixteen intercollegiate teams: basketball, soccer, baseball, lacrosse, tennis, golf, and fencing for men and basketball, soccer, softball, volleyball, tennis, track and field, cross country, golf, and fencing for women. In 2002, the university eliminated five men's athletic teams and one women's team in order to comply with Title IX rules prohibiting activities that receive federal assistance from discriminating on the basis of gender.Prior to the 1994–95 school year, the university's nickname was the St. John's Redmen, which referenced the red uniforms worn by its teams in competition. The name was interpreted as a Native American reference in the 1960s, and the university did have a mascot , which eventually led to the team's name change to the Red Storm. The change happened at a time when there was mounting pressure on colleges and universities to adopt names more sensitive to Native American culture. The Redmen name still remains popular among fans, however, as does Johnnies. On September 18, 2009 the new mascot, which was voted on by students, was revealed; Johnny Thunderbird.
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