The school's men's and women's ski teams and men's and women's squash teams compete in Division I. The Ephs' nickname (which rhymes with chiefs) is a shortened form of the name of Ephraim Williams, the college's founder. The Ephs' mascot is a purple cow, and their colors are purple and gold. The school's athletic director is Lisa Melendy.
The Rottweiler (UK /ËrÉtvaÉªlÉ/ or /ËrÉtwaÉªlÉ/) or (US /rÉtwaÉªlÉr/) is a breed of domestic dog, regarded as medium-to-large or large.The dogs were known in German as Rottweiler Metzgerhund, meaning Rottweil butchers' dogs, because one of their uses was to herd livestock and pull carts laden with butchered meat to market.
Cf. also French chenille caterpillar, literally little dog. A Swiss German name for it is teufelskatz devil's cat. The caterpillar has in many idioms received the name of other animals [Kitchin, who cites also Milanese cagnon little dog, Italian dialectal gattola little cat, Kentish hop-dog, hop-cat, Portuguese lagarta lizard.