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"I wanted him to look like a warrior leading Maryland on,"
says Catherine Nickle, 65, about her fierce yet friendly Testudo.
While driving home one day she got the idea to name her sculpture after the
Mighty Sound of Maryland, the university's marching band.
"Why not the Mighty Turtle of Maryland?" she asks. "Our sports teams are mighty,
so it fits."
Nickle's turtle stands outside the campus Visitor Center along Route 1. He clutches a Duke University Blue Devil in one hand while
the other holds a
spear from the Florida State University
Seminoles. He is stomping on the University of North Carolina Tar
Heel ram.
"I think Maryland's a great campus. I have three daughters who went
here," said Nickle, who
lives in Beltsville, Md., and works as an administrative assistant on campus. | 
