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Block UICC logo in red. In 1965 the school moved and became the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle campus. Upon this move the team became known as the Chicas, a shortening of Chicago; this was changed Chikas due to taunting from other teams knocking them (chicas means girls in Spanish). This spelling was rationalized as being a reference to the Chickasaw tribe. It was dropped in the 1970s. When the university joined the NCAA Division I in 1981, it had no nickname for its athletic teams and just used the phrase Chicago Circle.
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