PHENRY UPDATE: That college professor is a dude, no?
If not, she’s much scarier than the damn bird.—>
How old are college students? Are they 9?
The infantilism of America marches on, courtesy of the left.
Fact is, I don’t know if this professor is left-wing, but if I’m wrong I’ll paint a happy bird face on a body part of her choosing and wear it for a month.
Professor wants university’s mascot to display a wider array of facial expressions
A University of Iowa professor is asking for the Department of Athletics to allow the university’s mascot, Herky the Hawk, to display a wider array of facial expressions. “I believe incoming students should be met with welcoming, nurturing, calm, accepting and happy messages,” Resmiye Oral, a clinical professor of paediatrics at UI, wrote recently in an email to UI athletic department officials. “And our campus community is doing a great job in that regard when it comes to words.
“However, Herky’s angry, to say the least, face conveying an invitation to aggressivity and even violence is not compatible with the verbal messages that we try to convey to and instill in our students and campus community.” Oral said she has been concerned for some time with the lack of emotional variety displayed by the university’s long-standing mascot. Her intention, she said, is to bring diversity to how Herky feels, not to eliminate the ambitious, competitive, go-getter Herky.
Athletic department officials said they are looking into some concerns raised by Oral but note that the request is complicated. “UI athletic department officials are aware of this request and are in the process of formulating a response in regard to Herky,” Steve Roe, the department’s director of communications. The problem is that, if the university is to maintain the value of its brand and logo, then the university needs to keep that brand and logo unchanged and recognisable for as long as possible, said Dale Arens, director of UI’s trademark licensing programme.
Why is there a mascot at all? Aren’t sports all about competition, which is bound to make some snowflake feel badly about themselves when they lose?
We can’t have that in the brave new world.
I have that same expression when I sit on the toilet. It’s not anger, it’s a lack of fiber.
Since 98% of the students and faculty agree that Herky is a great mascot, any arguments to the contrary are hurtful and not acceptable in the interests of community harmony. The extremist radical professor should seek employment at some other institution with a mascot more in keeping with her irrational values, such as a cuddly George Soros doll made of hemp cloth and stuffed with dried and shredded organic tofu.
Google Remiye Oral (interesting last name) and hit Images. That mascot is not the scariest face on campus. The pediatrician that scares the shit out of little kids.
Greendale Community College’s mascot has become the reality instead of a joke.
Athletic department officials said they are looking into some concerns raised by Oral but note that the request is complicated. “UI athletic department officials are aware of this request and are in the process of formulating a response in regard to Herky,”
Jocks. It’ll be a while before they can translate “fuck off” into something more PC.
Herky vs. Oral
Who needs the Onion?
The hag is the last one to be complaining about faces….gah she is nasty (it is a she, right?)
OK, I’ll concede that as mascots go, Herky does look like he was drunkenly conceived on the back of a soggy bar napkin at 3 AM on Tequila Shots Dollar Night.
The double row of cartoon human teeth behind a bird’s beak makes for a weird visual.
And the double grimace, where his beak is curling up in a permanent sneer on both sides at the same time, adds to the anatomically-impossible vibe.
They should give Herky an update to make him a LOT more scary.
His new mouth should have both a ferocious beak AND a full double line of Velociraptor teeth, the better for viciously ripping apart the faces of visiting team’s mascots.
Go Herky-Raptor!
Aaargghhh!
Uncle Al – – That’s a great tactic, using the left’s own BS. We need more of that from conservative leaders.