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Herky the Hawk’s grimace too ‘aggressive’ for fragile students, Iowa professor says
Washington Times ^ | 08/26/16 | Jessica Chasmar

Posted on 09/14/2016 2:11:00 PM PDT by SES1066

A University of Iowa professor is asking the athletics department to make the university’s mascot, Herky the Hawk, display friendlier facial expressions, arguing that his angry grimace is traumatizing students.

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TOPICS: Education; Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: hawkeyes; herky; iowa; oral; snowflakes
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Professor Resmiye Oral, clinical professor of pediatrics; "However, Herky’s angry, to say the least, faces conveying an invitation to aggressivity and even violence are not compatible with the verbal messages that we try to convey to and instill in our students and campus community,”

End of last month, start of academic year and a marshmallow soft academic weighs in on a school mascot! Mascots are supposed to be TOUGH and intimidating. If you don't like it, go to a school with a nice gentle butterfly or a tree mascot!

1 posted on 09/14/2016 2:11:00 PM PDT by SES1066
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To: SES1066

uhhh, it looks like 3 crosses to me end to end.. but that’s just me.. what’s the problem. ;-)


2 posted on 09/14/2016 2:12:16 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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To: SES1066

Oh jeez...


3 posted on 09/14/2016 2:12:20 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Gear Up)
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To: SES1066

And the mascot inspires the football team to run into the other team and pull them to the ground. Oh the horror!


4 posted on 09/14/2016 2:13:10 PM PDT by SteveO87
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5 posted on 09/14/2016 2:13:34 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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To: SES1066

Whaaaaaaaaaa! U of I needs more safe places.


6 posted on 09/14/2016 2:14:40 PM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: NormsRevenge

That’s a man, baby!


7 posted on 09/14/2016 2:14:57 PM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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To: NormsRevenge

She looks like a humanoid Herky.


8 posted on 09/14/2016 2:15:06 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: SES1066

This has GOT to be satire.


9 posted on 09/14/2016 2:15:12 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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10 posted on 09/14/2016 2:15:45 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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To: SES1066

How big of a 18-20 something year old wuss do you have to be to be intimidated by a mascot’s grimace?


11 posted on 09/14/2016 2:15:46 PM PDT by rey
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To: NormsRevenge

Is it a man or a woman? Or a bit of both?


12 posted on 09/14/2016 2:15:55 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: NormsRevenge

This scares me more than the mascot.


13 posted on 09/14/2016 2:16:13 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Gear Up)
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To: SES1066

LOL...almost got me there, Semmens...


14 posted on 09/14/2016 2:16:20 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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That’s right. Make the Hawkeye smile......it will be really intimidating to your football opponents! BWAHAHAHAHAH!


15 posted on 09/14/2016 2:18:37 PM PDT by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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She can go north, unless she's just afraid of big teeth.

Image result for goldy gopher appearance

16 posted on 09/14/2016 2:18:53 PM PDT by toast
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To: SES1066

more precious snowflakes melting at college campus all around the nation


17 posted on 09/14/2016 2:19:12 PM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: SES1066

My favorite is the UCSB Banana Slugs. No I’m not making it up.


18 posted on 09/14/2016 2:19:48 PM PDT by 22202NOVA (Misinformed or misunderstood, but NEVER wrong.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Yikes!


19 posted on 09/14/2016 2:19:53 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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This has GOT to be satire.

The story? Or her hairdo?
20 posted on 09/14/2016 2:21:11 PM PDT by jjsheridan5
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