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The really scary part of this story is that the professor is an M.D. and teaches pediatric medicine in medical school.

I would have been less concerned if she had been a professor of Third World Underwater Basket Weaving.

Or something.

Via Washington Times.

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.

“I believe incoming students should be met with welcoming, nurturing, calm, accepting and happy messages, ”Resmiye Oral, a clinical professor of pediatrics, wrote Tuesday in an email to athletic department officials, obtained by the Iowa City Press-Citizen….

“As we strive to tackle depression, suicide, violence, and behavioral challenges and help our students succeed, I plead with you to allow Herky to be like one of us, sometimes sad, sometimes happy, sometimes angry, sometimes concentrated,” Ms. Oral wrote….

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  1. Minnie says:

    Good Grief ! Tell me the little snowflakes have never watching some of the weird shows like zombies , walking dead or many others ? Heck I just saw Pete’s dragon with the grandkids 7 & 5 yrs and was concerned . Asked them if it was scary ? Answer was NO!
    UN of Iowa is expensive & ince very prestigious . Looks like they are going way of too many falling prey to the errosive Liberal Ideology !

  2. Alain41 says:

    Speaking of college football, the season opens this week and the BIG game is Saturday night 8pm EDT, USC vs Alabama. AKA, Tammy Bruce vs Laura Ingraham. Fight On vs Roll Tide. USC is ranked
    20th and Alabama is ranked 1st. Teams last played in 1985. This time it’s personal. I will be watching.

  3. Maynard says:

    If this woman is seriously concerned about images that traumatize young people, she’d stop whining about stupid birds and just put a big bag over her head. Oh, and while she’s at it, change her name; calling her “Ms. Oral” brings some pretty nasty images to mind. (Admit it!) Just saying.

    Dare I mention that “Resmiye Oral” (yes, that is her name) is an anagram for “Oily Reamers”? You can’t make this stuff up.

  4. dennisl59 says:

    Let’s rewrite Resmiye’s statement:

    “As I strive to tackle depression, suicide, violence, and behavioral challenges and help me succeed, I plead with you to allow Herky to be like me: sometimes sad, sometimes happy, sometimes angry, sometimes concentrated.”

    Second, I would not trust any ‘health care professional’ that wears that necklace or whatever it is…to me it looks like an array of boogers hand made at a Wiccan shop. Finally I’m truly surprised she didn’t spray paint her hair in rainbow colors.

    posted 8/29 822am Texas[Quack, Quack]Time

    • Maynard says:

      Dennis, don’t you know the difference between an array of Wiccan boogers and a merkin?

      (Sorry, I cannot help myself. Shifra is definitely going to haul me down to the nearest KFC and deep-fry me.)

  5. Alain41 says:

    Grimm’s Fairy Tales are over 200 yrs old, college students grew up with Angry Birds, Harry Potter, Twilight vampires, Hunger Games, Scream movies, along with assorted Friday the 13th movies, etc. I think they can handle Hercules Hawk.

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