Image Courtesy of Teagan Durkin
Franklin and Marshall College has adopted a new, unofficial mascot.
Cows.
Several months ago, the College Entertainment Center (CEC) soft-launched a new mascot to be the face of the Steinman College Center. Equipped with small bovine plushies, and a line nearly stretching out the doors, the CEC’s board passed out cow stuffed animals. Or, the shell of a stuffed animal students had to stuff with fluff.
The cow was remarkably well-received.
Since then, the cow has slowly started to conquer the College Center and beyond. At most CEC events, such as the Ratatouille and charcuterie board night, a cow blow-up has proudly appeared to guide unsuspecting students to various events. Then, defying past plushie and plastic blow-up standards, CEC brought actual cows to campus for a student stress-relief event.
Miniature Highland Cows, to be exact.
When questioned, the individual who brought the cows revealed that he also had regular-sized Highland Cows. When further questioned on why those cows were not at campus and bringing whimsy and joy to the student body, the individual stated that a regular-sized Highland Cow would be significantly harder to contain and would most likely end up just wandering around campus.
It is unclear why a cow slowly meandering freely throughout campus would be bad.
Whatever the future of the CC Cows might be, one thing is clear. The moldy mascots of Ben Franklin and John Marshall are merely a whisper of history now.
Teagan Durkin is the Opinions Editor and a junior. She can be reached at tdurkin@fandm.edu.