Our Purdue community was somewhat less than enthused with the newest iteration of the Boilermakers’ mascot, Purdue Pete. They were not alone: After what had to have been an overwhelmingly negative public reaction to the new Pete’s appearance at Saturday’s Black & Gold Game, the school is back to the drawing board, without the services of the original professor who led the student design team. (No, he wasn’t fired over this, and has been gone for several years, although as firing offenses go, this would be a great one.)
Just Make A Sentient Anthropomorphic Sledgehammer And Call It A Day
Once the university decided to retain the previous Pete, associate athletic director Barbara Kapp spoke with faculty in the Department of Aviation Technology who agreed this week to create two new heads using instructions left by the professor.Well, that sounds like fun. When the robot apocalypse is upon us at last, just remember you were warned it was coming.
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