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April 1, 2018 Edition
Toys "R" Us mascot's fall from grace
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PSN: Doc_Mooby Really Lonely sendmecompliments@osweonion.com When Toys “R” Us filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in September 2017, many employees feared their careers with the company were soon ending. While many are concerned about employees’ families and how they will be supported if their loved ones lose their jobs, there is an individual that no one is concerned about, and it is somebody that will have the most difficulty finding another job. It is Geoffrey the Giraffe. Geoffrey has been Toys “R” Us’ mascot since 1965 and planned on staying with the company until his retirement. “Business these past few years hasn’t been the greatest,” Geoffrey said. “But, honestly, I didn’t see this coming.” Online shopping outlets, such as Amazon, and the fact that children just aren’t the same anymore are major factors for Toys “R” Us’ downfall. In December 2017, Geoffrey the Giraffe began looking for another job. He assumed he had enough celebrity within the company mascot world that he could secure another gig at another high-level organization. He began contract negotiations with Target, the second-largest discount retailer in the United States. “They were crazy about incorporating an actual target into the marketing for my introduction. Like, I got it was their name, but why’d I have to be a target? I’m a friggin’ giraffe.” Geoffrey and his lawyers quickly worked to get him out of his Target contract, which Target agreed to. They thought Target worked better on its own, and with Toys “R” Us using old images of his and not needing any new images, Geoffrey panicked. “I was a disgraced giraffe at this point, and nobody wanted anything to do with me,” he said. Geoffrey the Giraffe claims Ronald McDonald of McDonald’s fast food fame sent him a death threat. He showed The Osweonion the alleged death threat. It read “Don’t try getting into the drive-thru game, giraffe. Me and the King will f*** you up.” “Those mo**** f****** are posers, they wouldn’t do s***,” Geoffrey said, his personality changing quickly. He exerted a criminal-like confidence the once kid-friendly mascot has never done before. Last month, the mascot ran out
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Candle Wickman Cheap Operations Officer wordsrfun@osweonion.com Of all the parking issues students have voiced to the Oswego State parking office, officials said the complaint they get most has been from off-campus boyfriends who have to take the long way around from the commuter lot to their girlfriend’s Village residence. This week, Director of University Police Greg Brown announced plans to create a new walk path specifically for these commuters. “We’ve been getting a lot of concerned, infatuated boyfriends coming into my department about this issue,” Brown said. “Someone suggested creating more parking lots, but why do that when you can just
build a path instead?” The plans for the pathway were inspired by the moving walkways often used in airports, crossed with the subway system popular in New York City. Major Projects Coordinator Cory Villnez said the project, which will take approximately two years to complete, will involve digging an underground tunnel to go from the commuter lot to the Village. “I’ve handled a lot of big things,” Villnez said, winking. “But I have to say, this is one of the biggest projects I’ve handled in my career.” Villnez said a one-way moving walkway will act as the floor, with escalators to get into and out of the tunnel. Brown said his main concern was making sure everything is perfect for the lovebirds. “A guy deserves a safe, weatherproof walkway to visit his girlfriend,” Brown said. “If this walkway is a big hit, we’d love to implement similar tunnel systems—boyfriends only.” Regina Stone and Sam Edwards were called in as a couple consultant on the project. Edwards, a senior and theatre major, said he thinks this planned walkway will be a great service to dozens of boyfriends. “I am so in love with Regina, and I
hate not being able to see her because of crappy weather,” Edwards said. “I think this is one of the best ideas Oswego has ever proposed.” Stone, a junior and graphic design major, said she’s looking forward to the walkway being built. “I think this will bring us so much closer as a couple,” Stone said. “He’ll never want to leave because the thing will only go one way.” Unfortunately, Brown may have brought in the wrong couple, considering Stone and Edwards will graduate before the path is set to be completed. “That may have been a slight oversight on my part,” Brown admitted. “Rest assured, though, we’ve taken a poll of all commuting boyfriends on campus, and they all think it’s a great idea. I want this to be my legacy when I retire in a few years.” The project, which is set to cost Oswego State $4 million, will be paid for through various fundraisers. Brown said he is speaking with the school’s planning committee to create a series of “Valentine’s Day” dances, hopefully five per semester, with tickets selling for $100. “It’s ambitious and perhaps a bit costly,” Brown said. “But love is priceless.”
A number of students have come forward in recent weeks to express their concern over a professor’s attitude. Harold Wilson, biology professor at Oswego State, has apparently been making increasingly dark jokes about his marriage, baldness, handwriting and artistic ability in class. “Professor Wilson was always a funny, charming guy in class, but lately, his self-deprecating comments are getting a bit too real,” freshman Jessica Brown said. Other students reported seeing Wilson overcome with shame and guilt after he drew a Venn diagram on the whiteboard with slightly asymmetrical circles. Wilson was quoted saying, “You’ll have to forgive me. This is why I’m a biology professor and not an artist.” The awkward chuckle that ensued was all too familiar to Wilson’s students. The self-loathing asides come out of nowhere during lessons according to several students. “He was all fired up to show us pictures from a plant-studying trip he took years ago to the rainforest,” Wilson said. “We would rather do that then listen to him drone on for 90 minutes so we acted excited too.” Things took a somber turn when a picture popped up of him and his wife in front of a landmark. “You may not recognize me here because this was taken when I used to have hair,” Wilson reportedly said with a transparently artificial laugh. Wilson, referring to his wife, tried desperately to recover from his humiliation. “I was in big trouble with the boss for wearing that tourist T-shirt to dinner.” The chorus of laughter that followed did no favors for this tremendously insecure man. Humor has long been a tactic used by professors to engage students. At 70, Wilson is flailing to be funny and relatable for the last few years of his dull career and maybe his life. After 35 years of teaching subjects like molecular biology and evolution, the only thing he feels he can do to be interesting to the students is to denigrate himself any chance he gets. “It gets really cringey when he brings up his office hours,” said John Green, a junior at Oswego State. After gleefully reminding students that his office hours are a “great resource” to discuss the class or “really just anything,” Wilson reportedly mumbled, “But that’s OK I know none of you will come.” Then he chuckled
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