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Birthday celebration for Brutus shatters Guinness World Record
Hundreds of fans of Brutus turned up at RPAC to wear a record breaking number of conical hats
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Birthday celebration for Brutus shatters Guinness World Record
Participants needed to wear Brutus-themed party hats
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Hundreds of fans of the world-famous Brutus Buckeye helped mark the mascot's 60th birthday by setting a world record.
Nearly 2,000 students, faculty, staff and supporters filled the Tom W. Davis Gym at The Ohio State University on Wednesday night to attempt the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people wearing conical party hats. The record of 1,161 was set by Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls in the United Kingdom in 2019.
Guinness World Record Adjudicator Chloe McCarthy and Matt Couch, Ohio State's associate dean of students in the Office of Student Life, helped organize the crowd before the official count began. Participants needed to wear Brutus-themed party hats, with the elastic string firmly under the chin, for one minute to secure the record.
And secure it they did. The official count of 1,924 was more than enough to shatter the record.
"I absolutely love birthdays. They are my favorite thing in the whole wide world," said Senior Vice President for Student Life Melissa Shivers. "When we celebrate with others, it brings about this feeling of cheer and joy, and more importantly, appreciation. And that's really what this is all about tonight."
The celebration and world-record pursuit were also an opportunity to highlight resilience and positive mental health. The Jeffrey Schottenstein Program for Resilience, the Nina and Ryan Day Resilience Fund, Ohio State's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health and the Office of Student Life sponsored the event.
K. Luan Phan, MD, chair of psychiatry and behavioral health at Ohio State, spoke about the importance of kindness, resilience and empathy.
"What makes us whole is being kind and caring for others," he said. "We should create space and time for these moments to be ready to practice empathy."
The event included everything a large birthday party should, including cake and ice cream and hundreds of fans joining together to sing "Happy Birthday" to Brutus.
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