Monday, the Palm Beach Post wrote about this organization, it's purpose and vandalism apparently caused by them.
If you didn't know, the Fowl Owl's are "tired of seeing UF, FSU, UCF, USF, Rutgers, USC, UM, UCLA and especially FIU shirts, hats and sweatshirts worn around campus," according to their facebook. According to the Post, the organization was started by Rick "$mitty" (yes with a dollar sign...) Smith. And the Post cites that SG Vice President Abe Cohen, currently running for president under the Voice Party, "worked with him on the program."
What a great thing for a Presidential Candidate to do help create an organization that bolsters school spirit and possibly vandalizes students' cars.
Photo by Josef Palermo
Wait... vandalism?
As Dori Zinn reported in her Inside FAU blog, "sophomore Minnie Bhimani...realized that her car ahad been vandalized...the Rice University sticker that was formally pasted onto her rear window...was missing." The only thing left: "Sammy" the owl, Rice University's mascot.
Although, an anonymous comment on Zinn's blog stated, "There's no evidence it was anymore a person on the Fowl Owls group than it was just a random douche who decided to screw with someone's sticker."
Really, who would care enough, outside this organization to randomly deface someone's sticker and only leave an owl? This is obviously some sort of owl-crazy zealot, who is most likely associated with the organization. I mean, if I was a cop, that's the first place I'd look.
Regardless, every day the University looks more and more like a microcosmic world, with political crooks and extremist groups.
Was it Abe Cohen's Fowl Owl's that were behind this? The case may never be solved, but I'd bet if FAU were a nation-state run by someone like, say, George W. Bush, and we could consider this an extremist act -- we'd be invading and/or bombing something.
7 comments:
It's absolutely unfair to paint the Fowl Owls as vandalizers.
Both Dori's blog and the Palm Beach Post recognize that although the vandalism COULD have been done by someone affiliated with the Fowl Owl initiative, it EQUALLY could have been done by someone who had never even heard of the Fowl Owl initiative.
You should consider editing your blog to reflect that truth.
I really don't like to respond to comments but I will state:
This whole blog is just my opinion and as I stated:
Really, who would care enough, outside this organization to randomly deface someone's sticker and only leave an owl?
You're right it could have been someone who never heard of the organization.
BUT at a school where an organization is required to publicly embarrass people to get them to care about FAU, I'm curious, what kind of person "who never heard of the Fowl Owl initiative" would do this? And I never came right out and said it was, the language is "most likely."
It's a rational argument and I respect your disagreement. But no, I will not edit my blog.
Blame $mitty!
Don't blame anyone. I think Rick "$mitty" Smith had some real school spirit and wanted to start something to make a difference, but maybe it's gotten out of hand.
Maybe this push to turn FAU into a traditional school (which it isn't for a plethora of reasons including multiple campuses none of which located in a college town and high numbers of non-traditional students) is a ridiculous effort.
Maybe it just makes people push harder and harder for something that will never work. Maybe when that happens people lose sight of what their doing.
Dude is this a joke the Fowl Owls aren’t quite out to get someon’es car. And $mitty doesn’t even go to FAU any more, he graduated. And Abe Cohen wouldn't hurt a fly. Your actually a dumbass Steven C. Rivera.
$mitty Cash (Rick Smith) money is an amazing douche. This is right up his alley. How sad, life does go on after FAU... He should try it some time. Keep writing your opinions Steven, that is your right as an American. Well done.
you people suck at life. Smitty is a good guy and you all need to find something to do with your lives.
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