Kansas St. University Unveils ‘EcoKat’ Mascot…and Beck Viewers May Recognize the Logo
- Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:36am by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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EcoKat, Kansas State University's newest mascot, hopes to inspire students to conserve energy. (Media credit: Kansas State University)
If only there were a masked, teased-haired, purple gloved, cape-wearing cheerleader to get college students to cut their energy usage and start using efficient lightbulbs.
She’s here. And just wait until you see her and her partner’s new logo.
Introducing Kansas State University’s newest mascot…EcoKat!
EcoKat is Kansas State’s “crusader of conservation and fanatic of fluorescent lightbulbs” and she’s here to “make sure K-State stays on the path to green.”
She wears an outfit made of 90 percent repurposed materials, mostly from the athletics department. According to the university’s website, eco-friendly dyes make the get-up “entirely sustainable and recyclable within K-State.”
Joining forces with existing mascot Willie the Wildcat, the pair form the “EcoEnforcers,” who are on a mission to teach students what they can do conserve. Kansas State is hoping to cut energy usage by 15 percent over the next four years.
Watch EcoKat pump students up to participate in an energy-saving challenge against Kansas University:
Incidentally, the EcoEnforcers “E2” logo looks an awful lot like the logos for Glenn Beck’s “E4” solution, unveiled in January, representing enlightenment, education, empowerment and entrepreneurship.
Compare:
Also, it looks like it might not be entirely smooth sailing for EcoKat. Her debut this week was met with a fair amount of online ridicule and has already sparked at least one parody account on Twitter.
“#EcoKat makes me want to leave my porch light on 24hours and drive two blocks to the gas station for a pack of gum,” one Twitter user wrote.
Another said, “In honor of #EcoKat, I will separate my plastics, glass and aluminum from one another… then put them in the trash anyways.”
“If you thought generic brand easy mac sucked, wait till you read about ecokat,” one user said. Another described it as “a new low for kstate.”
So tell us, would EcoKat make you go green?
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Comments (213)
Melvin Spittle
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:56amJust great! I now have an urge to Eco-puke a pile of biodegradable vomit.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:16pmYou have to love how these idiots use mercury filled light bulbs(biohazard) and talk about saving the planet….. Talk about mindless drones…….LOL
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:17pmAw… geez…..Can you believe Beck actually saw through that one?
“Mercury Cat” would have been better. It steals something from Beck AND describes the lightbulbs at the SAME TIME. He would have never noticed….
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:33pmThe liberal mind is not only un-creative, (liberals love to plagerize!) it’s quite disturbing as well. Especially when they revert back to 80′s hairdos. ick.
Report Post »janedough1
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 1:09pmEco-Kat just makes you want to hack up a hairball, doesn’t she?
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 1:15pmNaw, beat you to it…..ick. Now they steal Beck’s signs so that the left non-brains will think eco when they see Beck.
Report Post »en2deep
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 1:16pmToo bad my Cornhuskers left the big 12, it would be nice to see them beat the crap out of these panzies one more time.
Report Post »buckster6.0
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 2:22pmPLease,please,please,Glenn take these assclowns to court.
Report Post »III Percent
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 8:55pm“She wears an outfit made of 90 percent repurposed materials, mostly from the athletics department. According to the university’s website, eco-friendly dyes make the get-up “entirely sustainable and recyclable within K-State.”
So it’s made of old jock straps?
Report Post »artistskeptic
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 10:05pmI thought K S was an educational institutation not a propoganda institution. What absolute nonsense.
Report Post »jkendal
Posted on September 1, 2011 at 1:56pmThis is a joke, right???
Report Post »compatriotshonor
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:56amI’ll just go and turn on all the lights in the house, crank up the air conditioner and stand in the front door frame and air condition the outside for hours on end.
Ecokat is for the enviornment and energy?
Ecokat would look better stuffed and mounted on my wall!
Report Post »NO YOU CANT
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:04pmLMAO. I’ll pitch in for your taxidermy bill.
Report Post »Banana Republic Capitalist
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:18pm“LMAO. I’ll pitch in for your taxidermy bill.”
Count me in, too! :-)
Report Post »MAXIMUS_MARIUSZ
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 1:00pmEcokat would look better just stuffed and mounted in a porno.
Report Post »MAXIMUS_MARIUSZ
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 1:03pmShe would look better stuffed and mounted in a porno. If this is a repeat, sorry. The damned website won’t publish my comment.
Report Post »AlmostaCowboy
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 1:12pmAre they included on the normal KS fur-bearing animal hunting license or must one obtain a special biodegradable-synthetic-fur bearing animal stamp?
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 1:16pmWe’re not that energy conscious. My son watches movies/dvd’s all day, we’re home so the ac is set at the same temp all day (instead of warmer when no one is home) and we cook at home, instead of eating out.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:55amI just removed my catalytic converter and dumped waste oil in the storm sewer in honor of Ecokat!
Report Post »HKS
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:01pmPromote those Chinese light-bulbs at the expense of American Jobs, in a few years we’ll be glowing with the hazardous waste these things produce. What a country, we can brainwash those kids with ease.
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:03pmEco Girl is an ugly lib… would she be offended if I asked her to used a third non-recycled over her head?
Report Post »mossbrain
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:04pmI get big laugh picturing the neighbors who live downhill from me saying “Honey come taste our well water. Does it taste sort of like oil to you?” bwaahawhawhawhawh
Report Post »NO YOU CANT
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:10pmShe was too ugly for the cheerleading squad.
Report Post »“Give me an S-A-V-E T-H-E P-L-A-N-E-T. What does that spell?”
Socialist utopianism.
Gary Fishaholic
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 1:34pmHKS is right just more brainwashing we don‘t need these nasty mercury filled bulb’s. Oh yea next year the 100 watt will cost 50 bucks a piece good luck with that.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 2:01pmGonzo…You’re a visionary for the rest of us.
Report Post »You bring back memories I didn’t get caught doing.
PApeacemaker
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:55amWell I will now root for K-state to loose every football game & every sports game they play. I never knew that K-state was an Eco-fascist school. Its a sad day for K-State Alumni I‘m just glad I’m not one of them. Go JAYHAWKS!
Report Post »Hula Calhoun
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:36pmHer outfit is mostly composed of repurposed material, mostly from the athletic department. Wonder how many jock straps went into the making of it?
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 1:05pmYes! Go jayhawks!
Report Post »TulsaYeeHaw
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 1:05pmHa!! I’m going to K-State at OSU on Nov 5. Cowboys gonna bust their @$$.
Report Post »Husker66
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 8:31pmThank God we moved to the Big Ten, we won’t have this trailer trash on our field.
GO HUSKERS
Report Post »jeffyg
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 10:31pmGlad Nebraska is gone. KU still sucks (and only beat KState in 1 game in all sports last year)
Report Post »wildcat44
Posted on September 1, 2011 at 9:43amHey Husker 66 – if we couldn‘t beat Texas we’d run away too…but we don’t have that problem. At Blaze and Glenn – come on, stop taking your logo so seriously, I’ve seen numerous logos that look very similar. as for the Ecokat…yah, its dumb.
Report Post »mrmikejohnson
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:52amThere’s no end to the liberal propaganda. I‘m sure the top high school athletes from around the country can’t wait to go Kansas State so that all their friends can make fun of them. Talk about a recruiting tool for other schools.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:57amCase is strengthening to shut down gov. schools. The original propaganda machine.
Report Post »jeffsrevier
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:52amHey, Aren’t superheroes supposed to show more skin? This chick is causing me to gag.
Report Post »This_Individual
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:51amIn the words of Cee Lo Green “Ain’t that some ****!?”. I’m all about the Pac 10 anyway :)
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:58am…and they say Christians are obnoxious? I am fed up with the “Religion of Green”!
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:06pmPac-10 YES! (aren’t we the Pac-12 now?) Whatever. GO BEAVS!! BTW, THE DUCKS SUCK!!!!!
Report Post »This_Individual
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:08pmAs they say; “green is the new red”.
Report Post »AlansTigg
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:22pmI’m ashamed to have them in the SEC
Report Post »This_Individual
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 1:04pmOh yeah, that’s right! PAC 12! We can agree on the Ducks sucking :) FIGHT ON TROJANS!
Report Post »Strait Talk Express
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:49amJob Creator Beck really does have the best designers on earth. LOL
Report Post »Defends the TRUTH
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:55amI wonder how much $$$ went into developing & making the hidious costumes!!! LOL
Report Post »co2dog
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:56amHey, they are recycling and re-using. At least they were smart enough to re-use the logo for Education
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 2:06pmThey should’ve used a watermelon for a logo.
Report Post »Green on the outside, red on the inside.
Jenny Lind
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:48amI do logical things, I put my re-cycles in the correct can-my little city gets credit for it, and that hepls my bill. Our green trash is picked up in brown bags, shredded and mulch is made to use in our little city. I use benificial nematoades for flea and bug control, instead of poison as I have pets, and I feed birds, chipmonks and squirrels (and whatever shows up at night). I do not like the new lights, so I try not to use them. I pick and choose what seems sensible to me. NOTHING the government does or says really influences me, I use what I believe is right and I don’t take bullying well. They should save the money for other things, like helping the elderly get snow out of their driveways, children get snow gear, in other words help those in need.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:08pmSo, the government should be in charge of shoveling old people’s driveways now? Why stop there? They could have government landscapers cut their grass in the summer.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:32pmDid the kids stop shovelling sidewalks and driveways? It was always good for some extra dough. Mowing lawns in the summer was always a good job for a kid. We don’t need the government when we have able bodied kids to do the work.
Report Post »Hula Calhoun
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:41pmWhen our city started a recycling program, our garbage bill went up. We are paying for the recycle company to take our recyclables and make money for themselves out of it. And they quit taking glass after only a short amount of time. People could take their class to the recycling center, but it came out that they weren’t making money on glass so they just sent it to the landfill. We decided, skru it, why are we going to so much trouble for a company that makes money off of us? No more recycling. And it won’t hurt the planet. It will still be here millions of years after mankind has died out.
Report Post »TX_45_ACP
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:48amThe mascot will inspire students to conserve energy? I thought mascots were designed to inspire school spirit… Good job on the logo theft there.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:59amHow does ecokat want to recycle the vomit she induces from others? The more we see her the more “sustainable” our vomiting is.
Report Post »patbarker
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:48amwhat’s the bag limit on EkoKats??? is there Soros or GE/NBC/Obamaista money behind this kitty???
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:47amI dunno…just dunno…maybe if we see her do some pole dancing?
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:59amFor Cats they are called scratching poles.
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:27pmDang, those pesky pole-cats!
Report Post »1_Smoot_Tall
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:47amI like to rev my big block at stop lights when those losers with the boom boom music get next to me.
Somtimes I pop microwave popcorn in the stove.
I once opened all the windows in the winter to allow the houise to get cold enough to kill a minor spider infestation – I got to really crank the gas heat to warm it back up.
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:32pmAwesome! Way to go Einstein, that‘ll really show ’em all!
Report Post »TheFonz
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:47amWhat the??? These are college students, not elementary school kids. I would be offended if I was a Kansas State student and they rolled this childish stuff out to “inspire” me to go green. To top it off, she isn’t even that attractive!
Report Post »DanWesson455
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:47amFirst the young, Then the vulnerable. Then the rest of us, whether we want or not. Sounds like the NAZI’s prior to WWII. Kansas of all places? The Heartland. Boy oh boy we are in trouble.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:09pmDon’t worry..after 2012..we’re the schools back. Children will no longer be the playthings of leftists and aging hippies to be manipulated and indoctrinated.
Report Post »code green
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:46amAs a Kansan and an aggie…………….I think I am going to puke .
Report Post »At this point all I can say is GO SOONERS .
wesleyapril
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:49amAnother good laugh – what a world we live in today :)
Report Post »handsoffmystuff
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:50amWhat’s going on in Kansas? BTK, Sebelius and now this?
Report Post »code green
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:04pmI am embarrassed for our state, and especially those that attend KSU.
Report Post »As for Sebelius. We were so glad to get her out of the state we forgot that she would screw up the whole country. She is a Builderberger.
BTK wasn’t any fault of the state though. Rader was just insane.
theprofessor1031
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:05pmHow can you claim to be a Kansan and say go sooners?! lol Sorry, I live in Oklahoma, but am from Kansas. I’m a life long Jayhawk. And let me tell you something about sooner fans, some of the most sad and pathetic whiners in sports. Not to mention, that schools just loaded with leftists.
Report Post »TulsaYeeHaw
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 1:08pmShould’ve been a cowboy.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:46amGood grief!
Report Post »Attention2Detail
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:45amI don’t think that all that hair spray is environmentally friendly. And I‘ll bet she doesn’t put her make-up on using a crappy yellow CFL.
Report Post »InfiZell
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:44amI always thought Glenn’s “e” logo looked too much like the logo for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. I guess there is nothing new under the Sun after all?
Report Post »trog58
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:44amWith hair like her‘s it is fairly obvious she doesn’t use a hair dryer.
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:43amGee, and where did Glenn get the blue e in a circle?
Bonus points to any Microsoft browser fans that get this one…
Report Post »TX_45_ACP
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:49amPlease, it’s completely different than the MS logo. The Interent Explorer logo does not have “2” on it and it has a ring around it. Their mascot‘s logo is almost exactly like Glenn’s.
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:58amOh, okay. You are right of course.
And the Ecokat (did I REALLY type that?) logo has its number in a separate circle where Beck’s logo does not…
Whatever…Never complain, never explain…
Report Post »TX_45_ACP
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 1:15pm@Trolltrainer
Report Post »http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i390/tx_45_acp/e2.jpg
Yes, I know I’m right. I am not saying they ripped it off of Beck. It may be coincidence.
trolltrainer
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 1:41pmI am actually impressed you put that together just to prove your point. I am sure that if anyone can point to anyone else as infringement then the court cases will follow…
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:43amUuuuugggghhhhh! How embarrassing…
Report Post »mossbrain
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:42amWell if you want to conserve resources Ecokat, then don‘t wear any panties when you’re out there cheering. Less panties, less waste of our precious earths natural resources.
Report Post »JackieG
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:41amTake’em to Court Glenn!
Report Post »ZaphodsPlanet
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 2:01pmI agree… SUE THEIR A$$ES.
Report Post »Mike Westfall No Hiding
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:40ambuy incandescants while you still can. 33 cents each
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 11:44amI buy them every time I go to the store…. I’ll never need the new crappy bulbs.
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