Ohio University Marks Mascot’s 60th Birthday, Breaks World Record

Ohio State University celebrat­ed the 60th birthday of its mas­cot, Brutus Buckeye, by break­ing the Guinness World Record for the most conical party hats worn at a single event.

The school gathered 1,923 people to don party hats Wednesday at the Recreation and Physical Activity Center on campus.

The gathering took the Guin­ness World Record from Brit­ain’s Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls, which gathered 1,161 people in party hats in 2019.

Dave Isaacs, spokesperson for the Office of Stu­dent Life at OSU, said the idea of breaking a Guin­ness World Record for Brutus’ 60th birthday was born out of a desire to top the 50th birth­day celebration in 2015.

“This was one of the ideas that came up. We ran with it and here we are,” Isaacs said.