While Wimpy himself reportedly died soon after the election, his legacy lives on through Collegian archives. The gerbil that nearly took over the student government 35 years ago stands a symbol of hope that maybe, just maybe, despite the contentiousness of the day, we will all wake up tomorrow and take ourselves a little less seriously.
"Since we're (Lamb)da Chi, we tried to get a pet lamb as a mascot," Alex Buckley explained. "But it turns out goats make better pets."
If you do anything today, please search for the beloved former Penn State president George Atherton on Google images (warning: slightly NSFW).
Put on the same Larry Bird jersey as everyone else, make some post-game Chipotle plans, and press play.
Nico Megaludis predicted his NCAA wrestling championship at 125 pounds by writing and tapping an inspirational poster to the driving wheel in his car a year ago.
Keegan-Michael Key missed the deadline to fill out his bracket, but there are a few other Penn Staters you can compare your bracket to.