Wednesday, a small group of students went out of their way to make others feel

better about themselves. As people walked through the doors of Maucker Union, students

gave them a compliment along with a small flyer. On one side, there was a word search. On

the other was information on how to spread positivity and “compliment bomb” people. Several

notes with positive messages designed to make people smile and feel good about

themselves were also scattered around campus.

Andrea Thoene, senior communications major, said that Pawsitive Panthers was part

of a project for a class, performance and social change, where they had to perform some

type of group change on campus.

“We have different groups doing different things, but we decided that we wanted to

tackle self-image and promote a positive image on campus so people feel better about

themselves,” Thoene said.

“We had to choose something that was relevant to society today. We decided that

one thing that is a huge hindrance on society is people’s self-image and how a lot of people

have poor self-image,” said group member, Spencer Schmidt, a senior communication:

electronic media major.

Schmidt also talked about how many people think it’s necessary to go out of their way

to feel beautiful. He believes it’s unnecessary, because everyone is beautiful in their own way

and hopes Pawsitive Panthers can show people that.