Joker persona used to incur change in fan mentality

Mitch Learish, a junior in creative writing, has taken to painting his face like Heath Ledger’s character ‘the Joker’ for athletic events in an attempt to convince fans that, as he puts it, ‘making people realize that being crazy and being a good fan isn’t a bad thing.’

‘Some people think it’s dumb,’ Learish said. ‘Others will yell out stupid crap, probably because they’re jealous they didn’t think of it first. But a lot of people love it.’

Learish said he came up with the idea because his roommates were painting themselves red for a game against Murray State and x00x00x00’x00x10,xc4x00x00x00’x00x00x00x00x00x00**