Off The Record » An orangey anticlimax
Well what a let down that was. I spent 5 weeks waiting, hoping, watching, refreshing – though I knew McCluskey’s ‘Off for Easter’ story would taunt me throughout – until 00.01 this morning to see the brand spanking new Yorker site . Alas! Where are the ‘exciting new developments’ I was promised?! Such a tease; even the ‘Round-up story’ seemed outdated. Which is funny, really…
If anything, it showed what a empty Easter it would have been for Nouse, and a short round-up for the Yorker, without the tragic disappearance of Claudia Lawrence. While local, national and international news providers write whatever they can to keep the story on the front page, the police seem to be following that lead, releasing titbits of information every few days to keep the investigation in the public eye.
Talking of releasing titbits – The University has jumped aboard the Twitter phenomenon with an account of its own: UniOfYork. Since creation, at the beginning of this month, they’ve averaged one a tweet a day, which isn’t bad, but is nowhere near Will Heaven standards.
What’s perhaps less impressive is the paltry number of followers: 37. There’s the familiar faces in there, who I’m sure at benefitting from such interesting 140-word exclusives as: ‘York expert in chimpanzee communication wins major honour’, ‘Higher York help for local economy to weather recession’, and ‘Climate change prompts concern over farming health risks’. Still, if that’s your thing, get following. Garner and his chums will be chuffed.
I’d bet that all heads of media societies can’t wait for Roses to begin. Not to enjoy three days of passionate sport, show-off their society’s talents, or enjoy a spirit of community finally envelope campus, but to stop receiving emails every morning from the timetabling team. No names – everyone that needs to know, does – but for God’s sake, can this please be the last ‘Sorry for all the fucking about with the timetable that’s been going on’ new timetable? I’m not counting on it.
And to bring things to a close, Brian Cantor has allegedly been giving YorkSport supremo Alex Lacy a few lessons in croquet, so that he doesn’t embarrass the big man in front of Lancaster’s finest. YUSU have described the encounters as ‘just a few sessions’. Let’s hope he’s training him well…
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Will Heaven = 559 tweets
Chris Northwood = 695 tweets
http://twanalyst.com/WillHeaven/
http://twanalyst.com/cnorthwood/
Stats can infer the least likely things :-p
Haha, “socialite”