Matt Dionne | Editor-in-Chief
Featured image: Students express relief that their education will no longer be misrepresented. | Basma Elbahnasawy
York recently announced that it will be rebranding and changing its name to Strike University as a way to lean in to the perception that it is “the school that always goes on strike.”
“We felt that it was time to address the concerns students have brought forward, so we did it in the most ‘York’ way possible,” says Prof E. Saur of the Faculty of Cognitive Approaches to Strikes.
“We wanted to do something to let prospective students know they don’t have to worry about going the entire year without a strike,” adds Saur.
“It’s about time the school finally did,” says Stewart Dent, a sixth-year Communications student. “I’ve grown increasingly frustrated with the amount of class we’ve had to endure between strikes.”
“I’m really excited to come to York and walk in circles in the middle of the road, waving a sign that supports a union that only pretends to care about my best interests, while simultaneously using me as a bargaining chip to coerce the administration into giving them what they want,” says Valerie Antiere, an incoming Political Science student.
“What we want students to know is: we’re refusing to teach them, because we care about them,” says Hugh Yun Rep, a graduate assistant in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies.
“We’re hoping this new name change will represent our commitment to keep our staff wandering aimlessly in circles waving flags, rather than using their skills in productive ways in the classroom or lab,” says Adam I. Stration of Community Outreach and Media Manipulation.
