LONGBOI’S YUSU ELECTIONS IMPACT ON 2023

Something

that will remain constant at the University of York amongst ever-changing student representatives is the infamous duck, Longboi.

Whilst devising our set of questions to ask this year’s candidates, a thought suddenly struck me: in 2023, just how relevant is Longboi to students?

Asking our candidates “what should the University’s next merch line be?”, I began a secret psychological test, waiting to see how many of our candidates would suggest Longboi related items.

The results, I’m afraid, were very Longboi-limited.

Many students took the non-serious merchandise question in a very serious manner, meaning Vision had some brilliant, yet unexpected, answers discussing the diversity of merchandise needed to reflect the uniqueness of York’s student body.

Whilst these answers were great, and hopefully implemented in the coming months, I was saddened by the lack of Longboi-friendly answers.

Vision only received two Longboi related merchandise ideas, from two of our NUS delegate candidates:

Hannah Carley suggested a Longboi cuddly toy, a cute yet subtle representative of the famous duck.

Hannah Nimmo said “Long Boi slippers, because that way you can be comfortable but in a very iconic way.”

At long last, it seems that Longboi may be working his way out of students’ minds

That hasn’t stopped YUSU continuously churning out Longboi related merchandise, however, with their Longboi scarf available at 2022’s Fresher’s Week.

Whilst Longboi was featured on The Late, Late Show with James Corden in May 2021, the duck seems to have been replaced in students’ minds, so perhaps YUSU should rethink their next Longboi merchandise line.