Quinnipiac Barnacle

The Quinnipiac Barnacle is a parody newspaper at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut.[1] The newspaper publishes daily online while school is in session and monthly in print.

Quinnipiac Barnacle
TypeParody news organization
FormatTabloid and Website
FoundedNovember 5, 2013
HeadquartersQuinnipiac University

275 Mt Carmel Ave

Hamden, CT 06518

History

While the official website of The Quinnipiac Barnacle states humorously that it was started in 1964 by Quinnipiac University President John Lahey,[2] it was actually started on November 5, 2012 by juniors Shane Collins and William Vessio as a parody news website.[3] The website received popularity and press on-campus, as well as strong negative feedback. In Fall 2013, The Barnacle became an officially recognized organization on the Quinnipiac campus[4] and came out with its first print edition on September 4, 2013.

The Barnacle is currently working on a web video series called BarnacleTV, but no current launch date or information has been made available to public.[5]

Controversy

An unofficial newspaper on the Quinnipiac campus, The Quad News, published a negative article about The Barnacle on November 11, 2012.[6] Shortly after, The Barnacle published a satirical response to the article titled "Quad News Staff Tries to Draw a Line."[7]

See also

References
  1. "Quinnipiac List of Student Organizations".
  2. "About Us (The Quinnipiac Barnacle)".
  3. "Parody news source, The QU Barnacle, takes campus by storm (The QU Chronicle)". The Quinnipiac Chronicle.
  4. "University Recognition Letter" (PDF).
  5. "BarnacleTV".
  6. "Satirical Newspapers May Be Crossing a Line (The Quad News)".
  7. "Quad News Staff Tries to Draw a Line (The Quinnipiac Barnacle)".
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