Quinnipiac Barnacle Explained

Type:	Satirical news organization
Format:	Tabloid and Website
Founder:	Shane Collins and William Vessio

The Quinnipiac Barnacle is a parody newspaper at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut.^[1] The newspaper currently publishes weekly articles and one print edition each school semester.^[2]

History

While the official website of The Quinnipiac Barnacle states humorously that it was started in 1964 by former Quinnipiac University President John Lahey,^[3] it was actually started on November 5, 2012, by juniors Shane Collins and William Vessio as a parody news website.^[4] 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^[5] and came out with its first print edition on September 4, 2013.

The Barnacle used to have a web video series called BarnacleTV, and currently runs a bi-weekly news program called The Barncast^[6] that airs during the school year.

Controversy

An unofficial newspaper on the Quinnipiac campus, The Quad News, published a negative article about The Barnacle on November 11, 2012.^[7] Shortly after, The Barnacle published a satirical response to the article titled "Quad News Staff Tries to Draw a Line."^[8]

See also

• List of satirical news websites
• College humor magazines

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Barnacle- Do You QU . 2023-06-03 . qu.campuslabs.com.
2. Web site: Print Edition . 2023-06-03 . Quinnipiac Barnacle . en.
3. Web site: About Us (The Quinnipiac Barnacle) .
4. News: Parody news source, The QU Barnacle, takes campus by storm (The QU Chronicle) . The Quinnipiac Chronicle .
5. Web site: University Recognition Letter.
6. Web site: The Barncast . 2023-06-03 . Quinnipiac Barnacle . en.
7. Web site: Satirical Newspapers May Be Crossing a Line (The Quad News) . dead . 2013-09-07 . 2013-05-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130527153112/http://www.quadnews.net/arts-and-entertainment/satirical-newspapers-may-be-crossing-a-line-1.2792512 .
8. Web site: Quad News Staff Tries to Draw a Line (The Quinnipiac Barnacle) . dead . 2013-09-07 . 2013-11-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131101205731/http://qubarnacle.com/quad-news-staff-tries-to-draw-a-line/ .