Difference between revisions of "Specsucks"
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[[File:specsucks_snow.jpg|thumb|The first snow of 2013]] | [[File:specsucks_snow.jpg|thumb|The first snow of 2013]] | ||
| + | [[File:Tumblrfollowers.png|thumb|The blog at one time had 146 WordPress followers.]] | ||
| − | '''specsucks''' is a blog that thinks the [[Columbia Daily Spectator]] sucks. Specsucks is run by The Cloaked Mask, who is assisted by The Dark Hand. | + | '''specsucks''' is a blog that thinks the [[Columbia Daily Spectator]] sucks. Specsucks is run by The Cloaked Mask, who is assisted by The Dark Hand. Their followers are known as the "lejun." |
| − | In short: Specsucks write crazy articles about Spec sucking. It also alludes to and leaks campus publication drama and gossip, contributing to the already-insufferable "student leader" circle-jerk. In AY 2011-12 it was the first to break the news that Ahmadinejad was not in fact re-visiting Columbia, as Spec erroneously reported. | + | In short: Specsucks write crazy articles about Spec sucking. It also alludes to and leaks campus publication drama and gossip, contributing to the already-insufferable "student leader" circle-jerk. In AY 2011-12 it was the first to break the news that [[Ahmadinejad]] was not in fact re-visiting Columbia, as Spec erroneously reported. |
| − | + | Bwog unexpectedly unmasked the identity of The Dark Hand in [[2012]], although The Cloaked Mask remains at large<ref>http://bwog.com/2012/12/09/specsucks-unmasked/</ref>. | |
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| + | ==References== | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
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*[http://bwog.com/2012/12/09/specsucks-unmasked/ "SPECSUCKS UNMASKED," Bwog] | *[http://bwog.com/2012/12/09/specsucks-unmasked/ "SPECSUCKS UNMASKED," Bwog] | ||
*[http://bwog.com/2012/11/27/specsucks-irl/ specsucks ritual, Bwog] | *[http://bwog.com/2012/11/27/specsucks-irl/ specsucks ritual, Bwog] | ||
| + | *[http://spectrum.columbiaspectator.com/spectrum/less-ordinary-reasons-to-join-spec A post by The Cloaked Mask on Spectrum] | ||
| + | *[http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2013/04/03/kayaking-also-begins-k An op-ed by The Dark Hand in Spec] | ||
| + | *[http://www.the-fed.org/articles/volume27/issue5/cloaked_mask_speaks.html An interview with The Cloaked Mask in] [[The Fed]] | ||
*[http://twitter.com/spec_sucks specsucks's Twitter account] | *[http://twitter.com/spec_sucks specsucks's Twitter account] | ||
| + | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M07O1d1X0c A specsucks recruitment video] | ||
| + | *[http://www.ivygateblog.com/2013/02/columbia-unequivocally-denies-report-of-dean-pulling-strings-for-spectator-editors/ specsucks forces a press release from Columbia] | ||
| + | *[http://specsucks.wordpress.com/2013/12/11/u-cant-always-get-what-u-want-spec/ Specsucks posts the 2013-14 Turkeyshoot losers] | ||
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[[Category:Student publications]] | [[Category:Student publications]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Columbia Daily Spectator]] | ||
Latest revision as of 00:41, 20 April 2014
specsucks is a blog that thinks the Columbia Daily Spectator sucks. Specsucks is run by The Cloaked Mask, who is assisted by The Dark Hand. Their followers are known as the "lejun."
In short: Specsucks write crazy articles about Spec sucking. It also alludes to and leaks campus publication drama and gossip, contributing to the already-insufferable "student leader" circle-jerk. In AY 2011-12 it was the first to break the news that Ahmadinejad was not in fact re-visiting Columbia, as Spec erroneously reported.
Bwog unexpectedly unmasked the identity of The Dark Hand in 2012, although The Cloaked Mask remains at large[1].
References
External links
- specsucks
- "SPECSUCKS UNMASKED," Bwog
- specsucks ritual, Bwog
- A post by The Cloaked Mask on Spectrum
- An op-ed by The Dark Hand in Spec
- An interview with The Cloaked Mask in The Fed
- specsucks's Twitter account
- A specsucks recruitment video
- specsucks forces a press release from Columbia
- Specsucks posts the 2013-14 Turkeyshoot losers
