Thank you, Nicki Minaj [6] and Sabine DaSilva [7]. Your tweets inspired us. After a major rumor dropped on Twitter mid-March about pop sensation Minaj headlining the SU Block Party, the school, the students and Minaj herself got into a slight yet public kerfuffle. It was too good to pass up.
Our photo editor Cheryl Mowczan whipped up a faux University Union poster including Minaj as the still-unannounced special guest. With the Block Party special guest still a mystery, we snagged a hefty bunch of retweets before readers remembered it was April 1.
We were also delighted to see a couple readers remembered last year's prank [8] declaring Charlie Sheen would receive an honorary degree from Syracuse University. Thanks for playing along, calling us out and as always, thanks for visiting.
Here are a few of the reactions we got via Twitter:
Happy April Fools' Day from all of us!
