Students at the University of York have done what nobody ever expected them to and risen up against ducks in an attempt to increase the credibility of student ID cards.
One student at last week’s UGM put forward a motion to alter the official university student card after complaints that it looked fake, and had been found unacceptable as student ID by many clubs and shops in York.
Clare Walker’s motion lobbied YUSU sabbatical reps to put pressure on the University to change the card, claiming, “There is no point in having the current university student card at the moment.” She suggested that having a duck on the front of the card made it look fake, and ran the risk of having the card being declared unacceptable as identification.
She demanded that the card be made to look more professional, that student details were visible on the front of them and that the image of a duck was replaced by the University of York crest.
It remains to be seen whether professionalism will triumph over York students’ usually irrepressible fondness for local wildfowl.