After returning to York after the Christmas break, the Editor of York Vision was shocked to find an envelope with £250 enclosed, along with a mysteriously worded and unsigned letter.
The envelope was addressed to “York Vision, Editors” without a return address and offered several helpful suggestions for the money: “New equipment, funding an opportunity, a few drinks on a night out”.
The Editors were, of course, shocked and appalled at the anonymous writer’s suggestion to “pocket the cash and treat yourselves… nobody else has to know”.
Several of Vision’s more analytical English Lit students (recently turned investigative journalists) have suggested that the letter was written by someone older, given the use of the old-fashioned phrase “pocket the cash.”
Others have suggested that it was written by someone on campus, given that it was addressed to Home Farm at the University of York, where Vision’s headquarters have been re-located as of only last year.
This new address is currently unavailable online, and it says that Vision is still located in Eric Milner-White A Block.
The letter was received at the York SU Helpdesk on 13th December and Vision was notified by email to collect the letter on 8th January.