University of Arkansas Fayetteville - Razorback Yearbook (Fayetteville, AR)

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ABOVE Twitter account visible, the hidden face of @UofA Fresh Move poses behind one of the three devices he uses to manage his account. Most of the time in a typical day, I wait until I get a free chance to sit down with my phone, iPad or computer and look through mentions and messages, but I ' m frequently browsing the newsfeed or checking up on things thanks to mobile Twitter apps, the creator said. 24 STUDENT LIFE

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ABOVE Junior communications disorder major, Iris Monye, enjoys her bagel sandwich on the patio outside of Einstein Bros. Bagels. EINSTEIN BROS. BAGELS | 23

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TOTAL F r eshm0VE STORY Sydney Hoffmans PHOTO Gareth Patterson Following the ranks of University of Arkansas parody twitter accounts comes the account by name of @UofA Fresh Move. Started July 2011 by an anonymous senior student, the account created to highlight freshmen mishaps, misfor¬ tunes and totalfreshmoves has managed to garner much backing, nearing 3,000 followers in a mere six months. @UofA Fresh Move was conceived after its founder spent his summer as a New Member Orientation mentor on campus. Several of the supervisors suggested we get Twitter accounts because it would be fun for freshmen to follow us, the creator said. Not long after, I discovered @UofA Frat Style and other parody accounts. Me and some of my coworkers discussed the idea that I could make a similar account based on questions we would get from freshmen. After gaining a following from incoming fresh¬ men and support from larger parody accounts, @UofA Fresh Move ' s momentum began to skyrocket. The purpose was originally to log a list of stereotypical freshmen ' moves ' specifically at the University of Arkansas. A totalfreshmove was meant to be anything funny that a freshman would mistakenly or unknowingly do, the creator said. At the beginning, it was mainly quotes and occasional submissions. Now, after an insane and surprising following, it is quotes, pictures, person¬ al blurbs, sightings, submissions and retweets. Campus life proved to be the perfect opportu¬ nity for the creator ' s tweets and interaction. Social and sporting events on or around campus are usually good times to tweet because everyone else gets really involved in what is go¬ ing on through social media, the creator said. I definitely tweet more when I am on campus, but due to the fact that I ' m a senior majoring some¬ where in the realm of education, I ' m really not on campus as much now. With an account so popular, the creator said follower participation was heavily relied on. I enjoy interacting with followers and skim¬ ming through submissions to see what contribu¬ tions I can find, the creator said. Retweets are also what keeps me going. I ' m a busy guy, but I ' m always willing to spend a few minutes to offer a pick-me-up or make people laugh a little. Though anonymous, @UofA Fresh Move ' s identity is not completely masked. My account is very much laced with my personality, the creator said. There are a surpris¬ ing amount of people who know I manage the account, and I have been asked to my face many times. Sometimes I brush it off, but usually I will tell people the truth, and I ' m always met with them saying, ' It sounds exactly like stuff you would say! ' Though the account is new, as a senior, @UofA Fresh Move ' s opportunity for freshmen interaction is time-limited. Even though the twitter is more than my observations, I don ' t think I will be able to do the account justice after I graduate. I would hate to leave it be or delete it, though, the creator said. I hope by the time this article is seen I will have found my successor. If and when I do turn my ac¬ count over, my followers will know. @UOFA FRESH MOVE 25