![]() ![]() It’s kind of like Harry Potter and the wands - the sticky chooses the person,” she said.įinding stickies has become an adventure for students. ![]() ![]() We don’t think every person will find their sticky, but every sticky will find their person. “Here at SU Stickies, we strongly believe in fate. She said she believes the sticky will find the right person at exactly the right time. Once she has chosen a quote, she finds a random spot on campus and leaves the note there to find its perfect match. It allows her to exhibit her own sense of humor and wit through her choice of individual quotes. Tolkien and Coco Chanel, to match every student’s personality. She pulls from a myriad of sources for her quotes, including Ernest Hemingway, J.R.R. Just because she’s usually anonymous doesn’t mean her personality doesn’t show through. “Once people know who I am, I think it’ll diminish it a bit.” “Something like this, you want to stay anonymous for as long as you can because you want to keep the mysticism behind it,” said. ![]() Wong said that although it is a simple piece of paper, it can help people realize that “everything they do is worth it.”Ĭaren said she likes making the notes anonymous for a reason. Right when I am tired, worn-out or stressed, I see an SU Sticky nearby.” “As odd as it may sound, they come at the right times. “I’ve found some in the bathroom while doing my business, on the ceiling of an elevator as I randomly decided to gaze up, and on a bench in Newhouse as I sat down,” he said. Leo Wong, a junior advertising major, said he has stumbled upon numerous stickies in the oddest places. Unlike SU Hookups and SU Douchebags - two Facebook pages that encouraged students to brag about their weekend conquests and speak poorly about their peers, respectively - this one is more positive and has been steadily growing. “A Post-it note is such a menial thing - you could write a grocery list on it, your homework assignments, whatever - it’s such a cheap, easy way to spread happiness and a smile,” she said. I want to make a difference in those I touch,” said Allie Caren, creator of SU Stickies, a junior newspaper and online journalism major and staff writer at The Daily Orange. That’s why I trek all across campus posting 40-60 notes a day. A sticky note is something tangible, people can see it in a bathroom stall, take it home with them, put it on their wall and see it every day they wake up and smile. “Sitting on Facebook is so easy, you don’t even have to leave your apartment or your dorm room. On March 25, the person behind the project set out to tag the campus with quotes in order to “inspire you we want to brighten your day, make you think and make you smile,” according to the Facebook page. The newest social experiment on campus, SU Stickies, is more than a spinoff of the original project at Rutgers - RU PostIts. In the words of Abraham Lincoln, “People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.” One Syracuse University student has made it her goal to spread a little cheer across campus. The Rutgers project is called RU PostIts. CORRECTION: In a previous version of this article, the name of the Rutgers University project that is similar to SU Stickies was misstated. ![]()
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