Editor’s note: This story appeared as part of The Pitt News 2009 April

Fools’ edition. It is… Editor’s note: This story appeared as part of The Pitt News 2009 April

Fools’ edition. It is a work of fiction produced solely for

entertainment value.

The next time you see Chancellor Mark Nordenberg looking down at his phone, there is a good chance he’s texting his feelings to the world.

In a statement released Monday, Nordenberg said he started using Twitter, an online social networking Web site, to let students and faculty ‘follow [his] every move.’

Nordenberg, who became the first University chancellor in the country to join the site, said it has changed his life.

‘Twitter makes me feel young again,’ he said. ‘I feel like I’m connecting with students on the most personal level.’

By updating his status more than 100 times a day, Nordenberg allows people to see what he’s thinking at almost any time.

And for Nordenberg, it’s everything he could have imagined.

Although he joined Twitter on Monday, Nordenberg needed the help of two students before he finally figured out how to Tweet.

‘When I heard that he was going to join Twitter, I couldn’t pass up the chance to help him,’ said senior Katie Plants.

Nordenberg and Plants agreed that the hardest part about using Twitter was choosing a username.

Because ‘TheChancellor’ and ‘MrBigShot’ were both taken, Plants suggested ‘Nordenburgh,’ and the name stuck.

Once signed up, Nordenberg’s first Tweet was an unusual one.

‘Hi, I’m Mark. This is Twitter,’ read the Tweet.

The chancellor said he didn’t know Tweets would be saved and that he has since figured out how to properly use Twitter.

Now that the chancellor has joined Twitter, don’t expect him to stop there. He hopes to join Facebook and MySpace by the end of the month.

‘Who knows, I might even learn about this whole online scheduling thing,’ he said with a snort and an eye-roll.