In the latest of what promises to be an ongoing story, UNL chancellor Harvey Perlman has recently taken to calling himself “Harvey Stardust” and is insistent that students and staff do the same. What began with the simple rebranding of his Twitter account, @Harvey_Perlman has now blossomed into a full-scale reinvention of his clothing, makeup and identity.

Since his androgynous, leopard print silhouette was first spotted Saturday, campus response has been equal parts positive and confused.

“Yeah, we’re all laughing at his whole Perls of Knowledge thing, but this is a little strange,” remarked a Board of Regents member who wishes to remain anonymous. “I mean, they started innocently enough, just ol’ Harv joking about YOLO and N-Cards, but lately they’re all about spiders from mars or other such nonsense. It’s a little disconcerting to see the former Dean of Law wear a glittery cat suit, but whatever it takes to get that enrollment up to 30,000, I guess.”

The change was jarring at first, but the man formerly known as Harvey Perlman believes that it’s simply a natural extension of his image revamping.

“The Twitter account, that was just the beginning!” exclaimed the chancellor, absentmindedly curling his red wig.  “I want to really connect with potential UNL students and show them that their chancellor isn’t some stuffy, stodgy, conservative chancellor. He’s a hard rockin’ extra-terrestrial party animal who just so happens to be running a top-value university.”