YUSU KING Matt Burton will not have the student centre named after him, following a recent vote.
Former Derwent Chair Oliver Lester proposed renaming the building the Matt Burton Dance Hall but, sadly, the motion was rejected.
Burton told Vision: “The motion was good fun, but in all seriousness, I wouldn’t want the Student Centre named after me or being a dance hall – it is much more than that!”
“It was a nice jokey gesture from some friends and I’m glad that students had sense on it.”
However, some of his friends seem pretty glad to see the motion fail. Right-hand man and YUSU Societies and Communications Officer Rory Shanks said: “I love Matt Burton but I have an objection to calling our office a dancehall. We don’t do any dancing there.”
President Tom Scott revealed he is disappointed the vote didn’t pass. Motions like this do add to the myths and legends of campus life that spring up over time,” he said. “In the grand scheme of things though, I’m not too fussed.”
The Student Centre has been jokingly renamed many times before, at one point being officially called The Vaseline Centre.
But hope is not lost for Burton fans, after he subtly hinted: “if someone proposes to rename The Courtyard to The Matt Burton Courtyard, I might feel differently!”