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Feeling Plenty of Birthday Love

3/9/2012

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I have been blessed to celebrate many birthdays in my life, but rarely had one seemed so public as mine did yesterday. Facebook revealed to my students what I would not have otherwise, and they showed me plenty of love with "Happy Birthday" wishes from midnight on via that social media site and, of course, Twitter. The love extended throughout the day in the Diederich College of Communication hallways and one of my classes had cookies waiting when we met in the afternoon. I hesitate to mention the "cat greetings" in the class Facebook groups.

Actually, I had been feeling the love all week. On Monday, a student posted in the Digital Journalism II group that #JOUR1100 and #JOUR1550 – "students tweeting for journalism courses" – were among the "100 @MarquetteU Twitter hashtags to watch for," according to the postmarq blog post, "A Field Guide to the Hashtags of @MarquetteU." The blog belongs to Mykl Novak, a Marquette employee and alumnus. As reported on my blog before, my students also can take credit for Novak citing the #muprez tag, for all those many tweets relating to the university's president, the Rev. Scott Pilarz, S.J., or his inauguration in September.

Then, more love two days ago, this time from the student media in Johnston Hall. Guess who made The Marquette Journal's list of "Top 5 Marquette Tweeters"? Alexandra Whittaker's article in the magazine's "College Life" section posted online said that "Lowe uses Twitter to interact with students and to post updates on his blog, and this makes his Twitter feed lively and engaging. It is certainly one to follow." It's definitely humbling to be among "Marquette's most interesting Twitter birds" and I'm especially excited to be cited above @ShitMUDoesntSay.

Alas, not all went as I had hoped on my birthday, given that Marquette's men's basketball team lost its quarterfinal matchup against Louisville in the Big East Tournament. But my wife, Mira, cooked me a lobster dinner. All is well.

Happy Birthday to my favorite cat-loving professor, @herbertlowe! #JOUR1550

— Melanie Lawder (@mel_lawder) March 8, 2012

Happy Birthday @MarquetteU 's No. 1 tweeter, @herbertlowe ! #JOUR1550

— Olivia Morrissey (@Olivia_J_M) March 8, 2012

"I am above @shitMUdoesntsay" - @herbertlowe #JOUR1550

— Shoshauna Schmidt (@Shoshauna3) March 8, 2012

From #NYC, Happy Birthday @herbertlowe! #JOUR1550

— Tess Quinlan (@TessQuinlan) March 8, 2012

Sending happy birthday tidings today to my mentor/professor @herbertlowe –– one of the biggest big baller-shot caller-20-in rimmers I know!

— Marissa Evans (@marissaaevans) March 8, 2012
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Ryan Ellerbusch link
3/19/2012 06:14:29 pm

Congrats Mr. Lowe! Glad to know you were #1 and did not get beat out by #2 :)

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Kaitlyn Farmer
8/29/2012 01:46:42 pm

Alexandra and I were just talking about this article. You deserved to be the number one "tweeter". Alexandra admitted she did not know who you were but knew about your twitter and how you make your students live tweet.

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Ashley De La Torre
8/29/2012 02:42:48 pm

This was very entertaining to read, especially Marissa's birthday tweet.

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Ben Greene
8/30/2012 01:25:02 am

I would hope that being the campus authority on live tweeting would get you the #1 spot. However, I think it's interesting that @ShitMUDoesnt say only has 143 tweets, but still managed to beat out @PaintTouches for the #2 spot.

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Patrick Leary
9/4/2012 01:58:23 pm

Herbert Lowe has an interesting twitter account, especially for fans of Dancing with the Stars and Whitney Houston. Shit MU Doesn't Say is hilarious and I started following it after this article.

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Alexandra Whittaker
9/5/2012 02:40:40 am

Wow, looks like I HAVE made your blog! I have to admit, when I wrote that story, I hadn't actually met you yet, but your Twitter has a reputation of its own, and I stand by my top 5. Even @ShitMUDoesntSay. I didn't know it was close to your birthday, though, so that's just a lovely bonus, it seems!

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