Meet Furry Boi, the Squirrel Who Won a UC Berkley Senate Seat Thanks to a Facebook Meme Page

This month, students at the University of California at Berkeley voted a squirrel to hold one of the school’s open Senate seats. The candidate went by Furry Boi, and the man behind the mask, sophomore Stephen Boyle, largely credits his win to the endorsement of a meme page on Facebook.

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