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| Campus has recently been invaded by giant duck-like creatures posing as students. |
| Me in action during the 1999-2000 annual Tory V Labour football match (Lib Dems? Who?) |
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| (From left) Gareth, Ellen, Brett, Toby, Jon, Phil, Nick, Slapper. |
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| The best dressed person by a smile - Fancy dress party sometime during summer 1998 |
| University Days...... Having studied at Methodist College Belfast until 1997, I then moved to York to study for a BA(Hons)Economics and Politics for three years. The University of York was founded in 1963 with 200 students in two city-centre locations and at Heslington Hall. Now in its 37th year, it has expanded to over 8,000 students and has over 30 departments. Whereas most universities are spread out across their city of origin, the University of York has a centralised campus based upon a seven-strong collegiate system, and this is one of its many charms. There is an absolutely fantastic spirit on campus, be it on the sports field or on the way home from one of the campus bars (there's six overall). I was a proud member of Wentworth ('Wenty') for 2 years of my three. York Conservatives The bulk of my 'spare' time was spent within the inner-circles of campus politics, attending meetings, taking part in student debates, going to UGMs, sitting in bars, and enjoying student life to the full. I became a committee member in my second year, and we all became really good mates - I mean, if we couldn't be found in a college bar on any night of the week there was a serious problem. With our well-defined interest in contemporary music, tuesday and wednesday nights in 'Toffs' ad 'The Gallery' rapidly became permane nt fixtures in our social diaries (both student nights coincidentally). Asides from its Minster, York is also proud - yes, proud - to boast that it has over 360 pubs - one for every day of the year. Ive visited quite a few it's fair to say - Check out My York Pub Guide... I was also a member of the Debating society and the events secretary of the Karting Club - great fun! A Week In the Life of a Student..... The purpose of attending university is, of course, to study. After all, this is how we come to define the term university: "The name given to certain societies or corporations which are seminaries of learning where youth are sent to finish their education." Students are friendly and considerate people, normally gathered neatly on the study floor of the library which is, to one and all, the hub of activity on campus. Effectively, University is like a large boarding school for semi-adults. Overseen by college wardens, all students must switch their music off promptly by 10.30pm and all students must be in their bedrooms no later than 11pm. This is, of course, complete ********. Students are not considerate, and are normally found crawling out of town pubs at 11.30pm, out of clubs at 2am, regurgitating food in people's gardens, urinating on car bonnets, stealing chalkboards from pubs, balancing street cones delicately on top of fences and gates....need I go on??? And of course, Ithe notion that the university library broadly represents the "hub of activity on campus" is also complete ********. Most students haven't even heard of the library, nevermind know where to find it. For this very reason, York University invested in a series of map and sign posts which were strategically placed around campus to catch the attention of wayward students. These, however, were sadly defaced, or in some cases, uprooted and disposed of into the campus lake (incidently, the 2nd largest artificical lake in Europe). York was great. I mets loads of people, made many friends, and obtained what I set out to obtain - my BA(Hons) Econ/Pol (York). Uni life really is a one-off, so make the most of it while it lasts. |