Who's Going To Uni?

[Ad Lib]

What were you expecting, the Margaret Thatcher Glasgow appreciation society?

While generally fashionable for students to go to the left as a default setting (to the point where it almost embarrases me into a right wing position on occasion ) I challenge anyone to find much sympathy for the conservatives in central Scotland regardless.

You could always start your own lil'Tories of Scotland club, the unions do give start up money for societies, don't they (they do at HW anyway)

There already is a Margaret Thatcher Glasgow Appreciation Society! The Conservatives and Unionists have their own Society at Glasgow Uni, which is an affiliate of the national party. In their attempts to reel me in, they spoke of great optimism at their chances with their Anniesland candidate. Given their clear delusion that they'll have any success in Scotland any time soon, I swiftly moved onto the Lib Dem stall. I'm tempted to join them, to be honest, even if they'll never possess any meaningful power.

You said left-wing, not specificaly 'socialism'.

But no, it indeed isn't communism. You'll go far in politics.

Well yes, but then again I did mention that it was several left-wing groups. Only one of them held the "Communist" tag

[Supras]

the number of Left Wing Groups on Campus is actually unreal. Every time I see people handing out copies of the Socialist Worker I want to start an argument with them. Then there's the "Left Wing Society" or some shite like that, And millions upon millions of "BAN THE NAZI BNP" posters, which somewhat ironically miss the point that it was precisely fascism that prevented freedom of expression and plurality!

Kennedy was top rate at the Freshers' Address by the way.

I've pretty much stayed clear of the QMU. Nothing much there really interests me. I was in the pool and snooker comps at the GUU this afternoon and got to the semi-final in the latter. One suspects I'll be spending rather a lot of time there.

So far I've joined up to the Law Society, Dialectic Society (Debating), Choral Society and the Cricket Club. I was thinking about doing Squash but I reckon that lot will probably keep me pretty busy as it is. I played a bit of Squash in School last year and might get involved again if I've got time on my hands.

Mushroom, you and I need to meet up at some point. How about the GUU Beer Bar at about 4:30-5 ish tomorrow? The drinking competitions start at 7 so we can bag ourselves spectator seats!

You shouldn't underestimate them, the guy convinced me to buy a socialist book for a fiver. But one of his primary reasons for hating the bourgeois was war and oppression but he admitted it would be a violent revolution (or "as peaceful as possible) and he would supress any captialist parties afterwards.

I got to the final of the pool competition in the QMU around 2 but lost on the black, it was worth a free gym membership for a year as well.

I feel pretty worried as I have joined far too many clubs, I'll just go to the taster sessions and decide what I want to continue.

[Gaz]

You shouldn't underestimate them, the guy convinced me to buy a socialist book for a fiver. But one of his primary reasons for hating the bourgeois was war and oppression but he admitted it would be a violent revolution (or "as peaceful as possible) and he would supress any captialist parties afterwards.

I got to the final of the pool competition in the QMU around 2 but lost on the black, it was worth a free gym membership for a year as well.

I feel pretty worried as I have joined far too many clubs, I'll just go to the taster sessions and decide what I want to continue.

Go capitalism

[superaccies]

going to strathclyde uni, freshers is next week, and am very very excited

off this week from work and next week so i can party then recover then party again

[vikingTON]

Really? i think I went to one day of Freshers week.

[Ad Lib]

You shouldn't underestimate them, the guy convinced me to buy a socialist book for a fiver. But one of his primary reasons for hating the bourgeois was war and oppression but he admitted it would be a violent revolution (or "as peaceful as possible) and he would supress any captialist parties afterwards.

It is for all these reasons that a party with genuine socialist pretensions will never be in power in Britain again. They're living in a bygone era of class politics when the classes they represent no longer exist (or at least in their previous form).

I got to the final of the pool competition in the QMU around 2 but lost on the black, it was worth a free gym membership for a year as well.

Unlucky! I suppose the difference between the Unions can be best displayed in that the prizes for the GUU events were crates of Stella!

I feel pretty worried as I have joined far too many clubs, I'll just go to the taster sessions and decide what I want to continue.

I think it's just a case of over-subscribe then pick and choose generally. That's what I'm doing.

[Michael W]

The Scottish Conservative & Unionist party were at our freshers fair. Strangely, I didn't see any Socialist Societies trying to gain members. I'd have thought it would be the other way around. It's not really surprising students tend to fall to the left of the spectrum, quite a few are utter p***ks that expect everything to be provided for them. A few always moan about having to pay for print-outs. Diddums, eh? Maybe if they lived a couple of hundred miles to the South they'd have a few valid complaints about cost...

On the other hand, I remember some nutter deciding to email all law Society members about a night out that was planned. She was complaining that the bar they were going to was owned by the israeli government, and that due to the conflict with Palestine, we should boycott . That'd really put the shiters up Israel, that would. Even worse, the organisers actually changed the venue if I remember correctly. I didn't really care either way, I went to Cav instead.

The same student was also dragged off campus by security a couple of weeks later. She'd been handing out pro-Palestine propaganda and eventually began to badger people. After repeatedly being asked to leave and refusing, she was dragged off.

Edit: And no, I didn't join the Scottish Conservative & Unionist party, before anyone starts!

Edited September 16, 2009 by Michael W

[vikingTON]

One of the daft pretend lefty parties tried to win president of the students union this year on the promise to end library fees (because their candidate was a twat and somehow ran up £70 on two books), reduce the price of everything and get rid of the University's water canister contract with an Israeli bottling company. Fortunately he was gubbed by the forces of pragmatism.

Edited September 16, 2009 by vikingTON

[SaltyTON]

going to strathclyde uni, freshers is next week, and am very very excited

off this week from work and next week so i can party then recover then party again

Think I went to one day in four years worth of Freshers Weeks, slipping on puke in the Barony is not my idea of fun.

Went to a few more at Napier, but I was in halls in Haymarket so had more reason to go, and didn't have to get the last train or anything like that.

TGI is always mobbed during it with drunk people standing on the tables, then falling of the tables, and well you get the idea....

The only good reason to go is to rip the arse out of the free money for opening bank accounts ploy, then closing the account a week later.

[Coooombe]

Thats me just in from a night out, and i have been in this late for the past three nights. Roll on freshers week on Saturday, although I dont know how much more of this I can take.

[Paco]

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I'm hitting number five tonight! Don't think I'll drink much if at all though, I've got two thngs to be at for 9am and I'm very much sleep deprived as it is, so getting totally smashed again is a bad idea.

Oops.

If I can get signed up for the tutorials I want tomorrow and Friday, then my timetable looks OK. Will be trying to keep Wednesday blank so I get a nice wee day off for my 18th.

Managed that at least. Although I had to sign up for a two hour Education tutorial at 9am on Friday. That'll be awful.

Edited September 17, 2009 by Paco

[Broken Algorithms]

Managed that at least. Although I had to sign up for a two hour Education tutorial at 9am on Friday. That'll be awful.

One of the lucky bits I've managed with my timetable. Friday off until the afternoon when I have two lectures.

[Enigma]

One of the lucky bits I've managed with my timetable. Friday off until the afternoon when I have two lectures.

My timetable is splendid.

A 2 hour tutorial on Monday afternoon, Another couple of 2 hour tutorials on a Thursday. Tuesday, Wedensday and Friday off.

[vikingTON]

This two hour tutorial thang better not be second year at Strathclyde' bound.

FWIW I can't register until my SAAS clears and it hasn't as yet. So I have no idea what my timetable is like apart from my politics lectures. They give me Friday off.

Edited September 17, 2009 by vikingTON

[Mak]

I'm hitting number five tonight! Don't think I'll drink much if at all though, I've got two thngs to be at for 9am and I'm very much sleep deprived as it is, so getting totally smashed again is a bad idea.

If I can get signed up for the tutorials I want tomorrow and Friday, then my timetable looks OK. Will be trying to keep Wednesday blank so I get a nice wee day off for my 18th.

I've got Thursday free so far, although I've still got four tutorials to sign up for. Going to try to keep it, though. My earliest start so far is 11 AM.

I'm close to retracting all of my scathing comments about Studio.

I've only had a quick pint in there so far, but it seems they've taken on board all of my (non-official, I'm not a gay) complaints about how shite it was, and they've replaced their Tennents, Stella and Murphy's draught with a fairly wide selection, including the brilliant Red Stripe, on tap!

It's still about £2.40 for a pint, but at least it's not a pint of piss.

I was delighted when I went in on Sunday to discover that they had Red Stripe on tap. I've never seen that anywhere.

[The Arch]

Red Stripe should only be drank in can format.

[Mak]

Red Stripe should only be drank in can format.

I previously thought so too, but the pint was actually pretty shit hot. I wasn't even aware that there was such a thing as Red Stripe on tap.

Edit: On another note, £73 a year gym membership is sensational.

Edited September 17, 2009 by Mak

[Gaz]

I previously thought so too, but the pint was actually pretty shit hot. I wasn't even aware that there was such a thing as Red Stripe on tap.

Edit: On another note, £73 a year gym membership is sensational.

I've never had a pint of Red Stripe, I really must try it. It's fantastic out a can.

The sports facilities at Stirling are shit-hot. You been to the pool yet?

[Mak]

I've never had a pint of Red Stripe, I really must try it. It's fantastic out a can.

The sports facilities at Stirling are shit-hot. You been to the pool yet?

Yeah, Studio definitely seems better than I remembered.

Been to the gym twice so far, but not tried out the pool yet. Think I'll maybe head in tomorrow, I'll either do that or go for a run. Apparently it's a proper Olympic sized pool? I don't even think that I went there when I used to be at Stirling back in 2005/06, quite looking forward to it.

Incidentally, are any other people in first year at Stirling doing either Scottish History, Philosophy or French?

[Enigma]

I shall have to try Studio at some point. Anybody in Dusk last night? It was another top quality night, I had to go outside and tip the broken glass out my shoes though, that place is just full of it.