A group of York students has won the opportunity to have their very own I-phone application developed after winning The App Challenge final, held at the Ron Cooke Hub on Wednesday, January 18.
YUSU Welfare officer Bob Hughes has warned students to be vigilant after a student loans phishing scam has been revealed.
Her Majesty the Queen will be visiting York on Maundy Thursday, 5th April, as part of the 800th anniversary of York’s Charter for the traditional “Royal Maundy” ceremony.
A flood caused by a heating system “failure” forced the university IT services to shut down many essential systems on Sunday night, causing problems for many students on the eve of their exams and assignment due-dates.
YUSU President Tom Scott, who released the ducks, told The Yorker: "It's a nice way to end the year - and it means another piece of UGM policy fulfilled!" He expressed thanks to the York Annual Fund, who helped make the purchase of the ducks possible.
On his final YUSU blog, published today, Scott added: "For the first years who don't remember Trevor, this will have very little impact; but I've had a couple of comments from final year students saying that, surprisingly, it's made them a little bit emotional."
Scott collected the ducks from Ferrybridge yesterday, from their breeder John Hall. They were released into the lake late yesterday afternoon. Though Scott had originally planned a large 'In-Duck-Tion' for the shelducks, for the sake of their welfare yesterday’s ceremony was a small one.
During the journey to Ferrybridge and back, Scott engaged in some live blogging through the YUSU Twitter page.
One of the ducks is to be named Trevor, in memory of the original male shelduck who died in the summer of 2007 at age 16. The other duck has yet to be named.
The original Trevor the Golden Duck was very popular among students, as Scott's previous comment suggests. A Facebook appreciation group was set up in his honour, which has 164 members. After his death, 621 people joined a new Trevor memorial group. Glyn Hallam, the creator of the latter group, has already informed members of the new ducks.
The motion that mandated YUSU to purchase a new golden duck was submitted by Matt Burton in February 2008, titled ‘YUSU Should Purchase A New Trevor The Golden Duck’. It was passed with 566 for, 75 against and 37 abstaining.
Photos taken by Matt Gray
hehe, great pic there in the middle
I like this. *thumbs up*
Never thought I'd see the day. A milestone in York student politics... The resurrection of His Trevness!
TREVOR AND TREVINA
TREVOR AND TREVINA
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